by Duncan | Jan 21, 2017 | Actors & Filmmakers, Authors, Dogs, General, Pets, Rescue
Bruce Cameron and Cathryn Michon—the husband-wife team who wrote the screenplay for A Dog’s Purpose, a film starring Dennis Quaid, based on Cameron’s bestselling novel of the same name—discuss how the book has yet again become a New York Times bestseller (this time,...
by Duncan | Jan 11, 2017 | Authors, Dogs, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Investigations, Operations
Paul Solotaroff—Rolling Stone contributing editor who wrote a wide-ranging, high-profile exposé about the netherworld of puppy mills in the then-new issue of the magazine—discusses how he came to write the piece, sort of goaded into it by Humane Society of The United...
by Duncan | Dec 28, 2016 | Advocates, General, Primates, Sanctuaries
Sarah Baeckler Davis—a primatologist and lawyer who is president and CEO of Project Chimps, a relatively new chimpanzee sanctuary in Northern Georgia—discusses how, at eight years old, reading a book about Jane Goodall absolutely fascinated her, and she decided right...
by Duncan | Dec 21, 2016 | General, Musicians
This morning, I once again set aside the usual “Talking Animals” format to present my Annual Christmas Animal Song special—that is, a show entirely devoted to Christmas-oriented animal tunes. Sure, as in the past, to pull off this conceit, I fashioned the program with...
by Duncan | Dec 14, 2016 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Elephants, General, Mammals, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Tippi Hedren—the actress and longtime animal advocate, who recently published her memoir, “Tippi: A Memoir”—discusses Shambala Preserve, her sanctuary for rescued lions, tigers and other big cats that she established in 1972, and where Hedren, now 86 years old, still...
