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Carregando... A Small Furry Prayer: Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life (edição: 2011)de Steven Kotler
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Pets.
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Steven Kotler was forty years old, single, and facing an existential crisis when he met Lila, a woman devoted to animal rescue. "Love me, love my dogs" was her rule, and Steven took it to heart. Spurred to move by a housing crisis in Los Angeles, Steven, Lila, and their eight dogs-then ten, then twenty, and then they lost count-bought a postage-stamp-size farm in Chimayo, New Mexico. A Small Furry Prayer chronicles their adventures at Rancho de Chihuahua, the sanctuary they created for their special needs pack. While dog rescue is one of the largest underground movements in America, it is also one of the least understood. An insider look at the "cult and culture" of dog rescue, A Small Furry Prayer weaves personal experience, cultural investigation, and scientific inquiry into a fast-paced, fun-filled narrative that explores what it means to devote one's life to the furry and the four-legged. Along the way, Kotler combs through every aspect of canine-human relations, from humans' long history with dogs through brand-new research into the neuroscience of canine companionship, in the end discovering why living in a world made of dog may be the best way to uncover the truth about what it really means to be human. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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This couple do for dogs what Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary, in Stockton CA, does for farm animals. The difference is that at HHAS, the caretakers are vegan, for obvious reasons. I kept expecting Steven to say that they had taken the next step, and gone vegan. Several times, he seemed about to announce it. Dogs are carnivores, so it's bad enough having to kill animals for your dog.
I saw on their Facebook page that they are moving the rescue to Arizona. I wonder why that is? It's true that New Mexico has bad hombres, mostly because of high rates of meth and other bad drug addictions. Also, the large Latino population's culture isn't exactly about putting animals, even dogs, first.
Kotler is good at his work, both writing and caring for dogs. I give what little money I have to donate to the San Jose Animal Care Center, and Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary, and very occasionally to Guardians of Rescue, and if I had more money, I'd certainly donate to this very worthwhile rescue. Thanks, Steven and Joy.
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