by Duncan | Feb 19, 2014 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Dogs, General, Mammals
Alisa Johnson—co-founder and president of Dogs on Deployment, an online network enabling military service members to connect with people living in their area who are willing to care for their pets while they are deployed—recounts the predicament she and her husband,...
by Duncan | Feb 5, 2014 | Advocates, Cetaceans, Elephants, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Investigations, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan, Wildlife
Jo-Anne McArthur—an award-winning photojournalist whose passion as an animal activist has informed her work in an ongoing project, “We Animals”—recounts her first forays into photography. She discusses her evolution as a photographer, deciding to specialize in animals...
by Duncan | Jan 29, 2014 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior
Sue Martino—executive director of The Pet Project for Pets, a Fort Lauderdale-based nonprofit that helps enable pet owners who are living with HIV/AIDS, have a terminal illness, are disabled or the elderly, to keep and continue to care for their animals—discusses the...
by Duncan | Jan 22, 2014 | Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, Health & Behavior
In a broadcast emanating from KUCI in Irvine, CA, Richie Moretti—founder and director of the nationally-regarded Turtle Hospital in Marathon, FL—explains how a Volkswagen mechanic from New Jersey ended up launching a sea turtle hospital in the Keys in 1986. He...
by Duncan | Jan 15, 2014 | Advocates, General, Spay/Neuter, Veterinarians
Dr. Hillary Hart—a Tampa Bay Area veterinarian who operates Vet With Hart Veterinary House Call Practice—describes how she raised a family and then, when on the cusp of empty nest syndrome, decided to attend veterinary school, fulfilling a lifelong dream. Noting that...