Las Animas - Bent County Library District

A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this virus. The book tells this dramatic story, giving an account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race.

"An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment"--Container.

After a terrible accident, a young girl wakes up to discover that she has been given the body of a chimpanzee.

Foreword / David B. Morton -- Introduction / Viktor and Annie Reinhardt -- The ill-effects of uncomfortable quarters / William M.S. Russell -- Comfortable quarters for mice in research institutions / Chris M. Sherwin -- Comfortable quarters for gerbils in research institutions / Eva Waiblinger -- Comfortable quarters for rats in research institutions / Monica M. Lawlor -- Comfortable quarters for hamsters in research institutions / Gernot Kuhnen --...

Clementine is different from other mice: she can calculate the speed of light and she dreams in Latin. The scientists say she's a genius and put her through test after test. Clementine is proud of being a good lab mouse, but she's lonely. Her only snatches of friendship occur during her late-night visits with a chimpanzee named Rosie. When a compassionate lab technician frees Clementine, the mouse discovers an outside world full of wonders Brussels...

An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment.

"Nineteen-year-old Kit works for the research department of Shen Corporation as a phenomenaut. She's been "jumping"--projecting her consciousness, through a neurological interface--into the bodies of lab-grown animals made for the purpose of research for seven years, which is longer than anyone else at ShenCorp, and longer than any of the scientists thought possible. She experiences a multitude of other lives--fighting and fleeing as predator and...

When Bert, the formerly bedraggled stray cat adopted by nine-year-old Mellie Gore, escaped the YummCo lab, he promised the other creatures there that he would be back. Now he has returned, but not quite as he planned. He's been captured by the Yumms, but he is determined to exact his revenge. Meanwhile Mellie is doing everything she can to get Bert back, trying to piece together not only why the Yumms captured him, but also why nearly all the people...

"Animal testing is a controversy that has raged for hundreds of years--some viewing experiments on dogs as necessary for human medical progress, while others argue that the practice is barbaric. When Ellie Hansen adopted Marty--a beagle rescued from a research laboratory--she found herself rehabilitating a terrified dog with a traumatic past. She soon discovered the well-kept secret of painful and often fatal testing on dogs. This book details the...