by Duncan | Mar 19, 2025 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Cats, Educators, Elephants, Health & Behavior, Wild
Jocelyn Stokes and Katie Schuler—co-creators of “In Her Nature,” a new digital series carried on the YouTube channel for the longstanding PBS program, “Nature”—retrace the path that led each of them toward their present filmmaking careers, specializing in natural...
by Duncan | Mar 12, 2025 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Horses, Mammals, Sanctuaries
Michael Schneider, a pilot and founder of Pilots To The Rescue—which flies animals from shelters plagued by low rates of adoption (and, often, high rates of euthanasia), to rescues where foster or forever homes have been arranged—describes the career reinvention that...
by Duncan | Mar 5, 2025 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior
As we’ve done 11 times prior—spanning nearly four years–today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.” In each instance, listeners are invited to call or email questions...
by Duncan | Feb 26, 2025 | Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Educators, Factory Farming, Health & Behavior, Veterinarians
Dr. Alex Travis–director of Cornell Public Health and chair of the Department of Public & Ecosystem Health in the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine—explains exactly what his extended job title involves, noting that he brings being both a...
by Duncan | Feb 12, 2025 | Advocates, Captive Exotic, Cats, Educators, General, Legislation, Mammals, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan, Wildlife
Howard Baskin—often identified as Advisory Board Chairman of Big Cat Rescue, and spouse of Carole Baskin, the founder of the sanctuary that operated in Tampa for more than three decades—recalls, as a savvy businessman wielding a Harvard MBA, his reaction upon first ...