Working at the sharp end, Scottish vet Hugh Cran describes his daily and nightly challenges working in Kenya as he encounters rabid dogs, a horse pageant that goes horribly wrong, missing tortoises, entire herds of sick cattle and corrupt policemen: he even witnesses how a witchdoctor successfully identifies a thief.
Busy from early morning to midnight, Hugh never turns down a call to help an animal in distress, even if this means driving across floods or deserts, surviving vehicle break-downs or insanitary operating conditions on arrival.
In this book, Hugh falls in love, marries and starts a family, climbs Kenyan mountains, survives a life-threatening health crisis, a surgery fire and a serious legal accusation.
Throughout it all, he remains a dedicated and hardworking local vet, serving his African community, no matter what.
He has promises to keep...
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MedicineSubtopic
Social Science BiographiesTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. Night Games
- 2. A Trip to the Lake
- 3. Nipped in the Bud
- 4. Dick the Dog
- 5. Showtime
- 6. French Dressing
- 7. A Walk in the Park
- 8. Italian Dessert
- 9. Steering Wheel Blues
- 10. Lump in the Throat
- 11. Things that go Bump in the Night
- 12. T9
- 13. A Dash of Smirnoff
- 14. A Touch of the Irish and a Night on the Bare Mountain
- 15. Wedding Bells
- 16. The Eyes have it
- 17. Pestle and Mortar
- 18. Chally
- 19. The Queen of the Jungle
- 20. In the Lions’ Den
- 21. ‘Troubled the Deep Waters’
- 22. Rabies
- 23. Fire and Brimstone
- 24. Baconhand and Friends
- 25. Gussie
- 26. Lumps and Bumps
- 27. Time for a Tortoise
- 28. Off the Menu
- 29. The Stare of the Scorpion
- Copyright
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