by Duncan | Sep 29, 2021 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior
Mary Keith—the field trip coordinator for the Florida Birding and Nature Festival, taking place Oct 15-17, based at the Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach, Florida—recalls first becoming enchanted with birding decades ago, as the daughter of botanists, growing up...
by Duncan | Sep 22, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior, Horses, Sanctuaries
Erin Amerman—the founder of Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary, which across two facilities located in and around Gainesville, FL houses some 150 cows, making it, they say, the country’s largest cow sanctuary, while providing refuge to other rescued farm animals, including...
by Duncan | Sep 15, 2021 | Advocates, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals
Anita Krajnc—the global campaign coordinator of the Plant Based Treaty, which views itself as a companion to the Paris Agreement, described, on the Treaty website, as “a grassroots campaign designed to put food systems at the forefront of combating the climate...
by Duncan | Sep 8, 2021 | Advocates, Dogs
Tim Hetzner—Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) President/CEO and founder of the K-9 Ministry—provides a brief overview of the LCC, including the earliest days, which involved just Hetzner and one half-time employee. But in answer to my question about where the idea for...
by Duncan | Sep 1, 2021 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Horses, Pets, Rescue
Diane Delano—founder of the Wild Horse Rescue Center, a Webster, Florida facility that rescues, rehabilitates, and finds new homes for wild horses—recalls growing up amidst a family of horse lovers, and she started riding at age three. This was in the Catskills, where...
