by Duncan | Dec 16, 2015 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Dogs, General
Lisa Bekiaris—founder of Raffle Rescue, which functions as a food bank of sorts, but in this case, we’re referring to pet food—recounts her childhood and formative years as a precocious animal lover, where she and her sister would raise and care for animals on their...
by Duncan | Dec 9, 2015 | Advocates, Dogs, General, Pets, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Ron King— co-founder of Ruff Ranch Sanctuary, which seeks to find homes for aging or other hard-to-place dogs while aiming to help military veterans, who will become the chief caretakers of the dogs—explains how his lifelong kinship with dogs began as a kid. He...
by Duncan | Dec 2, 2015 | Actors & Filmmakers, Dogs, General, Musicians
Laurie Anderson— the long-celebrated artist and musician, who recently made an acclaimed film, “Heart of a Dog”—discusses the genesis of the movie. She also addresses the scope of ideas, feelings and themes coursing through the movie: “Heart of a Dog” is a visually...
by Duncan | Nov 25, 2015 | Advocates, Authors, General, Horses, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Melanie Sue Bowles— founder-director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary and the author of three books—provides a brief overview of the work she’s done at the sanctuary for nearly 25 years, as a prelude for discussing a momentous Facebook she had recently written. That...
by Duncan | Nov 18, 2015 | Cetaceans, Educators
Dr. Ann Weaver—an animal behaviorist conducting a pioneering, long-term, conservation-based study of free-ranging bottle nose dolphins off the coast of St. Petersburg, Florida—explains that she initially gravitated toward dolphins as an academic interest, as opposed...
