John Homans--the longtime executive editor of New York magazine who published his first book, "What's A Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend"--discusses how he decided "What's A Dog For" would represent his first...
Rick DuCharme--founder and director of First Coast No More Homeless Pets in Jacksonville, FL--traces his path from a long career in sales, marketing and management in the heavy equipment industry into animal welfare and rescue. He discusses how those efforts...
Tied to April being National Adopt A Greyhound month, I conducted a roundtable discussion about the current state of racing greyhounds--and, mostly, former racing greyhounds....
Nathan Winograd--a nationally-known author, speaker and founder-executive director of the No Kill Advocacy Center, slated to speak on No Kill at a Tampa conference entitled "Save 90" (so-called because studies indicate that 90% of animals entering shelters are...
Sherry Silk--executive director of The Humane Society of Tampa Bay (HSTB)--discusses how the animal welfare/rescue landscape has shifted in the 2 1/2 years since our last interview, including the effect the economic climate has had on donations & adoptions, as...
Rick Chaboudy, co-founder and executive director of The Suncoast Animal League--a non-profit, no-kill animal rescue agency located in Palm Harbor, FL--addresses some aspects of how the agency operates by way of recounting, step-by-step, what Suncoast did upon...
Shelley Thayer--Executive Director of Sarasota's Cat Depot, one of the largest non-profit, no-kill feline rescue and adoption centers in the country based in Kingston, Canada--discusses some of the traits that distinguish the organization, including its...
Bill Smith discusses the history of puppy mills and more.
Beth Lockwood--the Executive Director of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa--discusses various aspects of her 26-year tenure, arriving as a veterinary technician and, in the ensuing quarter century, assuming various responsibilities before...
Sherry Silk--Executive Director of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay--discusses the history and chief mission of the organization, the Fall Adoption Expo slated for Nov. 15, HSTB's myriad efforts in the area of animal adoption (including MAC, a 32-foot Winnebago...
