A veteran zookeeper portrays life inside of zoo nurseries, explaining why young animals are placed there, as well as specific cases involving a baboon, cheetah cubs, a nyala calf, and a porpoise calf. By the author of Sea Otter Rescue.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 5-7-- A clear, competent presentation, illustrated with captivating, full-color photographs of the baby animals. Smith explains the special considerations and flexible accommodations needed to care for orphaned or injured zoo babies of all sizes and kinds. From making an artificial pouch for a young wallaby to devising myriad formulas and bottles (and feeding tubes for nonsuckling porpoises), the problems of maintaining and then weaning young animals are examined, using case studies of birds and animals throughout the country. Concepts such as imprinting and the value of colostrum in the mother's milk are detailed, but the descriptions are not too technical. The exceptionally attractive format uses well-placed photos, including one of the puppet used to feed California condor chicks. A special book for children interested in animal care. --Ruth M. McConnell, San Antonio Public Library
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
From a biologist with 20 years of zoo experience (keeper to assistant director): a discussion of the special care, plus unusual procedures and equipment (diets, incubators, gravity-flow feeding tubes), needed to rear a wide variety of baby animals. It's a fascinating subject, but, unfortunately, the writing here is frequently awkward, and Smith tends to use unnecessarily demanding vocabulary and to present mature concepts without much explanation. Still, Mu¤oz's glossy color photos of keepers cuddling, feeding, and caring for exotic charges--a newborn baboon, a nyala calf, cheetah cubs, an orphan porpoise, etc.--are unusually appealing, and persistent readers will be rewarded with a detailed, authentic behind-the-scenes look at these exotic young animals. Index. (Nonfiction. 10-14) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Roland Smith is a former zookeeper and leading expert on red wolves as well as an author. He lives on a small farm near Portland, Oregon.
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