Furry Friends and Farmyard Labourers, Aquarium Drifters and Four-Legged Companions: A Selection of Pets and Domesticated Creatures
Here's a new display of books from the stacks in Exeter Library, beneath the stairs. It was suggested by Laura, who noted the large number of books on pets and domestic and farm animals which we have down in the stack. I'm not sure that every breed of dog is covered, but there are certainly a good number, from tiny bag-peeking lapdogs to huge loping hounds. Plenty of cats too. I have tried to keep a balance, but as more of a cat person my natural bias may have crept to the surface. Anyway, here you'll find pampered pooches and worshipped cats, heavy workhorses and helpful companions, axolotls and zebra finches, furry friends and scaly shimmering swimmers, cocks of the yard and grazers of the meadows, faithful guard dogs and fickle felines, playful puppies and capricious kittens, high-bred best in show and back street scrappers, haughty horses and hauling donkeys, vivarium exotics and goldfishbowl circlers. So enjoy leafing through a selection of books on domesticated ani...