Chicken Soup for the Soul: Humane Heroes, Volume II

By American Humane

Laugh and learn as you read inspirational and educational stories about remarkable animals and the people who take care of them.  

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Humane Heroes, Volume II is full of real-life stories that are appropriate for 7th graders and up to read on their own.  While teaching the value of humane conservation, children are introduced to some amazing animals – two orphaned bear cubs; a lost and blind sea lion; elephants who help doctors fight cancer, among others. Not only will children learn how these animals share and enrich our planet, they will also learn of the critically important work being done by humane heroes around the world that helps them survive.   

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul
• Release date: Nov 7, 2017
• ISBN: 9780998842776

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Table of Contents

Foreword, Dr. Robin Ganzert

1. The Chicago Bear Cubs . . . how a community rallied to rescue two little orphans

2. Chester Beats the Odds . . . a stranded dolphin survives and finds a new home

3. The Elephant Mystery . . . how elephants are helping fight cancer in people

4. Cruz Finds a Home . . . a lonely, blind sea lion pup now lives with his friends

5. Gracie Ages Gracefully . . . learning from one of the oldest sea otters in human care

6. The Little Tiger with Heart . . . a cub rejoins her family after time in the hospital

7. Smuggling and Survival . . . the gruesome trafficking of turtles and tortoises

8. How a Middle School Helped a Penguin . . . using 3D printing to make a boot

9. The Sea Lion Emergency . . . how do you save a thousand baby sea lions?

10. Dr. Black’s Morning . . . a veterinarian committed to saving wild animals

11. Chouk the Elephant . . . creating an innovative prosthetic foot for an injured elephant

12. Inspired by Dolphins . . . a disabled boy interacts with dolphins and improves

The Humane CertifiedTM Seal

The Zoos and Aquariums Where the Stories Happened

About Dr. Robin Ganzert and American Humane

Working to Ensure the Welfare of Animals

Zoo and Aquarium Addresses

Foreword

Animals enrich our planet and our lives with the power to inspire us, heal us, sustain us, and — by teaching us about the world and ourselves — make us more human. They are a vital part of the web of life on earth upon which all of us depend, and it is essential not only to protect the remarkable creatures with whom we share the planet, but to teach today’s young people to value and preserve this rich legacy for future generations.

In the face of what experts are calling a Sixth Mass Extinction, with animal species disappearing so fast that two-thirds of all wild animals could be gone by the end of the decade, today’s zoos, aquariums, and conservation centers have become modern day arks of hope for many species.

These institutions serve not only as vessels to safely house and help sustain populations of critically endangered animals, but perform rescues of wild creatures, and fund thousands of conservation projects. Perhaps equally important, they play a critical role in serving as vital ambassadors for wildlife, introducing millions of people to and helping them care for these unique creatures.

After all, people won’t protect what they don’t love. And they can’t love what they don’t know.

To help preserve and ensure that these treasured creatures are well cared for, American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization and the largest certifier of the welfare of animals in the world, launched the first-of-its-kind American Humane ConservationTM program. This global effort works to help ensure the welfare and humane treatment of the millions of remarkable and endangered creatures living in zoos, aquariums and conservation centers, as well as shine a light on the leading institutions that have voluntarily stepped forward to meet and regularly verify rigorous, science-based standards of care created and backed by many of the most iconic names in science, animal welfare, and the conservation field.

In this series of grade-appropriate books aimed at teaching the value of humane conservation, we seek to introduce children to the amazing animals — from wily wolves to endangered elephants to a penguin with a problem — who share and enrich our world, and the critically important work that is being done to help them survive.

Through these stories it is our goal to help build a new generation of ambassadors and advocates for unique and endangered animals. Most of all, as they read these colorful, engaging stories and develop key literacy skills, we hope to nurture in our children a love of the remarkable animals with whom we have shared the world since time immemorial and inspire them to help preserve and protect those creatures in all their splendor, richness,