Carol Buckley, longtime expert in the care of captive elephants

By | October 20, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Captive, Elephants, General, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Carol Buckley—a longtime expert in the care of captive elephants, who co-founded The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, moving on to found Elephant Aid International, a nonprofit organization “that creates innovative approaches to the care and management of captive elephants”—seeks to address, 47 years into working with these animals, what exactly it is about elephants that stole her heart, and keep stealing it. Read more…

Wayne Lynch, author & photographer of “Bears of the North: A Year Inside Their Worlds”

By | October 13, 2021 | Authors, Educators, General, Mammals | No comments

Wayne Lynch—science writer, photographer, and author of numerous books, most recently, “Bears of the North: A Year Inside Their Worlds,” a deep and thorough exploration of the four northern bears: American black bear, polar bear, brown bear, and Asiatic black bear—offers his perspective on what it is about bears that so many people find so enchanting. Read more…

Mary Keith, an organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival

By | September 29, 2021 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior | No comments

Mary Keith—the field trip coordinator for the Florida Birding and Nature Festival, taking place Oct 15-17, based at the Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach, Florida—recalls first becoming enchanted with birding decades ago, as the daughter of botanists, growing up in rural Pennsylvania. Read more…

Erin Amerman, founder of Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary

By | September 22, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior, Horses, Sanctuaries | No comments

Erin Amerman—the founder of Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary, which across two facilities located in and around Gainesville, FL houses some 150 cows, making it, they say, the country’s largest cow sanctuary, while providing refuge to other rescued farm animals, including pigs, donkeys, turkeys, and horses—traces her animal rescue path back to being a seven-year-old with a pet rat named Templeton. Read more…

Anita Krajnc, global campaign coordinator of the Plant Based Treaty

By | September 15, 2021 | Advocates, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals | No comments

Anita Krajnc—the global campaign coordinator of the Plant Based Treaty, which views itself as a companion to the Paris Agreement, described, on the Treaty website, as “a grassroots campaign designed to put food systems at the forefront of combating the climate crisis”—describes the key elements of both The Paris Agreement and The Fossil Fuel Treaty, the latter accord serving as a direct template for the Plant Based Treaty creators. Read more…

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