by Duncan | Aug 19, 2020 | Advocates, Captive Exotic, Cats, Educators, General, Mammals, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Patrick Craig—founder of The Wild Animal Sanctuary, launched in 1980, located in Keenesburg, Colorado, and devoted to housing lions, tigers, bears, wolves and other carnivores—recounts what spurred him, at age 19, to start the Sanctuary, and the initial steps he took....
by Duncan | Aug 5, 2020 | Adoption, Advocates, Horses, Rescue
Rebekah Keat & Siri Lindley—co-founders of Horses in Our Hands, which is dedicated to ending horse slaughter—discuss their respective entries into competing at the world-class level in the Triathlon. Lindley recalls that she started at 23 (late, she says, to take...
by Duncan | Jul 29, 2020 | Authors, Dogs, Educators, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior
Marc Bekoff —professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder—discusses, in a conversation that traveled from his very latest work backwards, his current research, which involves the way various animals play, and the rules...
by Duncan | Jul 22, 2020 | Authors, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Primates
Brian Hare —a professor in Evolutionary Anthropology, Psychology, and Neuroscience at Duke University, where he founded the Duke Canine Cognition Center, and co-author (with Vanessa Woods) of “Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering...
by Duncan | Jul 15, 2020 | Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles
Wendy Clark —the publisher of Bird Watcher’s Digest, which is the name of the 42-year-old flagship magazine, but now really also refers to the multi-media enterprise that includes bird identification guides, publications, podcasts, and events—recounts the history of...
