The blind baby elephant wouldn’t let any human near him! Then a grieving black dog entered the room-and the vet quietly reached for the emergency syringe…

with notes written in blocky handwriting. A woman in Oregon sent Boone a collar tag engraved with the words GOOD BOY, and Erin cried when she opened it, then refused to put it on him because the tag was too sentimental and too noisy.

Life at Cedar Hollow went on beneath the attention. Feed deliveries came late. Fences needed welding. Hooves needed trimming.continue reading …