Mack ultimately loses ownership of all his animals after it’s implied that he fails an animal welfare inspection. In the Bridgerton season 1 finale, After the Rain, it’s noted that Francesca Bridgerton has spent most of her time that year in Bath. He’s briefly thrilled with the publicity, until people begin protesting for Ruby and Ivan to be moved to the zoo. When Mack first notices Ivan’s mural on the billboard, he’s enraged. And even in the present, Mack is occasionally kind and generous, as when he gives George money to purchase art supplies for Julia. Kindle 12.99 Rate this book The One and Only Ruby Katherine Applegate 0. Though even after Ivan moved to the mall, Mack still hired keepers to care for Ivan, an indicator that Mack was both better off financially and more interested in the welfare of his animals back then. It wasn’t until Mack’s wife, Helen, left that Mack moved Ivan to the mall and began to neglect his animals. He spoiled Ivan with sweets and gave him the run of his house. Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home-and his own art-through new eyes. Hrvatski (hr) Português (pt) (te) (uk) (zh) My Books. When Mack first adopted Ivan decades ago, he treated Ivan kindly and raised him like one would raise a human child. One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate, 2023, HarperCollins Publishers Limited edition, in English. But as Ivan tells Ruby about his past, he implies that Mack hasn’t always been this way. And several of his animals, including his adult elephant, Stella, die because he's unwilling to get them veterinary care when they need it. But this stress results in Mack turning to alcohol, as well as neglecting and sometimes abusing his animals-in his desperation to get Ruby to perform, for instance, he threatens her with a claw-stick, a device the novel portrays as abusive. It’s clear throughout the novel that he is facing financial troubles with his business, hence his decision to purchase Ruby to draw more visitors to the mall. Mack owns the Big Top Mall and all the animals in it.

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