by Duncan | Feb 29, 2012 | Advocates, Educators
Dr. Patricia McEachern–the Dorothy Jo Barker Endowed Professor of Animal Rights at Drury University in Springfield, MO–recounts how former “The New Price Is Right” host Bob Barker (Drury is his alma mater, the professorship is named in honor of...
by Duncan | Feb 22, 2012 | Health & Behavior, Veterinarians
Dr. Walter Burghardt, Jr.–veterinarian, chief of behavioral medicine since 1995 at the Daniel E. Holland Military Working Dog Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base, and considered the leading authority on canine post traumatic stress disorder...
by Duncan | Feb 15, 2012 | Actors & Filmmakers
Omar Von Muller–trainer of Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier who stars in the Oscar-nominated black-and-white silent film, “The Artist”– discusses how he met and adopted Uggie, who was so wild and high-strung, he had been unsuccessfully placed in...
by Duncan | Feb 8, 2012 | Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Captive Exotic, Rescue
Karen Atwood–Senior West Coast Vice President and Southwest Coast Foster Coordinator for Florida Parrot Rescue–discusses the founding and evolution of Florida Parrot Rescue (earlier called Tampa Bay Parrot Rescue), and how her own involvement began. Listen...
by Duncan | Feb 1, 2012 | Adoption, Authors, Rescue
Nathan Winograd–a nationally-known author, speaker and founder-executive director of the No Kill Advocacy Center, slated to speak on No Kill at a Tampa conference entitled “Save 90” (so-called because studies indicate that 90% of animals entering...
