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It's a wild life : how my life became a zoo / Bud DeYoung with Cindy Martinusen Coloma.
"Pursuing your passion includes a whole lot of crap. For Bud DeYoung, that's about two hundred pounds a day! Since childhood, Bud had a passion for animals. As an adult, that passion led to the rescue of a bear who lived in his family's house, then more animals crowding for space, until Bud eventually built an entire private zoo around his home in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Along the way, a regular visitor named Carrie joined her passion for animals with Bud's. Together they now educate the public about animal conservation, battle the harsh winters and blazing summers, and daily dole out love to the hundreds of rescued animals in their care. Meanwhile, they teach by example how to make the world a better place while pursuing their passion. Welcome to the fascinating, heartwarming journey of one man, one woman, and an amazing cast of critters, whose stories will warm your soul. Welcome to the wild life of the DeYoung Family Zoo. "-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781605426372 :
- ISBN: 1605426377 :
- Physical Description: xi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Aurora : Medallion Press, Inc., 2014.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part One. The Passion -- Early Rising -- The Call of the Wild -- Stepping Forward -- Chimp Rescues -- Passion in Pain -- Good-byes and New Beginnings -- Moving North -- Building Life and Facing Antlers -- Love of Bears -- Part Two. The Price -- The Sign -- Winter's Sting -- The Big Step Out -- Big Cat Carrie -- Mishaps and Learning Curves -- Fifteen Minutes of Fame -- An African Hippo in the Upper Peninsula -- Real Structure for Real Dreams -- The Strength of a Backbone -- Letting Go -- Regrets and Moving On -- Part Three. The Purpose -- Hope in the Air -- The Wolf Test -- Wolf Pack -- The Three-Legged Wolf -- Nala the "Pet" Lioness -- Saving Lost Causes -- Animal Swaps and Bud's Birds -- The Rescues -- And They Kept Coming -- Saving Bob and Gunther -- The Haitian Priest -- New Ideas and Other Zoos -- How It All Comes Back -- Beyond Our Dreams -- Letters from Our Visitors. |
| Citation/References Note: | LJ 06/15/2014 |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Bud DeYoung Since childhood, Bud DeYoung had a passion for animals. At the young age of eight, he brought kids home from school to see his little zoo. When Bud was fifteen, he traded the family beagle for a monkey. This was the beginning.
Today on his own property in Michicanâs Upper Peninsula, Bud runs a zoo that has been open to the public since 1988 and is featured in a television series called My Life Is a Zoo on Nat Geo WILD and the 2012 independent film Zooman. Along with ?Big Catâ Carrie, Bud cares for over two hundred happy critters, from Bengal tigers to arctic wolves to a very hungry hippo named Wallace. Together Bud and Carrie educate the public about animal conservation, battle harsh winters and blazing summers, and daily dole out love to the hundreds of animals in their care. Through Bud and Carrieâs daily sacrifice, animals find rescue, people are inspired, and Bud DeYoung and Carrie Cramer know the fulfillment of living and building upon their dreams.
You can visit Bud and Carrie at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Wallace, Michigan, and online at TheDeYoungFamilyZoo.com.
Cindy Martinusen Coloma is a best-selling author and has written 12 novels including Beautiful (2010 Christy Award Finalist and 2011 Revolve Book of the Year), The Salt Garden (Library Journal's Best Books 2004) Orchid House (2008 ECPA bestseller) and Winter Passing (2001 Christy Award Finalist), as well as several non-fiction books and over 100 published articles.
Cindy lives in Redding, California with her husband and four children.
Today on his own property in Michicanâs Upper Peninsula, Bud runs a zoo that has been open to the public since 1988 and is featured in a television series called My Life Is a Zoo on Nat Geo WILD and the 2012 independent film Zooman. Along with ?Big Catâ Carrie, Bud cares for over two hundred happy critters, from Bengal tigers to arctic wolves to a very hungry hippo named Wallace. Together Bud and Carrie educate the public about animal conservation, battle harsh winters and blazing summers, and daily dole out love to the hundreds of animals in their care. Through Bud and Carrieâs daily sacrifice, animals find rescue, people are inspired, and Bud DeYoung and Carrie Cramer know the fulfillment of living and building upon their dreams.
You can visit Bud and Carrie at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Wallace, Michigan, and online at TheDeYoungFamilyZoo.com.
Cindy Martinusen Coloma is a best-selling author and has written 12 novels including Beautiful (2010 Christy Award Finalist and 2011 Revolve Book of the Year), The Salt Garden (Library Journal's Best Books 2004) Orchid House (2008 ECPA bestseller) and Winter Passing (2001 Christy Award Finalist), as well as several non-fiction books and over 100 published articles.
Cindy lives in Redding, California with her husband and four children.
