by Duncan | Mar 7, 2018 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, General
Al Cecere—founder and president of the American Eagle Foundation (AEF), a Tennessee-based nonprofit dedicated to bald eagle rehabilitation, recovery, and breeding programs—recalls seeing an Associated Press photo showing more than 20 dead bald eagles that had been...
by Duncan | Feb 28, 2018 | Advocates, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior
For this edition of “Talking Animals,” I altered the show’s usual format to convene an in-studio panel discussion about Canine Companions For Independence (CCI), pegged to CCI’s then-upcoming third annual DogFest Walk ‘n’ Roll event, on March 3 at Al Lopez Park in...
by Duncan | Feb 21, 2018 | Cats, Dogs, Educators, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior
Jane O’Hara—the animal advocate and artist whose paintings explore animal issues, depict their plight, and explore our relationships with them–recalls growing up in a family where animals didn’t have much of a presence, but she liked them. O’Hara notes that art...
by Duncan | Feb 7, 2018 | Advocates, Educators, General, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Elaine West—the founder of Rooterville Animal Sanctuary, a haven housing about 300 rescued farm animals, predominantly pigs, located in Melrose, FL—recalls the first pig she met, as a kid at her aunt’s farm in Illinois, describing a love-at-first-sight sensation...
by Duncan | Jan 31, 2018 | Advocates, Dogs, General, Musicians, Pets, Rescue
Maria McKee—the singer-songwriter who burst onto the music scene some 35 years ago, fronting the band Lone Justice, going on to a storied solo career—discusses her lifelong love of dogs, while noting, early on, there was an incident that so traumatized her that she...
