The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes, (Paperback)

from Judiex

How does someone know when an animal in a nature preserve or in the wild or in a zoo gets ill? What can be done to help it? In THE RHINO WITH THE GLUE-ON SHOES, the authors point out that since animals can't talk and sometimes hide from people, diagnosis can involve a lot of time. Someone may rep...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Interesting, but not quite as engaging as the charming title implies.  Easy for laypeople to read, but still most selections read more stilted, almost academic.  And they're short, so one doesn't get a chance to get to fall in love with the individual animals.  Still, if you're int...

from susanbevans

In what book can you read about a hippo's root canal, a white-tailed deer with earrings, chemotherapy for fish, and a kangaroo with a spinal injury? In The Rhino With Glue-On Shoes and Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients, Lucy H. Spelman, DVM and Ted Y. Mashima, DVM have ...

from susanbevans

In what book can you read about a hippo's root canal, a white-tailed deer with earrings, chemotherapy for fish, and a kangaroo with a spinal injury? In The Rhino With Glue-On Shoes and Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients, Lucy H. Spelman, DVM and Ted Y. Mashima, DVM have ...

from etznab

Each very short chapter is about a different animal case. It's an interesting concept, but poorly executed. There isn't enough technical detail in this book to attract the professional. And the story writing is so simplistic and lacking in details, that it also fails to capture the layman.