Young Glashka's dream of the singing of whales, accompanied by a special kind of music, leads to the rescue of thousands of whales stranded in a freezing Siberian bay.
While her parents treat an injured fox in their veterinary hospital, Mandy cares for the fox's cub and tries to stop a farmer from setting steel traps and organizing a fox hunt.
Mandy Hope, a young girl who plans to be a veterinarian like her parents, tries to come up with a plan to save Houdini, a beautiful black goat whose antics have gotten him in trouble one too many times.
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the graceful sea lion. Explains the factors that contribute to endangerment of this sea mammal.
Adhering to her parents' policy of not permitting wild animals to stay in their veterinary hospital, Mandy finds a "halfway house" for her rescued hedgehogs where they can rehabiltate before returning to the wild.