The Blood is Wild

by Bridget MacCaskill (Author), Don MacCaskill (Photographer)

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.41

  Bridget and Don MacCaskill have been nurturing the foxes in the central Scottish Highlands for as many years as they have been observing the otters on a west-coast sea loch, which they chronicled in On the Swirl of the Tide . But foxes belong to a persecuted species. While sheep farmers and gamekeepers attempted to eliminate these beautiful, intelligent and resilient creatures, the MacCaskills were busy rescuing waifs that came their way. Some fox cubs they kept, until they were fully grown, in conditions as wild as possible; others became engaging pets. This book fits together a number of fox encounters into one continuous story, and describes the creatures with which they share the wild glens and hills of the central Scottish Highlands - the golden eagles, the badgers, and a particular wildcat.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.27

  In the endless struggle between man and nature, Bridget and Don MacCaskill's Highland home has always been a haven for injured and orphaned wildlife, from red deer to wildcats. The story begins with the rescue of two near-starved fox cubs called Rufus and Rusty, victims of their species' vicious reputation, and charts their often amusing journey into adulthood under the watchful eye of their new human 'parents'. Along the way, they are regularly joined by other wild creatures in need of the MacCaskills' help - badgers, birds of prey and a majestic golden eagle a mong them. 'The Blood is Wild' is a touching account of the precarious existence of wildlife in the Highlands.