Shark! How One Surfer Survived an Attack
Silver fog blanketed California's Monterey Bay on a late August morning last year. For Todd Endris, it was a perfect end-of-summer day for surfing. The lanky 24-year-old aquarium technician zipped into his wet suit and headed to Marina State ... [... more]
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A Dog's Life
By Dr. Nick Trout From Reader's Digest Originally in Tell Me Where It Hurts The phone call came at 2:47 a.m., jolting me awake. "Hi. I'm Dr. Sarah Keene, the new surgical resident," I heard a voice say. "I've got a dog here, a ten-year-old [... more]
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Wonderful and Wacky First Pets
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Heroes: Dog Attack Rescue
By Tamara Jones From Reader's Digest Staying home on a sunny Saturday afternoon wasn't the usual routine for Cody Phillips, but the amiable high school junior had promised to help clean out the garage of his Tulsa, Oklahoma, home. As he worked, ... [... more]
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Hero Pets / Animal Stories / Reader's Digest / Print Version
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Remembering Barbaro: A Book Excerpt
By Edgar Prado with John Eisenberg From Reader's Digest Originally in My Guy Barbaro The first time I ever laid eyes on Barbaro, I finished what seemed like half a mile behind him in the Laurel Futurity, a turf race for two-year-old thoroughbreds ... [... more]
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A Pony Tale
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The Elephant Sanctuary
Comments : By sexysueboo, Fri Jun 20 09:46:10 EDT 2008 i love the elephants story, i just that there were more pictures and stories about these animals. As i am truly an elephant lover. I think they are great creatures. [... more]
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Whale of a Rescue
The two divers in snorkel gear dropped backward off the inflatable boat into the Pacific Ocean. Cautiously they swam toward the humpback lying weak and exhausted in the waves. The water was 53 degrees, dark and frothy like the foam on a beer. ... [... more]
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I Am Alive
By Nando Parrado, with Vince Rause, from "Miracle In the Andes" From Reader's Digest On October 13, 1972, a plane carrying young Nando Parrado and his Uruguayan rugby teammates crashed in the Andes mountain range. It's amazing that anyone ... [... more]
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Northern Exposure: A Deep Sea Diver's Story
As looming icebergs blotted out the low sun, Lewis Gordon Pugh thrust his tiny craft into the Arctic pack ice 60 miles north of Norway. Spray kicked up by his paddles froze instantly against his wet suit, but the piercing chill didn't faze Pugh: ... [... more]
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Teens Bond With Dogs
Justin and Cherry take a break during training. Much of the time the kids spend with the dogs is unstructured -- an opportunity to bond. Rocket Bob (l) and Spike greet a visitor to the kennel. The dogs are typically about a year old when they ... [... more]
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