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Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills

Autor Carol Bradley
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 apr 2011
A compelling true story of one dog′s rescue from a Pennsylvania puppy mill This touching narrative uses the poignant makeover of Gracie, a sickly Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, to tell the story of America′s hidden puppy mills–commercial kennels that breed dogs in horrific living conditions and churn out often–diseased and emotionally damaged puppies for sale. Saving Gracie chronicles how one little dog is transformed from a bedraggled animal worn out from bearing puppies into a loving, healthy member of her new family; and how her owner, Linda Jackson, is changed from a person who barely tolerated dogs to a woman passionately determined not only to save Gracie′s life, but also to get the word out about the millions of American puppy mill dogs who need our help. A touching story of survival and redemption Written by award–winning journalist Carol Bradley Newsworthy issues call animal lovers to action Join journalist Carol Bradley as she draws back the curtain on the world of illegal puppy production in Saving Gracie .
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781118012277
ISBN-10: 1118012275
Pagini: 242
Dimensiuni: 154 x 227 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Howell (TP)
Colecția John Wiley &Sons
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Public țintă

Dog lovers, animal rights activists, fans of narrative nonfiction

Descriere

"[A] scorching investigation of puppy mills. . . . [This] book is an impassioned call to action." — People magazine A compelling true story of one dog′s rescue from a pennsylvania puppy mill In the United States alone, an estimated 10,000 cramped kennels produce as many as 4 million dogs a year—innocent, often diseased, and emotionally damaged animals who are then sold to unsuspecting families as "purebred" puppies. Worse, some—like Gracie—are kept behind and turned into breeding stock, doomed to a life of confinement with nothing to look forward to but monotony and loneliness. But not every tale about a puppy mill dog has a sad ending, as you′ll learn in this heartwarming book. Saving Gracie uses the poignant transformation of a scruffy Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who was rescued from her sentence as a breeding dog to tell the story of America′s hidden puppy mills. Award–winning journalist Carol Bradley chronicles Gracie′s makeover from a bedraggled animal worn out from bearing too many litters into a loving, healthy member of her new family; and follows her owner, Linda, as she becomes passionately dedicated to saving Gracie′s life and spreading the word about the millions of American puppy mill dogs who need our help. Saving Gracie will open your eyes, warm your heart, and call you to action.

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"[A] scorching investigation of puppy mills. . . . [This] book is an impassioned call to action." — People magazine A compelling true story of one dog′s rescue from a pennsylvania puppy mill In the United States alone, an estimated 10,000 cramped kennels produce as many as 4 million dogs a year—innocent, often diseased, and emotionally damaged animals who are then sold to unsuspecting families as "purebred" puppies. Worse, some—like Gracie—are kept behind and turned into breeding stock, doomed to a life of confinement with nothing to look forward to but monotony and loneliness. But not every tale about a puppy mill dog has a sad ending, as you′ll learn in this heartwarming book. Saving Gracie uses the poignant transformation of a scruffy Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who was rescued from her sentence as a breeding dog to tell the story of America′s hidden puppy mills. Award–winning journalist Carol Bradley chronicles Gracie′s makeover from a bedraggled animal worn out from bearing too many litters into a loving, healthy member of her new family; and follows her owner, Linda, as she becomes passionately dedicated to saving Gracie′s life and spreading the word about the millions of American puppy mill dogs who need our help. Saving Gracie will open your eyes, warm your heart, and call you to action.

Cuprins

Preface. 1 Caged for Life. 2 "Check Out That Place". 3 A Breeder’s Rise and Fall. 4 Orchestrating the Raid. 5 Filth and Fear. 6 Sorting the Dogs. 7 A Safe Place for Dog 132. 8 The Case Goes to Court. 9 Proving Cruelty. 10 The Breeder Appeals. 11 The Soft, Cool Feel of Grass. 12 Deciding on a Dog. 13 Overwhelmed. 14 Too Scared to Play. 15 Learning to Trust. 16 Tackling the Puppy Mills. 17 A Bond Develops. 18 The Crackdown Begins. 19 Elsewhere, Suffering. 20 Two Lives Changed. Epilogue. Acknowledgments. Appendix: Finding the Right Dog. Notes. Photo Credits. Index.

Notă biografică

Carol Bradley is a former newspaper reporter who studied Animal Law as a 2004 Nieman Fellow at Harvard. She spent twenty–six years covering the U.S. Congress and state legislatures in Tennessee and New York and writing features and investigative stories in Montana.