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		<title>Dr. Crystal Heath, veterinarian and activist</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/10/dr-crystal-heath-veterinarian-and-activist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a speaker at the Tampa Bay Veg Fest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a touch tank with live animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an educational facility on the St. Pete Pier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being described as a “whistleblower]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[educational facility on the St. Pete Pier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Director of Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[her feelings about horses shifted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horses were a particular passion in her formative years]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leah Biery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nov. 8]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Crystal Heath&#8211;a veterinarian who’s bristled at inhumane treatment of animals throughout her career, and before, dating back to her childhood as a 4-H kid discovering the goats she’d raised would be slaughtered—recalls growing up in a rural part of Northern California, adoring animals and riding horses. Dr. Heath, a speaker at the Tampa Bay [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/10/dr-crystal-heath-veterinarian-and-activist/">Dr. Crystal Heath, veterinarian and activist</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tanya Smith, founder &#038; president of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/06/tanya-smith-founder-president-of-turpentine-creek-wildlife-refuge/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[30+ Big Cat Rescue cats relocated to Turpentine Creek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[42 big cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[459-acre sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a lifelong commitment when it comes to caring for big cats and other animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[age 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an arrangement struck with Howard and Carole Baskin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[by organizing or promoting assorted events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Twiss—a notorious and nefarious breeder and dealer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eureka Springs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[founder and president]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[founder of Acutienamedstewieinc.nonprofit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helps dog rescues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing abused abandoned and neglected big cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hybrid big cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lodging options]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paws For Pride: Wings of Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[precocious first foray into big cat rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[she describes the rewards of providing a safe and happy life to animals who’ve often previously lived in horrific conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stewie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the animal population at Turpentine Creek stands at upwards of 125]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Big Cat Public Safety Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dog Bar in Saint Pete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tours that Turpentine Creek offers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tripod Chihuahua she adopted]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[witnessing their transformation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Tanya Smith&#8211;Founder and President of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, a 459-acre sanctuary in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, chiefly housing abused, abandoned, and neglected big cats—recalls a precocious first foray into big cat rescue…at age 11. She explains that this was the outgrowth of her parents—inveterate animal lovers—intervening in an odd, colorful situation where a lion cub [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/06/tanya-smith-founder-president-of-turpentine-creek-wildlife-refuge/">Tanya Smith, founder & president of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Howard Baskin, financial guiding light of Big Cat Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/02/howard-baskin-financial-guiding-light-of-big-cat-rescue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 05:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[30th Annual Have-A-Heart Dinner & Silent Auction Fundraiser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[440 acres vs Big Cat’s 60]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advisory Board Chairman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Cat Public Safety Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Cat Rescue. Carole Baskin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cub petting trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[details of Big Cat’s financial operation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feb. 22]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[for nearly $20 million]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[founder of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global cat-oriented plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harvard MBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard Baskin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keynote speaker Kari Bagnall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kitchen table strategy session]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management consultant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myriam Parham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offering tours of Big Cat Rescue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[significantly altering the captive big cat landscape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Veg Fest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the Baskins sold the Big Cat Rescue property]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Howard Baskin—often identified as Advisory Board Chairman of Big Cat Rescue, and spouse of Carole Baskin, the founder of the sanctuary that operated in Tampa for more than three decades—recalls, as a savvy businessman wielding a Harvard MBA, his reaction upon first  getting a close look at the details of Big Cat’s financial operation: He [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/02/howard-baskin-financial-guiding-light-of-big-cat-rescue/">Howard Baskin, financial guiding light of Big Cat Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bobbi Brink, founder and director of Lions, Tigers &#038; Bears</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/12/bobbi-brink-founder-and-director-of-lions-tigers-bears/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[140-acre animal sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[20 images]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an eloquent meditation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elliot