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Stephen Bennett, founder of Suncoast Organized Animal Relief (SOAR)

By | October 9, 2019 | Advocates, Cats, Cetaceans, Dogs, Health & Behavior, Horses, Mammals, Pets, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Stephen Bennett—the founder and executive director of Suncoast Organized Animal Relief, or SOAR, which pursues a mission that involves an unusually broad portfolio of objectives, including providing funding and assistance, and pet food to other animal organizations—recounts growing up in Ithica, NY in a home where pets weren’t allowed, but later on, deeper into adulthood, he made up for lost time, at one point having four dogs and four cats. Read more…

Dr. Valeria Vergara, marine mammal research scientist and expert on beluga whales

By | September 11, 2019 | Advocates, Cetaceans, Educators, General, Health & Behavior | No comments

Dr. Valeria Vergara—a marine mammal research scientist with the Ocean Wise Conservation Association, who has spent much of her career studying beluga whales, with a particular emphasis on their acoustic communication—recalls gravitating toward animals during childhood, growing up in Buenos Aires, in a house populated with pets. Read more…

Dr. Kathleen Schnaars Uvino (“Dr. Kit”), professor of biology and ecology at the University of Jamestown

By | August 21, 2019 | Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Veterinarians | No comments

Dr. Kathleen Schnaars Uvino—aka “Dr. Kit,” a professor of Biology and Ecology at the University of Jamestown, where she oversees the Tree Swallow Project, which is carried out in two countries: in Jamestown, North Dakota, and in Churchill, Manitoba—discusses her transition from toiling in the corporate world in Manhattan (rising to Director of Technology at Time Warner) before venturing into academia. Read more…

Teo Alfero, founder & CEO of The Wolf Connection sanctuary

By | July 10, 2019 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Teo Alfero—founder and CEO of the Wolf Connection sanctuary, which specializes in rescuing domesticated wolves and dogs with varying degrees of wolf content, and author of “The Wolf Connection: What Wolves Can Teach Us About Being Human”—outlines three traits of wolves most people wouldn’t know that make them special animals. Read more…

Jasmine Leyva, director of “The Invisible Vegan”

By | June 19, 2019 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, General, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Jasmine Leyva—a filmmaker and actress, who directed, and appears in, “The Invisible Vegan,” a new documentary that explores various cultural challenges and implications within the black community when some decide to go vegan, or contemplate doing so—recalls her background growing up in Washington, D.C. and her early interest in the entertainment industry. Read more…

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