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The Dogs of Avalon: The Race to Save Animals in Peril
Laura Schenone
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Description for The Dogs of Avalon: The Race to Save Animals in Peril
Hardcover. After adopting an Irish sight hound, Laura Schenone discovered a remarkable and little-known fight to gain justice for animals. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Greyhounds were bred to be the fastest dogs on earth. Yet for decades tens of thousands were destroyed, abandoned and abused each year when they couldn't run fast enough. Scrappy Marion Fitzgibbon became obsessed with saving these dogs when she became head of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Along with an American greyhound rescuer, a foxhunter's wife, a British Lady and a powerful German animal advocate, she fights to create a sanctuary where animals heal and thrive. Their pioneering work is part of a global movement to close race tracks and find homes for these misunderstood dogs. In this David versus Goliath story (including the rescue of her own dog, Lily), Schenone takes us into a complex world of impassioned people who stood up for millions of animals.
Product Details
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393073584
SKU
V9780393073584
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99-15
About Laura Schenone
Laura Schenone is the author of the James Beard Award-winning A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove and The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken. She lives in New Jersey with her family and dog Lily.
Reviews for The Dogs of Avalon: The Race to Save Animals in Peril
A gem. Dogs of Avalon is a life enriching game-changer that deserves a broad global audience. It is that good.
Marc Bekoff, author of The Animals' Agenda Schenone movingly describes the pioneers who took care of 'surplus' greyhounds, and how the world has finally come to its senses regarding how we treat these sensitive animals.
Frans de Waal, author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Like a greyhound streaking after her prey, Laura Schenone beautifully and inexorably pursues the story of the singular Marion Fitzgibbon and her crusade to rescue Ireland's greyhounds from corporate cruelty... The Dogs of Avalon is about dogs, yes, but it is also an exquisite exploration of empathy, love, and the meaning of life.
Dale Russakoff, author of The Prize A beautifully written story of the people who devote their lives to saving greyhounds in the most unlikely of places. It is a testament to the bonds that can form between dog and human.
Gregory Berns, author of How Dogs Love Us An absolutely stunning book and an astonishing work of reporting. I love the complete honesty that suffuses it.
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving It may even convince you that we become greater human beings when we show compassion to all the earth's creatures. An incredible journey chronicled with journalistic integrity that will resonate with anyone who has ever loved an animal.
Allen and Linda Anderson, founders of Angel Animals Network, New York Times-bestselling authors of A Dog Named Leaf: The Hero from Heaven Who Saved My Life
Marc Bekoff, author of The Animals' Agenda Schenone movingly describes the pioneers who took care of 'surplus' greyhounds, and how the world has finally come to its senses regarding how we treat these sensitive animals.
Frans de Waal, author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Like a greyhound streaking after her prey, Laura Schenone beautifully and inexorably pursues the story of the singular Marion Fitzgibbon and her crusade to rescue Ireland's greyhounds from corporate cruelty... The Dogs of Avalon is about dogs, yes, but it is also an exquisite exploration of empathy, love, and the meaning of life.
Dale Russakoff, author of The Prize A beautifully written story of the people who devote their lives to saving greyhounds in the most unlikely of places. It is a testament to the bonds that can form between dog and human.
Gregory Berns, author of How Dogs Love Us An absolutely stunning book and an astonishing work of reporting. I love the complete honesty that suffuses it.
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving It may even convince you that we become greater human beings when we show compassion to all the earth's creatures. An incredible journey chronicled with journalistic integrity that will resonate with anyone who has ever loved an animal.
Allen and Linda Anderson, founders of Angel Animals Network, New York Times-bestselling authors of A Dog Named Leaf: The Hero from Heaven Who Saved My Life