A Classical Vet in Modern Times
Primates - including man - are the ones to watch. In the jungle it is men or related primates who can be dangerous. It shouldn`t happen to a vet, but in Richard Jones`s case it invariably does - whether he`s in Belize or Banffshire: an orang-utan called Josh, fractious bulls, bellowing heifers, lambless ewes, three Caesarean calvings in one night, odd goings-on in the Glacks of Garrough, a strange use for a hock bottle, a hint when Jack Russells are about to bite and a safe method of extracting an egg from a nine-foot African rock python! Yet the ones to watch in this beautifully drawn novel are, the author suggests, the humans. Why can`t some people let sleeping dogs lie - especially when they`re dead! And why exactly does Richard`s...