Ross]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ross photographed the birds in take-off mode]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the crows’ appearance transformed when they started to soar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unique challenges of caring for bears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteering at pseudo-sanctuaries]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Bobbi Brink&#8211;founder and director of Lions, Tigers &#38; Bears (LT&#38;B), a 140-acre animal sanctuary in east San Diego she launched in 2002—recalls living in Texas, planning to open a restaurant (she’s from San Diego), and seeing her first advertisement offering the sale of big cats. She responded to the ad, she explained, not to make [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/12/bobbi-brink-founder-and-director-of-lions-tigers-bears/">Bobbi Brink, founder and director of Lions, Tigers & Bears</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anton Ptushkin, director of “Saving the Animals of Ukraine&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/anton-ptushkin-director-of-saving-the-animals-of-ukraine/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 19:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[" Bretzel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sgt. Haley Sequiera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shafa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the cat with “a mean face]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Anton Ptushkin&#8211;director of the PBS Nature documentary profiling the efforts of Ukrainian citizens to rescue animals amidst the destruction of the war—describes the sort of travel pieces he produced as a YouTuber, before he morphed into a war correspondent. Ptushkin notes that this transformation wasn’t the product of a specific ambition, but rather, reflected an [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/anton-ptushkin-director-of-saving-the-animals-of-ukraine/">Anton Ptushkin, director of “Saving the Animals of Ukraine”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ed Stewart, co-founder, president and CEO of the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/03/ed-stewart-co-founder-president-and-ceo-of-the-performing-animal-welfare-society-paws/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 04:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Executive Director of the Florida Turtle Conservation Trust]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ed Stewart, co-founder, president and CEO of the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)—which blazed a trail in animal rescue, welfare, education, and legislation, and this year, marks its 40th anniversary—recalls what she and co-founder Pat Derby were doing in the earliest days of PAWS. Stewart notes that Derby, his longtime partner who died in 2013&#8211;and [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Scott Blais, co-founder of Global Sanctuary for Elephants</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/08/scott-blais-co-founder-of-global-sanctuary-for-elephants/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Scott Blais&#8211;co-founder of the Global Sanctuary for Elephants, whose initial facility is the Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (ESB); he also co-founded The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee—starts by attempting to field my curveball opening question: what makes elephants special? Drawing on 35 years of caring for elephants, he responds chiefly observing how quickly these animals—typically traumatized from [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Dr. Jane Goodall</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Jane Goodall&#8211;the ethologist, activist, and conservationist who rose to international attention in the 1960s, propelled by her pioneering work studying chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania—offers her current impressions of young people’s attitudes about animals and the environment. She recalls the beginnings of Roots &#38; Shoots, a youth program of the Jane Goodall Institute, launched in [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Sy Montgomery, author of “The Hawk’s Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2022 04:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sy Montgomery—the bestselling author of 30-plus books, including “The Soul of an Octopus” and “The Good Good Pig”—discusses what prompted the exploration of raptors and falconry at the core of her new book, “The Hawk’s Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty” (adapted and expanded from a chapter in Montgomery’s 2019 collection, “Birdology.”) She responds to my [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Helaine Olen, opinion writer for The Washington Post</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Helaine Olen— an opinion writer for The Washington Post, an expert on personal finance, and author or co-author of books, including “The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated,” who recently wrote a Post piece headlined “Stop the inhumane practice of renting pets”—addresses the breadth of subjects covered in her column, which [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Michael Webber, director of &#8220;The Conservation Game&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 04:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Michael Webber—director of the new documentary, “The Conservation Game,” which explores the realm of people who bring animals on late-night talk shows and morning news programs, and may be secretly participating in the exotic pet trade—discusses how his career (which included working on numerous studio features and other films, television shows and other projects) forever [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Amy Kight, executive director of Busch Wildlife Sanctuary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 05:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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&#8211;recalls loving animals so much, so young, that she made an arrangement to start helping out at a veterinarian’s office at age six. Kight goes on to note this represents a lifelong [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Patrick Craig, founder of The Wild Animal Sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2020 04:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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. Craig figures the unusual, precocious compassion and empathy propelling his desire to help what [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Patti Ragan, founder of The Center for Great Apes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 04:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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 [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>William Nimmo, founder of Tigers in America, assesses &#8220;Tiger King&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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 [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Helena Kriel, founder of Baby Rhino Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2016/03/helena-kriel-founder-of-baby-rhino-rescue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2016 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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. Still, as she reached adulthood, she explains, working with animals [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>William Nimmo, founder of Tigers In America</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2015/01/william-nimmo-founder-of-tigers-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2015 05:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>William Nimmo— founder of Tigers In America, a New York City-based nonprofit that seeks to help mitigate the captive-bred tiger crisis in the U.S.