by Duncan | Nov 1, 2017 | Authors, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior
Dr. Gregory Berns—author of multiple books, including The New York Times bestseller “How Dogs Love Us”—discusses his new book, “What It’s Like To Be A Dog: And Other Adventures In Animal Neuroscience.” A professor of psychology at Emory University (and an M.D.), Berns...
by Duncan | Oct 25, 2017 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Vegetarian/Vegan
John Corry—a veteran filmmaker and producer whose credits include “Forks Over Knives”; he also produced “PlantPure Nation,” a documentary screening at the 8th Annual Tampa Bay Veg Fest, Nov. 4 at Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park—recalls how he began his career shepherding...
by Duncan | Oct 18, 2017 | Advocates, General, Mammals
Kathy Finelli—the director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue, a nonprofit founded by two university of Florida students nearly 20 years ago—recalls her first rabbit: someone’s pet bunny that somehow ended up in her backyard; she contacted Gainesville Rabbit Rescue (whose...
by Duncan | Oct 11, 2017 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Horses
Dr. Jillian Johnson—a chiropractor and owner of Farmhouse Chiropractic, a Tampa-based mobile practice that involves treating humans and animals (her slogan is “chiropractic care for you and the horse you rode in on”)—recalls being a fervent animal lover since she was...
by Duncan | Sep 27, 2017 | Authors, Educators, General, Health & Behavior
Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice—an entomologist and writer who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, and who just published four new guides on ants—recalls growing up having a fascination with ants (and other insects), but unlike most kids, she never lost that for bugs. Spicer...