by Duncan | May 3, 2017 | Advocates, Authors, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior
Ellie Laks —the founder of The Gentle Barn, a Southern California sanctuary that houses more than 170 animals that have been rescued from abuse, neglect or slaughter—discusses the ideas and impulses that propelled her to create the facility, some of which can be...
by Duncan | Apr 26, 2017 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau —a nationally-recognized speaker, author (of seven books) and podcaster whose milieu is espousing the virtues of vegan living—describes her earliest efforts as an advocate, the better part of three decades ago, when even then a driving passion...
by Duncan | Apr 19, 2017 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, General, Horses, Legislation
Ginger Kathrens —wild-horse advocate, filmmaker, and executive director of The Cloud Foundation—discusses the mustang, Cloud, who is the focus of three of her films, and the namesake of the Foundation she founded, whose stated mission is dedication “to the...
by Duncan | Apr 12, 2017 | Advocates, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Pets, Rescue
Kim Skrovanek—founder of The Humane Education Connection—recounts growing up as a passionate animal lover, tending to all the sick and injured animals that she spotted in her North Florida neighborhood. (“Yes, I was that kid.”). That passion, Skrovanek explains,...
by Duncan | Apr 5, 2017 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, General, Health & Behavior
Lori Shepler—an award-winning former Los Angeles Times photographer who now presides over CityTheKitty.com, among the most informative and influential websites dealing with feline declaw surgery–traces that unlikely path. Shepler recalls how the cat who later...
