This delightful book chronicles Bookey and Richard Peeks’ experiences in running a wildlife sanctuary. Much of their work centers on helping injured birds and animals, or those who have been abandoned while too young to look after themselves.
The Peeks’ goal is to prepare them to return to their natural habitats.
Though feeling some sadness when this occurs, they respect its necessity. As Ms. Peek writes, the most punitive act we as a society can inflict upon another, aside from a sentence of death, is continuous confinement. This pertains as much to bird and animal lives as it does to those of human beings.
She also recounts the habits and despicable manners of some guests to the sanctuary. Arguably, to the best of their understanding, many creatures from the wild behave with a greater degree of grace and decorum than do some of their human counterparts.
The Peeks’ goal is to prepare them to return to their natural habitats.
Though feeling some sadness when this occurs, they respect its necessity. As Ms. Peek writes, the most punitive act we as a society can inflict upon another, aside from a sentence of death, is continuous confinement. This pertains as much to bird and animal lives as it does to those of human beings.
She also recounts the habits and despicable manners of some guests to the sanctuary. Arguably, to the best of their understanding, many creatures from the wild behave with a greater degree of grace and decorum than do some of their human counterparts.
