Kicked Bitten and Scratched

<b>A rare and absolutely enchanting look inside the Harvard of wild animal wranglers</b> <p/> As is obvious to anyone who has read her most e-mailed <i>New York Times</i> article of 2006 What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage Amy Sutherland knows a thing or two about animals. In <i>Kicked Bitten and Scratched</i> she takes readers behind the gates of Moorpark Community College where students are taught such skills as how to train a hyena to pirouette and coax a tiger to open wide for a vet exam. As she follows the faculty student body and four- footed teaching aides at Moorpark's Exotic Animal Training and Management program Sutherland produces a true walk on the wild side filled with wonder comedy occasional heartache and transcendent beauty.