by Duncan | Mar 9, 2022 | Advocates, Educators, Horses, Musicians, Vegetarian/Vegan
Patrick Battuello—the founder and president of Horseracing Wrongs, an organization formed in 2013, and based in Albany, New York, which seeks to end horse racing–describes an unexceptional childhood when it comes to animals, growing up in a family that loved...
by Duncan | Mar 2, 2022 | Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals
Dr. Steven Amstrup—chief scientist for Polar Bears International, a polar bear conservation organization; before joining PBI, he was a research wildlife biologist with the United States Geological Survey at the Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska, where he led...
by Duncan | Feb 23, 2022 | Actors & Filmmakers, Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Legislation, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter
Tori Linder—a producer of “Saving The Florida Wildlife Corridor,” a documentary that travels through the titular Corridor, the 18 million-acre, statewide network of public preserves and private working lands, while examining the ongoing conflict between Florida’s...
by Duncan | Feb 9, 2022 | General
Nellie McKay—the singer-writer-actor-animal advocate who first appeared on “Talking Animals” in April of 2004, when her debut album, “Get Away From Me,” was generating rave reviews and buzz galore, partly propelled by “The Dog Song,” her supremely catchy paean to the...
by Duncan | Feb 2, 2022 | Advocates, Authors, Educators
Dan Piraro—creator of the innovative, acclaimed, and much-beloved comic strip, “Bizarro,” which he’s drawn for more than 35 years, and in which animals (talking, and otherwise) often play a central role—surveys some of the notable changes he’s experienced, personally...