by Duncan | Jul 19, 2017 | Advocates, Dogs, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Operations, Vegetarian/Vegan
Ronnie Lee—the veteran British animal rights activist, who in 1976, founded the Animal Liberation Front (ALF)—muses about how to reconcile a lad whose childhood, in its basic contours, resembled many people’s childhood, yet he went on to become a firebrand activist....
by Duncan | Jul 12, 2017 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Legislation, Mammals, Pets, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
Denice Heatherly—co-founder of Music City Animal Advocates, a non-profit organization whose stated goal is “to create an animal-saving culture in greater Nashville and surrounding counties” —describes her formative years, when her grandmother was a serious animal...
by Duncan | Jul 5, 2017 | Advocates, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Horses, Legislation, Mammals, Primates, Spay/Neuter, Vegetarian/Vegan
Priscilla Feral—the president of Friends of Animals, an international animal advocacy organization founded in 1957—discusses FoA’s late founder, Alice Herrington, outlining the characteristics that helped account for her pioneering inroads. Feral also addresses her...
by Duncan | Jun 28, 2017 | Advocates, General, Health & Behavior, Legislation
Jessica Rubin—a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law who’s at the forefront of a new law in that state, allowing judges to appoint legal advocates for abused animals in criminal cases—recalls her strong kinship with animals growing up, including...
by Duncan | Jun 21, 2017 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Educators, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
Stacy LeBaron—a veteran animal welfare advocate (felines, in particular) who hosts The Community Cats Podcast—recalls her first memory of a cat…who happened to be named Duncan! Still, she allows that her powerful passion for cats was cultivated cumulatively; over the...
