BOOKS: The Newfoundland Pony

April 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1993:

The Newfoundland Pony, by

Andrew F. Fraser. Creative

Publishers (St. John’s, Newfoundland,

Canada), 1992. 213 pages. $14.95.

The Newfoundland pony is on the

cusp of extinction, no match for progress in

the form of tractors and snowmobiles.

Numbers of Newfoundland ponies have

dwindled from more than 10,000 in 1976 to

barely 400, as the greater part of its popu-

lation has been sacrified to the insatiable

Moloch of the slaughter trade––in particu-

lar, to the killing plants of Quebec, which

supply the French appetite for horseflesh.

BOOKS: Dolphins and Their Power to Heal

April 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1993:

Dolphins and Their Power to Heal, by

Amanda Cochrane and Karena Callen, Healing

Arts Press (1 Park St., Rochester, VT 05767), 1992.

182 pages. $17.95 paperback.

The title of Dolphins and Their Power to Heal is a

little misleading. Yes, the authors, who practice alterna-

tive healing in London, explore reports of dolphins’ influ-

ence on our physical and emotional well-being. But they

move quickly beyond these anecdotes to consider the wider

implications of the mutual attraction between two such dis-

similar species.

BOOKS: Wildlife Protectors Handbook: How You Can Help Stop The Destruction of Wild Animals and Their Habitat

April 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1993:

Wildlife Protectors Handbook: How

You Can Help Stop The Destruction of

Wild Animals and Their Habitat, by

Donald Heintzelman, Capra Press (P.O. Box 2068,

Santa Barbara, CA 93120), 1992, 160 pages, $9.95

paper.

This handy guide to wildlife issues is the most

concise and practical review of this complex topic to date.

Donald Heintzelman, president of the Wildlife Information

Center, pulls no punches, whether he’s describing human

influences on wildlife population or the efficacy of efforts

to protect wild animals.

BOOKS: The Albert Schweitzer Activity Book

April 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1993:

The Albert Schweitzer Activity Book:

curriculum guide for grades 1-6. Albert

Schweitzer Center (50 Hurlburt Road, Great Barrington,

MA 01230). 1992, 40 pages, $5.00 paper; $10 with

28-minute video, The Spirit of Albert Schweitzer.

Albert Schweitzer’s life and philosophy of service

are presented as a teaching tool to instill in children a sense

of responsibility to the earth and to life, through simple,

almost cost-free activities which lead into community

involvement. Schweitzer’s biography is linked to ways chil-

dren can act to deal with and thus be less frightened by

some of the major problems of today: AIDS, the homeless,

pollution, dwindling resources, animal suffering, and the

quest for meaning and purpose to life in a cynical time.

Included are versions of the Golden Rule as taught by nine

major religions.

Books In Brief

March 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Care of Reptiles and Amphibians in

Captivity, by Chris Mattison. 1992. 317 pages,

paperback. $17.95 ($23.95 Canadian). Blandford, distrib –

uted by Sterling Publishing Co., 387 Park Ave. South, New

York, NY 10016-8810. If you run an animal shelter,

inspect pet stores, rehabilitate wildlife, or answer nuisance

animal complaints, you’re going to need this reference. You

may never pick it up until you find an unidentified lizard in

your overnight dropoff box, or get a call about a python in

a chimney. Then it’ll be a lifesaver, for you and the reptile.

BOOKS: Felidae

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Felidae, by Akif Pirincci. 1993. 290 pages,

paperback, $19.00 ($24.00 Canadian). Villard Books

(a division of Random House), 201 East 50th St., New

York, NY 10022.

Felidae is a murder/detective story told from a

cat’s viewpoint. Francis has just moved into a new neigh-

borhood with his owner, and immediately begins finding

the corpses of other cats. Being an intelligent feline with a

taste for puzzle-solving, he embarks on his investigations

to find out who or what is dispatching the neighborhood

cats in such a gruesome manner.

BOOKS: Animal Rights & Human Rights: Ecology, Economy and Ideology in the Canadian Arctic

March 1, 1993 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1993:

Animal Rights Human Rights: Ecology,

Economy and Ideology in the Canadian

Arctic, by George Wenzel. 1991. 206 pages,

paperback. University of Toronto Press.

Animal Rights Human Rights author George

Wenzel, says the back cover, “is an anthropologist and geo-

grapher,” who has been working among the Inuit (Eskimos)

of Baffin Island since 1972. His book “is both a careful aca-

demic study and a disturbing comment on how environmen-

tal activity may oppress a whole society.” To wit, Wenzel

supposedly shows how anti-seal hunt protesters’ “own cul-

tural prejudices and questionable ecological imperatives

brought hardship, distress, and instability to an ecologically

balanced traditional culture.”

BOOKS: Your Heart Your Planet

December 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Your Heart Your Planet. B y

Harvey Diamond. Hay House (501

Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica,

CA 90406). 1990. 238 pages. $7.95

paperback.

Harvey Diamond, founder of

the Fit for Life Foundation, builds upon

his previous experience in health and

physical fitness to demonstrate that ani-

mal products are not only unhealthy for

humans, but are also unhealthy for the

entire biosphere.

BOOKS: A Cat’s Life: Dulcy’s Story

December 1, 1992 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

A Cat’s Life: Dulcy’s Story. As given to Dee

Ready. Crown Books (3300 75th Ave., Landover,

MD 20785-1599). 1992. 90 pages. $12.00 cloth.

Would you knowingly give a friend on your

Christmas list an hour of lump-throated, balled-Kleenex

weeping, wailing, sniffling? Sure you would, for an

excuse to buy A Cat’s Life, you loved the funny misery so

much. (Just like having a cat and losing her.)

Author Anna Dolores Ready knows us, from the

foolishly-fond new cat-parent, captivated companion, anx-

iously loving nurse to finally bereft, undone, unhinged,

alone, and ready to sneak down to the humane society,

“just looking,” and start all over again.

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