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Vet at the end of the Earth : adventures with animals in the South Atlantic / Jonathan Hollins.
Veterinary: Atwood Library (Campus) - Display SF613.H625 A3 2024
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- Author/Creator:
- Hollins, Jonathan (Veterinarian), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veterinarians--Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha--Anecdotes.
- Veterinarians.
- Veterinarians--Falkland Islands--Anecdotes.
- Hollins, Jonathan (Veterinarian)--Anecdotes.
- Hollins, Jonathan.
- Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha--Description and travel.
- Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.
- Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha--Social life and customs.
- Falkland Islands--Description and travel.
- Falkland Islands.
- Falkland Islands--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2024
- Summary:
- "A vet's life with a difference: all creatures great and small in the diverse and distinctive South Atlantic islands. The role of resident vet in the British Overseas Territories of the Falklands, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha and Ascension encompasses the complexities of caring for the world's oldest land animal - a 200-year-old giant tortoise - and MoD mascots at the Falklands airbase; pursuing mystery creatures and invasive microorganisms; relocating herds of reindeer; and rescuing animals in extraordinarily rugged landscapes, from subtropical cloud forests to volcanic cliff faces. Hugely entertaining and affectionate, Jonathan Hollins's tales of island vetting are not only full of ingenuity and astounding fauna - they are also steeped in the unique local cultures, history and peoples of the islands, far removed from the hustle of continental life. They are perfect for animal lovers, adventurers and armchair travellers alike"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Mock turtle
- Rite of passage
- Toothfish
- The trouble with tornados
- The last reindeer
- Bomb
- For want of a trough
- Pestilence
- Legacies and legends
- At the end of the Earth
- Rosie and the friar
- Horses and zebras.
- Notes:
- First published in 2023 by Duckworth.
- ISBN:
- 9781639367429
- 163936742X
- OCLC:
- 1465422363
- Publisher Number:
- 90102108680
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