Tales of an African Vet (Hardcover)

The heart-wrenching and adventure-filled stories of a South African wild animal vet and his colleaguesWhen do you watch a wild animal suffer and let nature take its course, and when do you intervene? In his more than twenty-five years as an African vet, Dr. Roy Aronson has seen and done some remarkable things. He has tracked lions and cheetahs, anaesthetized rhinoceros and king cobras, collared rogue elephants, performed eye surgery on a lion out in the bush, been attacked by a puff adder, come face to face with an angry hybrid wolf, and nearly lost a foot to a crocodile. Dr. Aronson has also worked with some of Africas most dedicated conservationists and wildlife veterinarians. He has witnessed their passion and bravery and been with them when hard decisions had to be made.Tales of an African Vet brings together Dr. Aronsons adventures in a rare behind-the-scenes look at those who treat wild animals in their natural habitat. For those drawn to outdoor adventure stories, African wildlife, or the veterinarians trade, it is a riveting book replete with rich insights into both theanimal and human cultures of Africa. Dr. Roy Aronson has been a veterinarian in South Africa for more than twenty-five years. He is the author of Its a Vets Life: Adventures in the City and the Wild.

Hardcover. English. Lyons Press. 2010. ISBN: 9781599219424. 240 pp. Good with dw. Book No: 2505808