by Duncan | Nov 12, 2025 | Actors & Filmmakers, Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Pets, Spay/Neuter, Veterinarians
Dr. Jennifer Conrad—veterinarian, founder of The Paw Project, tireless crusader against declawing cats for a quarter century—recalls the initial impetus for her anti-declaw advocacy: her work, as a newly-minted veterinarian, with declawed big cats at a wildlife...
by Duncan | Nov 5, 2025 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Rescue, Vegetarian/Vegan, Wildlife
Steve Hindi–founder of SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), a national animal welfare organization concerned with halting and/or educating the public about pigeon shoots, rodeos, bullfighting, and canned hunts, among other issues—recounts the extended...
by Duncan | Oct 29, 2025 | General
Joshua Lisbon–a researcher/educator/storyteller at the center of a new PBS/Nature documentary, “Willow: Diary of a Mountain Lion”—describes his background and experience (and academic training) before working on the 10-year study that formed the core content of...
by Duncan | Oct 22, 2025 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
Andria Gibbon–founder and president of Protecting Paws for Life, a nonprofit Florida organization dedicated to helping more domestic violence shelters become pet-friendly–recalls, as a young woman in New Jersey, her transformative first foray into animal...
by Duncan | Oct 15, 2025 | Adoption, Advocates, Captive Exotic, Cats, Educators, Factory Farming, Health & Behavior, Pets, Spay/Neuter, Veterinarians
Dr. Crystal Heath–a veterinarian who’s bristled at inhumane treatment of animals throughout her career, and before, dating back to her childhood as a 4-H kid discovering the goats she’d raised would be slaughtered—recalls growing up in a rural part of Northern...
