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Dr. Catherine Macdonald, shark expert

By | August 23, 2023 | Adoption, Authors, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Dr. Catherine Macdonald–a marine conservation biologist and assistant professor at the University of Miami, who conducts, and oversees, research on sharks—recalls a childhood less enamored of the sea, at first, than of mud. Read more…

Scott Blais, co-founder of Global Sanctuary for Elephants

By | August 16, 2023 | Advocates, Captive, Captive Exotic, Educators, Elephants, General, Sanctuaries | No comments

Scott Blais–co-founder of the Global Sanctuary for Elephants, whose initial facility is the Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (ESB); he also co-founded The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee—starts by attempting to field my curveball opening question: what makes elephants special? Read more…

Temple Grandin, autistic animal scientist

By | August 9, 2023 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior | No comments

Dr. Temple Grandin–who truly wears multiple hats: fervent activist for autistic people, longtime professor of animal science at Colorado State University, expert on animal behavior, prolific author, tireless lecturer—discusses her forthcoming book, “The Grandin Papers.” Read more…

Kim Caswell, president of Skyway Cats, Inc.

By | August 2, 2023 | General | No comments

Kim Caswell–president of the Skyway Cats Inc., a nonprofit operated by a cadre of volunteers who feed and care for a feral cat colony in a distinctive location, the South Skyway Fishing Pier, in Tampa Bay—notes that, as a longtime cat lover, the first time she saw a colony, she recognized a problem that needed her help. Read more…

Gene Baur, co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary

By | July 19, 2023 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Investigations, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Gene Baur–co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, which Baur helped launch in 1986—responds to the observation that, nearly 40 years later, he could be excused if some days felt “same old, old,” recounting some of the activities that currently most invigorate him. Read more…

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