by Duncan | Jul 3, 2024 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, Educators
Dr. Mikel Delgado–a certified cat behavior consultant and author, most recently, of “Play With Your Cat! The Essential Guide to Interactive Play for a Happier, Healthier Feline”—traces the path that preceded her status as a cat expert with a PhD, including...
by Duncan | Jun 26, 2024 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
Dara Eckart–CEO of Friends of Strays, St. Petersburg’s oldest no-kill animal shelter, currently undergoing a significant transformation, including opening a cats-only adoption center, The Cat Box on July 1—outlines the shelter’s history, citing key milestones of...
by Duncan | Jun 19, 2024 | Advocates, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior
This was a truly distinctive edition of “Talking Animals”: For starters, the show was part of WMNF’s full day of special programming devoted to celebrating Juneteenth. Second, my two (in-studio!) guests were both stellar, veteran WMNF programmers: Harrison Nash, the...
by Duncan | Jun 12, 2024 | Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Pets
Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice–an entomologist by training who’s appeared on the show multiple times, discussing ants, spiders, homing pigeons, and microbes (often tied to a book she’s written on the topic)—acknowledges that writing for young readers has officially...
by Duncan | Jun 5, 2024 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter
Rhonda Eldridge–Executive Director of The Community Pet Project, which provides pet food and several other resources to homeless and at-risk communities throughout Hillsborough County—discusses the organization’s origin story, beginning in 2017 as an offshoot of...