—explains how a guy in the midst of career in banking and brokerage got started rescuing tigers in 2011. He recalls how, having stepped into that world, by way of intervening at [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Michele Raffin, founder of Pandemonium Aviaries</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2014/12/michele-raffin-founder-of-pandemonium-aviaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Michele Raffin— founder and CEO of Pandemonium Aviaries, a Northern California conservation organization dedicated to saving birds—recounts how rescuing an injured dove she spotted on the side of the road some 15 years ago launched her on the long, winding road she traveled moving Pandemonium from seat-of-the-pants rescue operation to internationally prominent breeding facility for [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Ed Stewart, co-founder and president of PAWS</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2014/11/ed-stewart-co-founder-and-president-of-paws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ed Stewart—co-founder and president of the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)—recalls what prompted he and his late partner, the indefatigable Pat Derby, to launch PAWS, now marking its 30th anniversary. In answer to a question about what ways the PAWS mission has changed over the years, Stewart explains they never expected to be running a [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Janice Wolf, founder of The Rocky Ridge Refuge</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2014/03/janice-wolf-founder-of-the-rocky-ridge-refuge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Janice Wolf—founder of The Rocky Ridge Refuge, a rescue sanctuary in Midway, AK that’s gained notoriety on Facebook and elsewhere online for its distinctive blend of animals: cats and dogs mix with a capybara, a zebra, a tortoise, a miniature horse, among other critters—recalls her history of tending to animals that extends back to caring [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Laura Fletcher-Taylor, co-Founder of Loving Friends Transport</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2014/03/laura-fletcher-taylor-co-founder-of-loving-friends-transport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Laura Fletcher-Taylor—co-founder of Loving Friends Transport, a Clearwater, FL-based nonprofit that transports animals from overcrowded shelters in one part of the country to shelters in another part, where they stand a much better chance of being adopted; they also transport animals from such crisis situations as hurricanes, hoarding cases and puppy mill raids—discusses her longstanding [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Claudine André, bonobo partisan</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2013/10/claudine-andre-bonobo-partisan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 04:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Claudine André—a Belgian conservationist who in 1994 founded Lola Ya Bonobo, the world’s only sanctuary for orphaned bonobos, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—provides an overview of bonobos… What they are (great apes with a much lower profile than the others: chimpanzees, gorillas or orangutans), and how they typically live (peaceful, matriarchal and [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Kari Bagnall, founder of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2013/08/kari-bagnall-jungle-friends-primate-sanctuary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 04:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#160; Kari Bagnall—founder and director of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary—recounts the history of how she launched this facility in Gainesville, FL that houses for more than 100 monkeys that were formerly part of the exotic pet trade or had been used in laboratory research. She explains the rationale behind Jungle Friends deciding to concentrate on [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Featuring Two Activists, The Co-Founder Of The Elephant Sanctuary &#038; The VP of Corporate Communications at Feld Entertainment/Ringling</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2013/01/ringling-circus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>GUEST: Scott Blais, Suzanne House, Stephen Payne, Bryan Wilson&#8211;Panel Discussion About Ringling Circus Every year since we launched &#8220;Talking Animals&#8221; in Southern California in 2003, we&#8217;ve devoted at least one show annually to spotlighting the plight of the Ringling Bros. And Barnum &#38; Bailey circus animals, pegged to Ringling&#8217;s local engagement&#8211;the Tampa stint opened tonight. [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Karen Atwood, of Florida Parrot Rescue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Karen Atwood&#8211;Senior West Coast Vice President and Southwest Coast Foster Coordinator for Florida Parrot Rescue&#8211;discusses the founding and evolution of Florida Parrot Rescue (earlier called Tampa Bay Parrot Rescue), and how her own involvement began. &#160; She also addressed the organization&#8217;s educational emphases&#8211;highlighting the rewards and challenges of living with birds, including traits unique to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2012/02/karen-atwood/">Karen Atwood, of Florida Parrot Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Deborah Nelson, Pultizer-winning writer of Mother Jones expose on Ringling circus</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2012/01/deborah-nelson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Deborah Nelson&#8211;the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who wrote a major expose on the Ringling Bros. Barnum &#38; Bailey circus in the November/December issue of Mother Jones Magazine&#8211;outlines aspects of her 30-year journalism career, and what it means for that career and new projects she takes on to have won a Pulitzer. &#160; She also discusses [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Jane Wiedlin, The Go-Go&#8217;s singer-guitarist &#038; veteran animal advocate</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2011/11/jane-wiedlin-the-go-gos-singer-guitarist-veteran-animal-advocate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jane Wiedlin&#8211;The Go-Go&#8217;s singer-songwriter-guitarist and longtime animal advocate&#8211;discusses the forthcoming film, &#8220;Doggie Boogie,&#8221; which she stars in and for which she wrote the title song (which we heard at the top of the show). She also recounts her history as an animal activist, and how she was a lifelong animal lover who thought she was [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2011/11/jane-wiedlin-the-go-gos-singer-guitarist-veteran-animal-advocate/">Jane Wiedlin, The Go-Go’s singer-guitarist & veteran animal advocate</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jill