By age nine she had become a devotee both of the Orioles» portly first baseman, Boog Powell,
and of Gerald Durrell, the British author of Matola's
favorite book, My Family
and Other Animals, an account of Durrell's youth on the Greek island of Corfu, where he lived amid eccentric people and exotic a
Animals, an account of Durrell's youth on the Greek island of Corfu, where he lived amid eccentric
people and exotic
animalsanimals.
On any given day across America, thousands of
people are helping to find cures for
animal sickness, increase the lifespans of our
favorite pets,
and generally make life more humane for cats, dogs, horses
and countless
other species.