by Duncan | Oct 22, 2025 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
Andria Gibbon–founder and president of Protecting Paws for Life, a nonprofit Florida organization dedicated to helping more domestic violence shelters become pet-friendly–recalls, as a young woman in New Jersey, her transformative first foray into animal...
by Duncan | Oct 15, 2025 | Adoption, Advocates, Captive Exotic, Cats, Educators, Factory Farming, Health & Behavior, Pets, Spay/Neuter, Veterinarians
Dr. Crystal Heath–a veterinarian who’s bristled at inhumane treatment of animals throughout her career, and before, dating back to her childhood as a 4-H kid discovering the goats she’d raised would be slaughtered—recalls growing up in a rural part of Northern...
by Duncan | Oct 1, 2025 | Adoption, Advocates, Authors, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
Kirk Johnson—paleontologist, Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and onscreen narrator of “Walrus: Life on Thin Ice,” a documentary that airs Oct. 22 in the season premiere of the PBS series “Nature”—recalls a research opportunity as a...
by Duncan | Sep 24, 2025 | Adoption, Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Wildlife
Stephanie Boydston–founder and director of Love Life Animal Rescue & Sanctuary, a refuge in Myakka City, FL devoted to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing farmed animals—recalls a childhood in Long Island, NY amidst a string of foster animals, reflecting...
by Duncan | Sep 17, 2025 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Pets, Rescue
Father Andrew Heyes, Rector of St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Tampa—a uniquely canine-centric man of the cloth, rarely going anywhere without his Doberman, Humphrey, at his side, sometimes including the altar—recalls growing up in Northwest England with the first...
