by Duncan | Mar 3, 2021 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Mammals
Elizabeth Lo—an award-winning filmmaker who directed “Stray,” a wildly-inventive documentary about the stray dogs who roam freely in Turkey (by law, no one there may hold captive or euthanize a stray dog)—discusses her lifelong love of dogs, spurred by her childhood...
by Duncan | Feb 24, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Dogs, Elephants, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Vegetarian/Vegan
Ginny Sweet—co-founder (with Harry Toro) of Corsos for Heroes, an organization based in Lutz, Florida, that donates specially-trained service dogs, of the Cane Corso breed, to military veterans who are contending with one or more disabilities—describes some of the...
by Duncan | Feb 17, 2021 | Adoption, Advocates, Educators, Factory Farming, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan
Kim Sturla—executive director of Animal Place, the 600-acre farmed animal sanctuary in Grass Valley, California she co-founded in 1989—recounts that she had been employed by a local humane society for some time before launching Animal Place, having already spent a...
by Duncan | Feb 3, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, Mammals, Pets
Rob Chaney—a lifelong resident of Montana, a veteran reporter for the Missoulian (and 2020 Nieman Fellow), and author of “The Grizzly in the Driveway: The Return of Bears To A Crowded American West”—discusses the impetus for writing the book, agreeing with the...
by Duncan | Jan 20, 2021 | General
Trish McMillan—an extensively educated, highly experienced behaviorist with a long, varied resume involving training and otherwise helping animals shape (or re-shape) their behavior—recalls growing up loving animals, feeling a kinship with them, both as a kid in her...
