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Never Work with Animals
- Author
- Gareth Steel
- Narrator
- Robin Laing
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 3 February 2022
- Run Time
- 11 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Veterinary medicine: general, Autobiography: science, technology & medicine, Animal life stories, Veterinary medicine: small animals, Veterinary medicine: large animals, Medical profession, Memoirs, Animals and society, Zoology and animal sciences, Cats as pets, Dogs as pets, Horses & ponies: general interest
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What to expect
Imagine going from neurologist to dermatologist, orthopaedic surgeon to obstetrician, assassin to saviour – all in one day. Welcome to the extraordinary world of veterinary medicine…
In Never Work with Animals, vet Gareth Steel shares the moments of humour, horror and heroism across his 20-year career caring for creatures great and small, from bulls to stick insects.
Thought-provoking, heartwarming and often laugh-out-loud funny, this unforgettable memoir reveals what life is really like for our vets.
Critics Review
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‘A great book by an incredible guy’ – Bear Grylls
‘Packed with self-deprecating and darkly comic anecdotes… but there’s plenty of warmth, too.’ – The Sunday Times
‘In this fascinating and humorous memoir, Gareth reveals the unfiltered truth of life as a vet and the desperate lengths we go to for the love of animals.’ – Sunday Express
‘Gareth Steels shows the challenging reality of his day-to-day life in this informative and entertaining account of his career.’ – Daily Mirror
‘This gritty yet tender-hearted book is essential reading for anyone thinking of training as [a vet]. It will leave you with renewed respect for Britain’s vets and the difficult, emotionally draining work they carry out.’ – Daily Mail
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Details
- Author
- Gareth Steel
- Narrator
- Robin Laing
- Duration
- 11 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 February 2022
- ISBN
- 9780008466602
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Veterinary medicine: general, Autobiography: science, technology & medicine, Animal life stories, Veterinary medicine: small animals, Veterinary medicine: large animals, Medical profession, Memoirs, Animals and society, Zoology and animal sciences, Cats as pets, Dogs as pets, Horses & ponies: general interest
Synopsis
Gareth Steel wants you to understand vets in a way you never could have before.How it feels to watch a healed dog bound into their owner’s arms. The joy of breathing life into the fluid-filled lungs of a newborn calf after a difficult labour. The satisfaction of rescuing a distressed sheep from the high-tide line.What it’s like to work 100-hour weeks for less than the minimum wage. How it can scar your soul to euthanize a beloved puppy with its grieving family beside you. The pressure of having to know such a diverse range of medicine, that one hour you can be protecting yourself from a dangerously distressed horse and the next you can be performing delicate surgery on a tiny mouse. How all these pressures have built up to the extent that vets have four times the national suicide rate, and why.Gareth Steel has been a vet for nearly twenty years and has worked all over the UK, across both rural and city practices, dealing with all manner of household pets and farm animals. This is his fascinating raw account of just how involved the job is and the toll the extreme emotions that come with it can take, but it also a heart-warming and often humorous story of the desperate lengths we go to for the love of animals.
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