by Duncan | Aug 7, 2013 | Advocates, Educators, General, Mammals
Cyndi and George Marks—founders of The Florida Bat Conservancy—discuss what first drew them to working with bats some 25 years ago, and how quickly this became what turned out to be a lifelong passion, with an emphasis on educating the public about bats as key way to...
by Duncan | Jul 31, 2013 | Adoption, Advocates, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior, Pets
Kevin Chase—Director of Operations at The Beagle Freedom Project—provides an overview of the origin of BFP (a service of Animal Rescue, Media & Education [ARME]) and its mission, which chiefly involves rescuing and finding home for beagles that had been...
by Duncan | Jul 24, 2013 | Actors & Filmmakers, Cetaceans
Gabriela Cowperthwaite—the director of “Blackfish,” the documentary examining the perils of keeping killer whales in captivity, with a focus on SeaWorld & Tilikum, who’s killed three people and emerges as an unfortunate poster boy for captive orcas going...
by Duncan | Jul 17, 2013 | Advocates, Captive, Cats, Cetaceans, Elephants, Legislation, Primates, Sanctuaries, Wild
Adam Roberts—executive vice president and co-founder of Born Free USA—outlines the chief categories of animal welfare that Born Free USA concerns itself with, noting where those efforts overlap and differ from those of the Born Free Foundation, which gave rise to and...
by Duncan | Jul 10, 2013 | Cats, Dogs, Educators, Rescue
Michele Schilling—of Bay Area Disaster Animal Response Team (DART)—explains what exactly Bay Area DART is, and does, including how many volunteers are involved. She also discusses her own history with animals and otherwise, and what drew her to join Bay Area DART,...
