by Duncan | Jul 30, 2021 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Legislation, Mammals, Pets, Spay/Neuter
Kristen Hassen—a highly-respected figure in the animal shelter world, owing to her accomplishments and innovations during major stints leading or helping lead animal facilities, and now Director of American Pets Alive!, through which she oversees other projects and...
by Duncan | Jul 21, 2021 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Investigations, Mammals, Veterinarians
Dr. Dani McVety—the veterinarian, and Tampa native, who co-founded Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice in 2009—recounts the circumstances behind launching what has since become the nation’s largest network dedicated to end of life veterinary care, operating in 36 states....
by Duncan | Jul 14, 2021 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter, Veterinarians
Julie Castle—the CEO of Best Friends Animal Society, the national animal welfare organization, founded in 1984, and based in Kanab, Utah—describes the organization currently in broad strokes, offering notable contrasts to when she scrapped plans for law school and...
by Duncan | Jul 7, 2021 | Actors & Filmmakers, Cetaceans, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Wildlife
Joshua Zeman—the director of “The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52,” a feature-length documentary chronicling the science-oriented pursuit of a whale that experts think has spent his whole life in solitude because, they believe, he’s communicating at a frequency no...
by Duncan | Jun 30, 2021 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Glen Zipper—executive producer of the Netflix documentary series “Dogs,” whose second season begins airing July 7; Zipper also oversees a new feline-minded Netflix series, “Cat People,” which premieres July 7—describes the reaction from viewers to the first season of...
