People who knew Cleveland
Amory say it would be impossible to forget him and his compassion for
animals. He's remembered under many different banners and by many different
people. He is the lovable old curmudgeon, the author of The Cat
Who Came for Christmas, a man who evolved from writer to animal
crusader.
It is under the animal crusader
that Amory made his strongest impact—he created the Fund for Animals,
an aggressive animal rights organization. And he was the first to use
field agents to combat cruelty. In this exciting new book, Julie Marshall
chronicles the rapid growth of the Fund. When it got started, the organization
was crammed into a tiny New York office; it couldn't afford salaries
for its full-time people, and people’s garages were used as offices.
As the Fund grew, Amory hired field agents in many states.
This books chronicles Amory's amazing “Army
of the Kind”—airlifting 500 burros set to be slaughtered
from the depths of the Grand Canyon, saving pigeons and rabbits, stalking
hunters, “shooing” buffalo. Along the way, he created sanctuaries
for animals to save them from abuse and neglect, establishing a network
of foot soldiers for his “Army.”
The Fund never grew to the size of an organization
like PETA, but it was an extremely loud and irritating presence to anyone
who tried to hurt animals. From spray-painting baby seals in Canada
to keep them from being slaughtered, to his plan to “hunt the
hunters,” Amory pushed every conceivable button he could to help
every single animal he could.
Today, the Fund has been merged with the Humane Society
of America to create a much larger organization. But with the return
of the baby seal hunt and the reemergence of fur as fashion, animal
activists have just as much of a fight ahead of them as they did when
Amory was making waves. The Story of the Fund for Animals relates how
far we’ve come, and explores how far we need to go, and the type
of personality, or personalities that will be needed to accomplish our
goals.
"So many
lives have been touched and changed reading books by Cleveland
Amory, and finally the world has a book about Cleveland Amory.
This story of the modern animal protection movement's founding father
will truly warm your heart"
—Michael Markarian, President of the Fund for Animals
About The Author:
Julie Hoffman Marshall
is an award-winning journalist and longtime advocate for wildlife, pets,
and the environment in her native state of Colorado. She has worked
as an associate editor of the editorial pages, a features writer, and
as an animal columnist for The Daily Camera in Boulder, Colorado. She
reported on community news for The Orange County Register in Southern
California, and was a public information officer for the Colorado Division
of Wildlife. Ms. Marshall holds a master’s degree in journalism
from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She lives in Lafayette,
Colorado, with her husband Tim and daughter Sarah. The Marshall home
is run by two Malamutes—Moqui and Nakuma—and four cats—Simba,
Kato, Inspector Clouseau, and Yogi.
