animal sanctuaries

"In a perfect world, there would be no need for Animal Magic. But Ella and Caleb Harrison, who live at the animal rescue center with their parents, know that life isn't perfect. Every day there's a new arrival in need of their help! When Beanie the baby rabbit arrives at Animal Magic, she's terrified of people and hides at the back of her hutch. Ella is determined to help the shy creature but can she solve the mystery of the rabbit's real owner?"--Back cover.

"Right from the start, everyone at the barnyard could tell Jasper wasn't like his siblings: 'I believe what we have here is a gen-u-WINE Business Pig!' No wallowing in the mud or rooting for grubs for Jasper; he'd rather help with the bookkeeping or conduct a meeting. Though everyone at the animal sanctuary loves him, Jasper longs for a forever home. But no matter how many business cards he hands out, no one wants to adopt him. Can this above-average pig find his special person to cut deals with?"--OCLC.

Text and photographs look at the unlikely friendship between a lion, a tiger, and a bear who were abused and neglected and where brought to live at Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary.

Thirteen-year-old Sam and her father scrape by caring for rescued elephants until an offer comes through that may not only save the sanctuary, it may also restore an extinct species. Includes facts about woolly mammoths and cloning.

Anju, an elephant who was stolen from the Indonesian island of Sumatra and sold to an American circus, spends fifty years of her life in captivity, hating being an elephant, until her caretaker, Vincent, finally takes her someplace where she can be happy once more.

"Follows the true story of Tony, an eight-year-old boy whose family owns an elephant sanctuary in Thailand and the relationship he forges with two young elephants that he rescued from an urban setting"--OCLC.

"Elephants were born to move, and their home range can be thousands of square miles. But in the Toronto zoo, Toka, Thika, and Iringa shared a tiny outdoor space of less than an acre of mostly barren, hard earth. Weakened by the cold winters and the lack of physical activity, the elephants were in desperate need of a change; otherwise they could not expect to live beyond middle age. This is the true story of their journey."--Back cover.

After visiting a great ape sanctuary, Marty and her friends set out to raise the money to "adopt" a chimpanzee by organizing a talent show at school and starting a pet-sitting business in Marty's basement--which soon gets out of hand.

Offers a behind the scenes look at animal sanctuaries and the care the animals receive there.

Nancy, George, and Bess volunteer for some work at the River Heights Animal Protection Center only to find themselves looking for escaped circus tigers.