Drawing on the author’s personal experiences with both tame and wild moose, this handbook contains a wealth of information about this unique animal from all corners of the world. An overview of moose biology is featured, including their specialized diet and the relationship between sex and antlers, where size really does matter. Covering the history of moose on earth and the marked fluctuations in populations that have occurred over time, this guide also contains accessible chapters exploring moose diseases, moose and traffic, moose as a resource, and the uses of live moose in several ways, ranging from transport and clothing to dairy animals and pets.

Dr. Jerry Haigh was born in Kenya and educated in Glasgow as a veterinarian. Upon graduation in Scotland, he moved back to Africa, where he lived and worked for over ten years. During his time in Africa he met his wife, Dr. Joanne van de Riet, with whom he has two children, Karen and Charles. In 1975 Jerry and his family moved from Kenya to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where he took up a post as a wildlife veterinarian at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Jerry’s career-long experience with wildlife has spanned over five decades and four continents. He has worked on species ranging from elephants, to wild dogs and polar bears, to moose. He is the author of Of Moose and Men: A Wildlife Vet’s Pursuit of the World’s Largest Deer, The Trouble with Lions: A Glasgow Vet in Africa, Porcupines to Polar Bears: Adventures of a Wildlife Veterinarian, and Wrestling With Rhinos: The Adventures of a Glasgow Vet in Kenya. He and Joanne, together for over 50 years now, live near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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"Haigh has covered every aspect of the moose, including disease, sexual habits and breeding, their biology, and even their impact on our road travel....Haigh has left no moose unturned in this ultimate guide to the antlered Canadian giant." — Scene Magazine

"Haigh is an energetic and entertaining story-teller who provides his reader that most delightful of sport: the armchair big game spotter." —Myrna Kostash, Award-winning author of The Frog Lake Reader and Prodical Daughter

" Of Moose and Men is at once informative and entertaining, the whole spectrum of a natural world filtered through a smart, quirky, caring man who knows that world better than any other human...highly recommended to all readers." —www.OpenLettersMonthly.com

"Jerry guides the reader through a wide variety of moosey topics, ranging from the origin of the name ‘moose,’ to an extensive discussion of antlers and moose sexuality, to fascinating descriptions of various instances of tamed moose around the world....This book is definitely worth a read." — Canadian Veterinary Journal

"From the historical to the biological, Haigh leaves no aspect of the moose-bound lore uncovered....For those who will never get to share a drink with Haigh, here's everything about moose you never realized you wanted to know." — Publishers Weekly (March 12, 2012)

"[A]n engaging, informative, often funny, wide-ranging look at moose....[T]his book is a delight. Sit down, curl up and read about the amazing animal that may be grazing in your backyard right now." — Saskatoon StarPhoenix (May 26, 2012)