Robinson, founder of Animals Asia Foundation</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2011/09/jill-robinson-founder-of-animals-asia-foundation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jill Robinson&#8211;the founder and executive director of Animals Asia Foundation., a Hong Kong-based organization devoted to the welfare of wild and urban animals in Asia &#8211; recounts her initial experiences and observations about the treatment of animals in Asia upon relocating to Hong Kong from England in 1985. &#160; &#160; She also discusses going to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2011/09/jill-robinson-founder-of-animals-asia-foundation/">Jill Robinson, founder of Animals Asia Foundation</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tim Harrison, exotic animal rescue veteran</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2011/08/tim-harrison-exotic-animal-rescue-veteran/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exotic animal]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Tim Harrison&#8211;a recently retired Ohio public safety officer who&#8217;s spent much of his 30+-year career rescuing exotic animals kept as pets (and sometimes, rescuing the people keeping those pets)&#8211;explains what a public safety officer is (trained as a police officer, fire fighter and paramedic), and how lifelong love for animals manifested itself helping a veterinarian [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2011/08/tim-harrison-exotic-animal-rescue-veteran/">Tim Harrison, exotic animal rescue veteran</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Alan Rabinowitz, Zoologist-Conservationist-Author</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2010/08/alan-rabinowitz-zoologist-conservationist-author/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[alan raboniwitz]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=124</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Alan Rabinowitz&#8211;the world-renowned zoologist, conservationist and field biologist, whose latest book, &#8220;Life In The Valley Of Death: The Fight To Save Tigers In A Land Of Guns, Gold And Greed&#8221; will be issued in paperback Sept. 7&#8211; discusses his dim view of zoos (lifelong, even as The Bronx Zoo played a pivotal, somewhat soothing role [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2010/08/alan-rabinowitz-zoologist-conservationist-author/">Alan Rabinowitz, Zoologist-Conservationist-Author</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scott Lope&#8211;Big Cat Rescue &#8220;Hero&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2010/01/scott-lope-director-of-operations-at-tampas-big-cat-rescue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sanctuaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[captive big cats]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=1248</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Scott Lope&#8211;Director of Operations at Tampa&#8217;s Big Cat Rescue, one of the largest sanctuaries of its kind in the world, housing more than 100 big cats, spanning more than 40 acres, and recently named Animal Planet&#8217;s &#8220;Hero Of The Year&#8221; &#8212;discusses his background, including being the kid who was always bringing home sick and injured [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2010/01/scott-lope-director-of-operations-at-tampas-big-cat-rescue/">Scott Lope–Big Cat Rescue “Hero”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Archele Hundley- Former Ringling Employee</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2010/01/archele-hundley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=39</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Archele Hundley&#8211;a former Ringling Bros. employee on the animal crew who&#8217;s done PSAs for PETA (though, interestingly, is not a PETA member), has spoken in front of various groups about the plight of circus animals, and testified at the big federal lawsuit against Ringling &#8211;discusses her background, including growing up in West Virginia, where her [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2010/01/archele-hundley/">Archele Hundley- Former Ringling Employee</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Charles Siebert&#8211;Writer-reporter-poet essayist</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2009/08/charles-siebert-writer-reporter-poet-essayist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Writer-reporter-poet essayist Charles Siebert, the author, most recently, of &#8220;The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward A New Understanding Of Animals&#8221;&#8211;which chronicles his extended encounter with a retired circus chimp named Roger at The Center For Great Apes, a chimpanzee sanctuary in Wauchula, FL and widens out considerably from the personal reportage of that encounter, including incorporating [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2009/08/charles-siebert-writer-reporter-poet-essayist/">Charles Siebert–Writer-reporter-poet essayist</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Joel Parrott, Executive Director of the Oakland Zoo</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2005/03/dr-joel-parrott/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Joel Parrott, Executive Director of the Oakland Zoo&#8211;considered by many, including those staunchly anti-zoo, to be one of the best zoos anywhere&#8211;discusses what traits he feels constitute a great zoo, philosophical &#38; more tangible changes he&#8217;s embraced and implemented in his 20-plus years at the Oakland Zoo, his views on the complex issue of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2005/03/dr-joel-parrott/">Dr. Joel Parrott, Executive Director of the Oakland Zoo</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Les Schobert&#8211;zoo &#038; captive wildlife consultant</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2004/08/les-schobert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=2275</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Les Schobert, a consultant on zoos and captive wildlife with 30+ years of experience&#8211;including a 15-year tenure as General Curator of the North Carolina State Zoo &#38; a somewhat more recent stint as Animal Collection Curator at the L.A. Zoo&#8211;discusses the key challenges and changes facing zoos now and in the years ahead, outlines the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2004/08/les-schobert/">Les Schobert–zoo & captive wildlife consultant</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Julie Woodyer&#8211;director of Zoocheck Canada</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2004/08/julie-woodyer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2004 13:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julie Woodyer]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Julie Woodyer&#8211;director of Zoocheck Canada, a Canada-based organization devoted to protecting wild animals, with a particular emphasis on captive wild animals &#38; issues&#8211;discusses its history &#38; evolution, array of concerns (primarily focused in Canada, but with a global reach), as well as some of its more recent, successful campaigns, and her own hair-raising tale of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2004/08/julie-woodyer/">Julie Woodyer–director of Zoocheck Canada</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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