by Duncan | Mar 18, 2015 | Cats, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior, Horses, Veterinarians
Dr. Scott Sims—a veterinarian based on Kauai who travels across all the Hawaiian islands, treating a huge array of animals, often piloting his own plane to reach these clients, and is at the center of “Aloha Vet,” a new TV series on the Nat Geo Wild network—recounts...
by Duncan | Mar 11, 2015 | Advocates, Captive, Cetaceans, Elephants, Factory Farming, Legislation, Vegetarian/Vegan, Wild
Don Anthony–Communications Director of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF), which, since 1989, has been speaking and acting on behalf of animals in a multitude of ways—traces the history of the organization, including the impetus for its founding. He...
by Duncan | Mar 4, 2015 | Actors & Filmmakers, Adoption, Dogs
Brean Cunningham and Douglas Seirup—co-directors of “Dogs On The Inside,” a feature-length documentary that examines a program whereby prison inmates at North Central Correctional Institution in Gardner, MA foster neglected & abused stray dogs—discuss what...
by Duncan | Feb 25, 2015 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, General, Health & Behavior
We continue here with the second half of the interview I conducted Feb. 7 with Temple Grandin onstage at the 1200-seat Paramount Theatre in Austin, also including the audience question-and-answer segment that followed our conversation that night. gAs with the first...
by Duncan | Feb 18, 2015 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior
In a truly unusual edition of “Talking Animals,” I presented an interview with Temple Grandin. Actually, that in itself isn’t all that unusual.Indeed, over the years, Dr. Grandin—probably the best known and most accomplished autistic person in the world,...
