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The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes and Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients | Artwork credit: Book design by Glen EdelsteinAt once heart- quickening and clinically fascinating, the stories in this remarkable collection represent some of the most moving and unusual cases ever taken on by zoological vets. A chronicle of discovery, compassion, and cutting-edge medicine, THE RHINO WITH GLUE-ON SHOES is must reading for animal lovers, science buffs and anyone who loves a well-told tale.

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