Toombs, Jim

Jim Toombs lives in San Antonio with wife, Mary and an ever-changing assortment of animals. The current menagerie includes Coco, a small, standard poodle; Nico, the Australian cattle dog; Ruby, an African Grey parrot; and Harvey, a four-foot-long Belgian Giant rabbit with attitude. Bogart, the Cockatiel, died of old age in the summer of 2013 a few days before his 36th birthday. And what about Tigger, the Jack Russell Terrier inspiration for the Gabe and Tigger Mysteries? Old dogface was an active fellow, loved by everyone he met, and he met many since he was also the world's greatest escape ar...