by Duncan | Jun 12, 2019 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Veterinarians
Rick Kriseman—the mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, who, a year ago, signed a proclamation declaring St. Petersburg a pet-friendly city—recounts growing up loving animals, dogs in particular. Mayor Kriseman describes how he and his family got started as puppy raisers...
by Duncan | Jun 5, 2019 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior
Sally Williams—founder and director of The Brodie Fund, which helps pay for the treatment of pets diagnosed with cancer, when their humans can’t afford it, provided the animals are patients at specific veterinary hospitals in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and...
by Duncan | May 29, 2019 | General
Jan Creamer—president and co-founder of Animal Defenders International (ADI), which specializes in educational efforts and campaigns internationally that tend to focus on animals in entertainment and other realms—recounts growing up with assorted pets, and a light...
by Duncan | May 22, 2019 | Advocates, Authors, Captive, Cetaceans, Elephants, General, Primates
Natasha Daly—a staff writer for the National Geographic, where she wrote the June cover story, “The Hidden Cost of Wildlife Tourism”—addresses her role as the magazine’s “wildlife crime reporter,” how she landed on that beat, and what sort of stories she’s written in...
by Duncan | May 15, 2019 | Authors, Cetaceans, Educators, General, Health & Behavior
Dr. David M. Pena-Guzman—a philosopher and assistant professor at San Francisco State University, who wrote a scholarly paper for the journal Animal Sentience, entitled “Can Nonhuman Animals Commit Suicide?”—recounts how he had no pets during his formative years, and...
