by Duncan | May 12, 2021 | Advocates, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Pets, Spay/Neuter
We set aside our regular “Talking Animals” format to experiment with an extended new feature, “Ask The Trainer,” in which listeners were invited to call or email questions or concerns about their dogs—we suggested it could be a training challenge, a behavioral issue,...
by Duncan | May 5, 2021 | Adoption, Advocates, Captive, Cats, Dogs, Elephants, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Sanctuaries, Spay/Neuter
Barbara Trask Lovett—president of Save Nosey Now, member of the Board of Directors of The Elephant Advocacy Project, and generally a veteran advocate for improving the lives of captive elephants—recounts part of her background and how earlier efforts for Sea Shepherd...
by Duncan | Apr 28, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, General, Mammals, Sanctuaries
Caleb Smith—who, at 16 years old, is already an accomplished entrepreneur and the author of a memoir of sorts, “Peacebunny Island: the Extraordinary Journey of A Boy And His Comfort Rabbits and How They’re Teaching Us about Hope & Kindness—shares what it’s like to...
by Duncan | Apr 21, 2021 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, General, Health & Behavior, Pets
Periodically, I table the chief component of the “Talking Animals” format—a long form interview with a single guest—to offer a debate or some other multi-guest panel discussion. As part of that occasional effort to temporarily reconfigure the program, and a parallel...
by Duncan | Apr 14, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, Educators, Health & Behavior, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter, Vegetarian/Vegan
Peter J. Wolf—who works for Best Friends Animal Society as cat initiatives analyst, which involves helping the organization shape its community cat policies, and has overseen some of its national cat programs—starts the conversation by answering the almost-inevitable...
