by Duncan | Nov 29, 2023 | Advocates, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Rescue, Wildlife
Jill Horstmann–founder of Squirrelly AF Rescue, a squirrel-focused rescue and rehabilitation operation she runs at her St. Petersburg home—recalls growing up in Wisconsin, where she was that neighborhood kid who tended to injured or ill critters. But it’s hardly...
by Duncan | Nov 15, 2023 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Vegetarian/Vegan, Wildlife
Dr. Justin Perrault–vice president of research at Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC), a nonprofit sea turtle research, rehabilitation, education, and conservation operation in Juno Beach, FL—recalls the early, pioneering work on sea turtles performed by Juno...
by Duncan | Nov 8, 2023 | Adoption, Advocates, Authors, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Legislation, Pets, Rescue
Carey Theil, executive director of GREY2K USA Worldwide, the largest greyhound protection organization in the world, and Rory Goree, who for many years ran the largest industry-funded greyhound adoption group, Greyhound Pets of America, explain how–as former...
by Duncan | Nov 1, 2023 | Adoption, Advocates, Educators, Factory Farming, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Vegetarian/Vegan
Dr. Faraz Harsini–biomedical scientist and speaker at the 2023 Tampa Bay Veg Fest—remembers growing up in Iran, including a possible foreshadowing of his future activism, when participating in a student protest of the country’s leadership resulted in his being...
by Duncan | Oct 18, 2023 | Actors & Filmmakers, Adoption, Advocates, Educators, General, Mammals, Pets
Pete Walsh–who lives in Tasmania, where he found himself becoming deeply concerned about the plight of local platypuses in the capital city of Hobart, part of narrative that unfolds in “The Platypus Guardian,” a documentary kicking off the new season of the PBS...
