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Where the Blind Horse Sings:
Love and Healing at an Animal Sanctuary
By
Kathy Stevens
Foreward by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Author of The Hidden Life of Dogs

“The theme here is love; the result is a book that will touch all readers.” —Booklist

At the Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Kathy Stevens, along with her team of volunteers and the support of her community, is changing the world one frightened animal at a time. In her new book, Where the Blind Horse Sings (ISBN: 978-1-60239-055-3, May 2007, HC, $22.95), Kathy is sharing with us each and every miraculous story of unexpected recovery, friendship, and growth that has taken place at CAS.

More than anything else, this is a book about love. Written by the founder of Catskill Animal Sanctuary, a haven for abused farm animals, this book depicts a world in which distinctions between “human” and “animal” are meaningless, a world where care and affection trump years of neglect and abuse. You will hear deeply moving and heartfelt accounts of animals like Dino, an old toothless pony who survived a fire and became the first member of the CAS community, and Cinnamon, a recent addition, who arrived timid and thin, with a bullet hole in her left eye. You will meet Rambo, the sheep who informs the staff when an animal needs assistance; Babe, the 900-pound pig; Paulie, the former cockfighting rooster who eats lunch with the humans and accompanies the director around town on her errands; and dozens of other horses, ponies, cows, goats, sheep, donkeys, pigs, rabbits, and a variety of birds, all larger than life.

If it is true that, “[t]he purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals,” then Kathy Stevens’s heart is immeasurable. Hers is a heart that will warm your own and perhaps inspire you to regard the animals in your life with just a little more humanity and empathy.
About the author: Kathy Stevens received her M.A. in public policy and education at Tufts University. After being an educator for nearly a decade, Kathy became the founder and director of CAS.

The Where the Blind Horse Sings:
Love and Healing at an Animal Sanctuary
By Kathy Stevens
? Skyhorse Publishing, distributed by Sterling Publishing
? ISBN-13: 978-1-60239-055-3
? Price: $22.95 (Canada: $29.95)
? Pages: 240, 32-page color insert
? Pub Date: MAY 2007