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Exotic animal school the focus of new book
Topic Started: Jun 19 2006, 12:13 AM (56 Views)
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Exotic animal school the focus of new book
BY ERIC LEACH, Staff Writer

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3950729

MOORPARK - Veterans of the Moorpark College Exotic Animal Training and Management Program got a unique chance to look at themselves with the publication this month of "Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers."

"My initial reaction was, wow! I was really entertained," said Mara Rodriguez, a member of the zoo's operations staff. "How many people get to read about themselves in a book?"

Author Amy Sutherland, who lives in the Boston area and wrote "Cookoff: Recipe Fever in America," said cooking and animals are her favorite subjects.

So she was intrigued when she learned about the Moorpark program that trains students to work with animals in television, films, amusement parks and zoos.

The first time she set foot on the Moorpark campus, she knew there would be plenty of material for her second book.

"I eventually got to the point where I could not pull myself away from that place. It was a magical kingdom," Sutherland said. "I would be just ready to leave, and someone would say, `Do you want to go for a walk with the baboons?"'

The Moorpark program, established in 1974 with one wolf, now has about 200 animals on five acres overlooking the campus.

Sutherland said the animals and the people there became equal characters in her book, published this month by Viking.

"It's about humans and animals trying to communicate with each other. Their stories interweave," Sutherland said. "This is the only place like this in the country."
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