by Duncan | Jul 16, 2025 | Adoption, Advocates, Dogs, Educators, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Pets, Vegetarian/Vegan
Marsha Panuce—founder of Donte’s Den, a distinctive sanctuary in multiple ways, including that it extends across 50 acres (in Myakka City, FL), and primarily houses dogs—recalls growing up loving dogs, including pilgrimages with her Dad every Father’s Day to the local...
by Duncan | Jul 9, 2025 | Advocates, Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Mammals, Rescue, Wildlife
Nicci Wright–co-founder and co-chairperson of the African Pangolin Working Group (APWG), dedicated to the protection and the conservation of the pangolin, the world’s most trafficked animal—recalls her first encounter with a pangolin more than two decades ago....
by Duncan | Jul 2, 2025 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Pets
Adam Sugalski–who leads the efforts of Bear Defenders, a coalition dedicated to ending bear hunting across the United States; their singular focus currently is opposing the bear hunt that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has proposed...
by Duncan | Jun 25, 2025 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Horses
C. Annie Peters, president and CEO of Pet Partners—a Bellevue, Wash.-based national therapy animal organization focusing on improving human health and well-being through the human-animal bond—traces her path from once-aspiring engineer (who realized she didn’t really...
by Duncan | Jun 18, 2025 | Educators, Legislation, Mammals, Musicians, Veterinarians
Dr. Holly Dutton, Medical Director at the Tampa and Clearwater locations of VEG ER for Pets–a national enterprise that specializes in providing around-the-clock emergency and critical care services for pets—flips the script on my mention of the countless guests...
