by Duncan | Apr 10, 2019 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior, Veterinarians
Steve Mornelli—the founder and CEO of Waggle, a crowdfunding website dedicated to helping animals in need of veterinary care whose families cannot afford their bills—recalls being an animal lover since he was a kid, living with pets at all phases of his life,...
by Duncan | Apr 3, 2019 | Authors, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Primates
Dr. Frans de Waal—the primatologist, ethologist, and prolific author, most recently of “Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves”—cites some stories from the new book, in response to a question about a hypothetical person who’s heard...
by Duncan | Mar 27, 2019 | Advocates, Authors, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Vegetarian/Vegan
Bruce Friedrich—the co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), which promotes plant-based dairy, eggs, and so-called clean meat, as alternatives to those items as produced by animal agriculture (factory farming)—outlines how, starting at age...
by Duncan | Mar 13, 2019 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Wildlife
It’s all too rare for “Talking Animals” guests to join me in studio–I typically interview them by phone or, occasionally, via Skype. So it was an uncommon treat to stand across from Nancy Murrah—the CEO of The Raptor Center of Tampa Bay—while we chatted on-air,...
by Duncan | Mar 6, 2019 | General
In this edition of “Talking Animals,” I continued playing back the conversation with Dr. Temple Grandin that I began airing on last week’s show. To review, this was an interview with Dr. Temple Grandin I conducted at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX on Feb. 1....
