Beauty in the Beasts PA True Stories of Animals Who Choose to Do Good (reprint)

by Kreisler, Kristin von

• ISBN13: 9781585421589
• ISBN10: 1585421588
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-13
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

A 209-pound potbellied pig throws herself into traffic to help save her owner, who was suffering a heart attack. A dog steals a loaf of bread from the family pantry and brings it to a young girl confined in bed. A horse stands guard over an injured baby rabbit and refuses to leave until the rabbit is rescued. These are just a few of the hundreds of true accounts collected in Beauty in the Beasts, a captivating narrative that combines provocative scientific findings with a compassionate understanding of the natural world to show that animals, like humans, can and do choose to do good. Writes Philip Gonzales, author of The Dog Who Rescues Cats, "Finally von Kreisler is pointing out what's so easy to see, but hardly anyone does: Animals choose to act with incredible honesty, decency, and purpose. Anyone who loves animals will want to read this wonderful book."

Author Biography

Kristin von Kreisler, author of The Compassion of Animals, has been a staff writer for Reader's Digest, a commentator on animal issues for numerous television and radio programs, and a board member of the international organization In Defense of Animals.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction	1	(20)
Sensitivity	21	(26)
Compassion	47	(24)
Courage	71	(32)
Loyalty	103	(24)
Fortitude	127	(24)
Cooperation	151	(24)
Resourcefulness	175	(20)
Generosity	195	(24)
Selected Bibliography	219