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1) Black Hills
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English
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In the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion when something ... or someone ... threatens Lil Chance and her dream to open a wildlife refuge. The heartless killing of Lil's beloved cougar and recollections of an unsolved murder catapult New York investigator Coop Sullivan into action to keep Lil safe.
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Samantha Gray has a big family: one parent (her father) and eleven elephants. Born and raised in an elephant sanctuary, Sam knows all there is to know about these amazing beasts. She can communicate with them and has a personal connection to every animal in the herd. She likes elephants better than she likes people. Sam's comfortable world is turned upside down when one of the elephants gives birth. She knew that raising a baby elephant would be hard...
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English
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"Middle-schooler Louisa wants to spend the summer practicing violin for a place in the youth symphony, but is instead sent to the Tasmanian rainforest camp of her Australian relatives. There she learns that her family secretly protects the last of the supposedly extinct Tasmanian tigers. When an encroaching mining operation threatens the hidden sanctuary, Louisa realizes her music can help."--
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High up on the mountain, the Sanctuary is a place of refuge. It is a place where humans save dogs, who, in turn, save the humans. It is a place where the past does not exist, where hopelessness is chased away, where the future hasn't been written, where orphans and strays can begin to imagine a new meaning for "family." Evie is making her way to the Sanctuary. She has lied to gain entry. She has pretended to know more than she does about dogs, but...
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Gold Valley novels volume 5
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In Gold Valley, Oregon, forbidden love just might be the sweetest...
Dane Parker traded in his trailer-park roots for glory as a bull rider. But when a serious injury sidelines him for months, it's the first time he can't just pull himself up by his bootstraps. The last thing he wants to deal with is sweet family friend Bea treating him like one of her wounded animals-or the unexpected attraction that suddenly flares between them.
Beatrix Leighton...
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Dinosaur sanctuary volume 4
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]-
Language
English
Description
"Dinosaurs are alive! In 1946, a remote island was discovered where dinosaurs never went extinct. Through breeding and genetic manipulation, dinosaur populations increased and dino-mania reached a fever pitch worldwide--until a certain terrible incident occurred. Afterward, dinosaur reserves like Enoshima Dinoland fell on hard times. Enter Suma Suzume, a kindhearted rookie dino-keeper! Can she be the one to save Dinoland from extinction?"--Back cover....
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Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
Description
Anju the Asian elephant recalls her childhood in Sumatra, and the American circuses and zoos in which she toiled for fifty years, when she is loaded into a trailer truck and taken to a sanctuary. Includes advice on helping elephants and "Elephant Q&A".
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
Description
"2016. The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals is in trouble. Ariel discovers that her mother Mona's animal sanctuary in Western Kansas has not only been the target of anti-Semitic hate crimes, it is also for sale, due to hidden financial ruin. Ariel, living a new life in progressive Lawrence, and estranged from her mother for six years, returns to her childhood home - and finds her first love, a ranch hand named Gideon, still working at the Bright...
10) Go, goats!
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
Description
"Looks at what life is like at a farm sanctuary in upstate New York." --
11) Tiger time
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Go inside Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado, where you will meet a tiger named Kamal, one of 500 animals who has been rescued and now lives in safety. Includes full-color photos, graphics, and maps"--
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Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Someone wants Paige Bristow's wolf sanctuary gone ... and Paige dead. Officer Reece Campbell and his K-9 partner, Maverick, are the only ones she can turn to, but she never told him he was the father of her daughter. As the attacks escalate, Reece must uncover the perp and keep himself from falling for Paige all over again. But will the truth between them cost everything?"--Page 4 of cover.
13) Endangered
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Ape quartet volume 1
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English
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Sophie is not happy to be back in the Congo for the summer, but when she rescues an abused baby bonobo she becomes more involved in her mother's sanctuary--and when fighting breaks out and the sanctuary is attacked, it is up to Sophie to rescue the apes and somehow survive in the jungle.
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Publisher
Tyndale Momentum
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
Description
"For decades, his family rescued lost and forgotten donkeys in the Irish countryside. He had no idea that one day, the donkeys would rescue him. Patrick Barrett grew up on the back of a donkey. In the small village of Liscarroll, he befriended the abandoned and abused donkeys his family cared for in their animal sanctuary. He became a true donkey whisperer -- communicating with them in ways they could understand and teaching himself how to speak in...
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Marty McGuire books volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
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.
17) Business pig
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Sterling Children's Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
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...
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Publisher
Hampton Roads Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
What the Animals Taught Me is a collection of stories about rescued farm animals in a shelter in Sonoma County, California, and what these animals can teach us. Each story illuminates how animals can help us see and embrace others as they truly are and reconnect us with the natural world. Wishing to escape the urban rat race, freelance writer and editor Stephanie Marohn moved to rural northern California in 1993. Life was sweet. She was a busy freelancer....
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Secret kingdom volume 15
Publisher
Orchard
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Enter a magical world of friendship and fun! Wicked Queen Malice has cast a spell on Summer's storybook and unleashed all the fairytale baddies into the Secret Kingdom. Ellie, Summer, and Jasmine are thrilled to visit the snow brownies' animal sanctuary and help look after all the cute animals. But a hungry ogre has been eating their food! Can the girls catch the ogre, get him back in the book and save the animals.
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