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 ...
by Duncan | Apr 24, 2013 | Advocates, Cats, Educators, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
Becky Robinson—co-founder and president of Alley Cat Allies, which bills itself the only national advocacy organization dedicated to the protection and human treatment of cats—recounts the incident and surrounding circumstances that led in 1990 to the launching of...
by Duncan | Apr 17, 2013 | Adoption, Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Dogs, Elephants, Factory Farming, Pets, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter, Vegetarian/Vegan, Veterinarians
As part of an ongoing effort to continue experimenting with different approaches to presenting guests and information on “Talking Animals”–and a parallel desire to give voice to a broader array of animal organizations and leaders–we returned to a format we try to...
