The Hippo with Toothache: Heart-Warming Stories of Zoo and Wild Animals and the Vets Who Care for Them. Edited by Lucy H. Spelman and Ted Y. Mas

by Lucy H. Spelman and Ted Y. Mashima

Meet Mohan, a rhino with painfully sore feet.
And Patch, a falcon with a broken wishbone.
And Kachina, a bear cub with brittle bones.
Not to mention Alfredito, a hippo suffering from a sever bout of toothache.

All these animals owe their lives to the dedicated zoo and wild animal vets who employ boundless ingenuity and expertise to care for them and who, in this beguiling book, tell the stories of their most memorable cases. They...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847945988
• ISBN13: 9781847945983
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 310 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.5"