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By STEVE DALE
Tribune Media Services
"Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Save and
Lessons Learned," by Cathy Scott,
photography by Clay Myers (Wiley
Publishing Inc, New York, NY, 2008;
$19.99). Actress Alice MacGraw writes in
the foreword: "This is an unforgettable
account of the courage and boundless
energy of people who realize that we
human beings have an absolute obligation
to help the other creature of this
planet. In seeing these images and
reading the accounts in this book, we
are reminded of the very best behavior
of which the human heart is capable."
Scott covered the hurricane for Best
Friends Animal Society. She handles the
description of what happened as a
journalist with the sensitivity of an
animal lover. These stories are so
riveting that simple, straight-forward
narrative works fine. Hopefully, lots of
lessons were learned as a result of
Katrina, and reminding us of these
lessons is good. Warning: Tissue is
required for this reading, though the
book abounds in happy endings.
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