by Duncan | Aug 27, 2014 | Authors, Dogs, Mammals
Matthew Gilbert—longtime television critic at The Boston Globe and author of “Off The Leash: A Year at the Dog Park–explains how he grew up uncomfortable around dogs and continued disliking them well into adulthood, until his husband Tom (a lifelong dog lover)...
by Duncan | Aug 20, 2014 | Captive, Cats, Dogs, Elephants, Health & Behavior, Horses, Mammals, Primates, Veterinarians
Dr. Vint Virga—veterinarian, animal behaviorist and author of “The Soul of All Living Creatures: What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human”—explains how the anti-zoo view he held earlier in his career evolved into seeing zoos in a more positive light. He also...
by Duncan | Aug 13, 2014 | Actors & Filmmakers, By Guest, General, Horses, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Ellie Phipps Price—executive producer and co-writer of “American Mustang,” a film exploring the round-ups of wild horses by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)—discusses her lifelong love of horses, which began in childhood. She recalls when she first became aware of...
by Duncan | Aug 6, 2014 | Authors, Dogs, Legislation, Sanctuaries
Tom Junod—two-time National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Esquire writer-at-large—discusses the impetus for writing “The State Of The American Dog,” his extended examination of the plight and perception of the pit bull that appears in the August issue of...
by Duncan | Jul 30, 2014 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Mammals, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
Ashley Mutch, the Philadelphia Manager of Pets For Life—a nationally-expanding outreach effort that, relying on an array of strategies, and offering a variety of resources, seeks to help pets and their humans in low-income communities–recounts growing up loving...
