by Duncan | Mar 30, 2011 | Musicians, Rescue, Vegetarian/Vegan
Shaking up our customary guest format, we held a roundtable discussion, featuring a small cross-section of of people who were set to be participants in the then-forthcoming Talking Animals Festival–the idea being that this would represent a more universal...
by Duncan | Mar 23, 2011 | Health & Behavior
Heide Illgen–a dog trainer at Southeastern Guide Dogs, where she’s worked for nearly 20 years–discusses some of the biggest misconceptions surrounding guide dogs. She also explains the process and attendant timetable of a dog potentially becoming a...
by Duncan | Mar 16, 2011 | Rescue
Elayne Boosler–who’s been a touring comedian since the 1970s, and was slated to perform locally two days later–discusses the circumstances that led to founding her own non-profit animal organization, Tails of Joy, in 2001. She also describes how...
by Duncan | Mar 9, 2011 | Actors & Filmmakers
Captain Paul Watson–the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a co-founder of Greenpeace, and the reluctant star of the reality TV series “Whale Wars”–discusses how he and his mostly-volunteer Sea Shepherd colleagues recently made...
by Duncan | Mar 2, 2011 | Adoption, Rescue
Sherry Silk–executive director of The Humane Society of Tampa Bay (HSTB)–discusses how the animal welfare/rescue landscape has shifted in the 2 1/2 years since our last interview, including the effect the economic climate has had on donations &...
