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...
by Duncan | Apr 7, 2021 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators
Dr. Justin Perrault—Director of Research at Loggerhead Marinelife Center, a nonprofit sea turtle research, rehabilitation, education, and conservation center, located in Juno, Florida—recalls growing up a landlocked kid in Memphis, Tennessee whose first exposure to a...
by Duncan | Mar 31, 2021 | General
Carlton Ward, Jr.—a Florida native, conservationist, and celebrated photographer whose striking photos of the Florida Panther are featured in the April edition of National Geographic—recalls how growing up in Florida first spurred his love of nature and wildlife. He...
by Duncan | Mar 10, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Captive, Cats, Educators, Elephants, Health & Behavior, Horses, Mammals, Primates, Vegetarian/Vegan, Wild
Caitlin O’Connell—a noted scientist who’s spent much of her career studying elephants and their communication, and author of several books, most recently “Wild Rituals: 10 Lessons Animals Can Teach Us about Connection, Community, and Ourselves”—addresses some of her...