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Amy Kight, executive director of Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

By | January 6, 2021 | Advocates, Captive Exotic, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Wildlife | No comments

Amy Kight—executive director of Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, a multifaceted  operation in Jupiter, Florida serving as wildlife refuge, veterinary hospital, rehabilitation facility, and education center–recalls loving animals so much, so young, that she made an arrangement to start helping out at a veterinarian’s office at age six. Read more…

Patrick Craig, founder of The Wild Animal Sanctuary

By | August 19, 2020 | Advocates, Captive Exotic, Cats, Educators, General, Mammals, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Patrick Craig—founder of The Wild Animal Sanctuary, launched in 1980, located in Keenesburg, Colorado, and devoted to housing lions, tigers, bears, wolves and other carnivores—recounts what spurred him, at age 19, to start the Sanctuary, and the initial steps he took. Read more…

Patti Ragan, founder of The Center for Great Apes

By | May 13, 2020 | Advocates, Captive Exotic, Educators, Primates, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the fifth program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida, and likely the way the broadcast will come together for the next few weeks.

Patti Ragan—the founder of The Center for Great Apes, the sanctuary in Wauchula, Florida Ragan started 27 years ago that houses chimpanzees and orangutans—provides some updates on the facility, having been a guest on the show twice before. Read more…

William Nimmo, founder of Tigers in America, assesses “Tiger King”

By | April 22, 2020 | Advocates, Captive Exotic, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Mammals, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Wildlife | No comments

Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the second program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida, and likely the way the broadcast will be assembled for the foreseeable future.

William Nimmo—founder of  Tigers in America, a rescue network that has relocated more than 250 tigers from private owners, roadside zoos, and other nefarious operations, to top-tier sanctuaries—recalls his first expedition to pull tigers from a facility that had gone bankrupt, closed and planned to euthanize all the animals. Read more…

Helena Kriel, founder of Baby Rhino Rescue

By | March 16, 2016 | Advocates, Captive Exotic, Educators, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Helena Kriel—founder of Baby Rhino Rescue, which seeks to raise awareness of the rhino poaching crisis, and raise money for the care of baby rhinos who’ve become orphaned through that poaching—recalls her formative years in South Africa, growing up with a strong affinity for animals. Read more…

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