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Dogs are getting lawyers. Cats are getting kidney transplants. Could they one day be fellow citizens? Cats and dogs were once wild animals. Today, they are family members and surrogate children. A little over a century ago, pets didn't warrant the meager legal status of property. Now, they have more rights and protections than any other animal in the country. Some say they're even on the verge of becoming legal persons. How did we get here, and what...
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"The bestselling author of Dog Sense and Cat Sense explains why living with animals has always been a fundamental aspect of being human. Pets have never been more popular. Over half of American households share their home with either a cat or a dog, and many contain both. This is a huge change from only a century ago, when the majority of domestic cats and dogs were working animals, keeping rodents at bay, guarding property, herding sheep. Nowadays,...
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"A unique, compelling exploration of the universal human need for animal companions -- from dogs and cats to horses, birds, house-rabbits, and even exotica such as lizards and snakes -- through the eyes of an historical detective and devoted pet-lover.The earliest evidence of a human and a pet can be traced as far back as 26,000 BC in France, where a boy and his "canid" took a walk through a cave. Their foot and paw prints were preserved together...
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"In The History of Pet Snakes, early fluent readers will learn about different types of pet snakes, including how and why people first kept them as pets and how they spread around the world. Bright, full-color photographs complement the carefully leveled text to make reading easy and fun. Each title includes an infographic, a map, sidebars, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index to aid comprehension. Children can learn more about pet snakes...
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Zarafa is a beautiful and gentle giraffe, so wonderful, in fact, that the ruler of Egypt offers her as a gift to the king of France. But how to get her there? Why, she sails up the Nile by felucca, crosses the sea by brigantine, and, yes, walks the last five hundred miles to Paris. People love it. And they love her, meeting and greeting her along the way, cheering her on. Afterward, the grateful French king places Zarafa in his own royal garden, where...
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"In The History of Pet Lizards, early fluent readers will learn about different types of pet lizards, including how and why people first kept them as pets and how they spread around the world. Bright, full-color photographs complement the carefully leveled text to make reading easy and fun. Each title includes an infographic, a map, sidebars, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index to aid comprehension. Children can learn more about pet lizards...
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"Why do we love our pets? When were dogs domesticated? Is it true that cats were sacred in Egypt? What happened to the pedigree dogs during the French Revolution? Were black cats persecuted during the Middle Ages? What happened to Laika and other space pets? Can you clone your pet after it dies? How will pets change in the future? This fascinating book takes you through a journey through our long relationship with our furry friends, dogs, cats and...
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"Pets have never been more popular. Over half of American households share their home with either a cat or a dog, and many contain both. This is a huge change from only a century ago, when the majority of domestic cats and dogs were working animals, keeping rodents at bay, guarding property, herding sheep. Nowadays, most are valued solely for the companionship they provide. As mankind becomes progressively more urban and detached from nature, we seem...
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"La mayoría de los amantes de la historia conoce a Alejandro Magno, pero ¿qué hay de Péritas, el perro que salvó su vida durante una batalla?, ¿o Trouve, el perrito de Alexander Graham Bell que lo ayudó a inventar el teléfono? Desde los antiguos egipcios hasta la actualidad, este libro recorre algunos hitos de la historia mundial mediante los canes que los atestiguaron; como Laika, posiblemente la perrita más famosa de la galaxia, los perros...