Summary: "Dogs on the Inside follows the relationships between abused stray dogs and prison inmates working towards a second chance at a better life. In an attempt to re-build their confidence and prepare for a new life outside, these prisoners must first learn to handle and care for a group of neglected strays. This heart-warming story reconfirms the timeless connection between man and dog, showing the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DOGSykes, Bryan
Summary: Reveals how all dogs share a common ancestry with a small group of domesticated wolves and how the vast range of canine breeds were created by a few gene mutations.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 636.7 SYKSummary: Paul Sorenson has a unique connection with his colleagues: a team of sheep dogs. For 40 years, he's worked to develop smarter and more intuitive training methods for fellow farmers, while grappling with memories of a difficult childhood. Reaching retirement, the veteran dog whisperer passes his knowledge to the next generation of shepherds, and reflects on the sacrifices he's made to pursue his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OLDTobin, Paul
Summary: "Kirby is about to start a new school with three talking primates in tow. Unlike other students, Kirby Steinberg begins her time at Forest Edge school with a speech to the entire student body introducing her unusual entourage that's composed of three talking simians: eggheaded orangutan Chuck; Go-Go the gorilla, who is hungry and tired in equal measure; and spider monkey Knobby, who has a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TOBBond, Rebecca
Summary: "Inspired by the author's grandfather's experiences living in a lodge in the woods, a story of how people and animals survive a forest fire in a small Canadian town"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Takes a stunning new look at our wild planet by turning the cameras around to show the world as it really is, with humans in the picture. Dr. M. Sanjayan journeys to the frontiers of where man and animal meet to discover how our relationship with the greatest natural history events on the planet can provide a key to preserving our present and enriching our future.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EARManning, Matthew K.
Summary: "In 2008, Moko the dolphin was well known at Mahia Beach on New Zealand's North Island. People loved to come and watch the playful dolphin fetch beach balls, steal boogie boards, and interact with the swimmers and beachgoers. In March of that year, two pygmy sperm whales got trapped between a sandbar and the beach and couldn't get them back to the ocean. Several concerned people were unable to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.53 MANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J559.53 MANHolub, Joan.
Summary: Questions and answers present information about the behavior and characteristics of horses and their interactions with humans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.1 HOLWeisman, Alan.
Summary: A study of what would happen to Earth if the human presence was removed examines our legacy for the planet, from the objects that would vanish without human intervention to those that would become long-lasting remnants of humankind.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Renaissance 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 304.2 WEISummary: Takes a behind-the-scenes look at the colorful and competitive world of champion show chicken breeders, following the struggles and triumphs of both humans and their chickens on the road to compete at the largest poultry competition in the United States, the Ohio National Poultry Show.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHICraige, Betty Jean.
Summary: Craige presents an academic yet highly entertaining narrative on parrot rearing by citing numerous informative studies while also providing a firsthand account of life with an African gray.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sherman Asher Pub. 2010