by Duncan | May 29, 2013 | Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior
Richard Martin—Co-Director of Lutheran Church Charities’ K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry, which in recent months, has deployed comfort dogs to Moore, OK after the tornado, to Boston after the bombing, and to Newtown, CT, after the Sandy Hook shooting—discusses the history of...
by Duncan | May 22, 2013 | Authors, Cats, Cetaceans, Dogs, Educators, Elephants, General, Health & Behavior, Horses, Mammals, Primates
Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers–co-authors of “Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human And Animal Health,” a New York Times bestseller recently issued in paperback—discuss the genesis of the “zoobiquity” philosophy and the term itself....
by Duncan | May 15, 2013 | Adoption, Cats, Dogs, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
Ian Hallett—Director of Hillsborough County Animal Services—discusses his formative years in Riverview, the sort of animals he grew up with and around, including becoming a staff vet tech at 16. He explains how his educational path took him to Austin, where he...
by Duncan | May 8, 2013 | Advocates, Factory Farming, Health & Behavior, Investigations, Legislation, Operations, Vegetarian/Vegan
Paul Shapiro—Vice President, Farm Animal Protection, at The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)—recounts his formative years as an animal lover and advocate, including launching Compassion Over Killing and how that organization’s undercover video investigations...
by Duncan | May 1, 2013 | Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, General, Pets
Lauren Scheuer—veteran illustrator who maintains the popular blog, “Scratch And Peck,” and author of the new book, “Once Upon A Flock: Life With My Soulful Chickens”—discusses what prompted her to bring a flock of chickens to her home, driven in part by her intense ...
