Following in the tradition of Gerald Durrell and The James Herriot. The theme is animals behaving badly - animal people behaving madly. Encounters between exotic animals, and the dedicated, but often quirky and eccentric 'animal people' whose job it is to wait on them beak and hoof. Woven through the narrative are little known facts and first hand observations. But even the reader with only a passing interest in the creatures that flutter or slither across the pages, will still find it entertaining. This the 3rd edition includes more stories, more illustrations and more laughs.