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Wrestling With Rhinos:

The Adventures of a Glasgow Vet in Kenya
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ECW Press, 2002 - Biography & Autobiography - 390 pages
Graduating from veterinary college in 1965, Jerry Haigh is transported from Scotland to the wilds of Kenya where his first patient is a giraffe with a sore foot. Not having encountered many giraffes in Scotland, he turned to his knowledge of cattle to improvise a treatment and cure the animal. By turns poignant and amusing, this memoir reveals what life was like in post-independence Kenya, a nation just making the transition out of colonialism. While living on the slopes of Mount Kenya, Haigh encounters and treats rhinos, elephants, zebras, and pelicans, as well as cattle, including those of President Jomo Kenyatta. He also meets and marries a Dutch doctor, and they combine their lives and medical skills to help both human and animal patients.
  

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Review: Wrestling with Rhinos: The Adventures of a Glasgow Vet in Kenya

User Review  - Jennifer Davis - Goodreads

Wow, so glad I decided to pick this up for $2 from the Half Priced Books clearance shelf. This book is comprised of short stories/chapters from real stories of Dr. Haigh's experiences in Kenya. He ... Read full review

Review: Wrestling with Rhinos: The Adventures of a Glasgow Vet in Kenya

User Review  - Thomas - Goodreads

Jerry Haigh in high-adventure mode. This is what you read when "All Creatures Great and Small" starts to seem too tame and, well, small. A veterinarian wrestling not just Rhinos, but tigers, and moose ... Read full review

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Selected pages

Contents

The New Graduate
v
Tropical Challenges
17
The Mzee
33
19000 Feet Above Sea Level
41
Years End
53
A Posting to Meru
65
The Lucky Vet
75
HG2
85
The Cottage on Lunatic Lane
215
A Gnother Gnu
225
The Two Faces of Lady Luck
239
The Stolen Watch
247
The Horn of the Rhino
257
The Rhino Baby
263
Lemurs Puppies and a Pelican
279
The Mombasa Quarantine
291

Mobile Crockery
95
The Adamsons and Their Cats
111
Greater Than Kings
123
Caesarean Sections
133
Population Control
143
The FourGallon Enema
153
Isiolo Interludes
165
Samson Kabwithias Simple Idea
173
Wrestling with Rhinos
191
Farewell to Meru
207
The Horse Whisperer
301
Elephants for Nigeria
309
A Presidents Difficult Decision
321
Rwanda Revisited
339
The Second Surgeon
355
SachSassaSaskatchewan
361
Return to the Honeypot
371
SWAHILI PRIMER
381
FURTHER READING
389
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About the author (2002)

\Jerry Haigh is a veterinarian. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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TitleWrestling With Rhinos: The Adventures of a Glasgow Vet in Kenya
AuthorDr Jerry Haigh
Editionillustrated
PublisherECW Press, 2002
ISBN1550225073, 9781550225075
Length390 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Literary
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