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		<title>Lenore Braford and Paul Drake, co-founders of Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/lenore-braford-and-paul-drake-co-founders-of-piedmont-farm-animal-refuge/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[“Forever Home” presents a rich profile of the Refuge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ARC Walk slated to happen May 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christina Antoniou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[co-founders of Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devoted to reducing pet overpopulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director of Community Engagement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drake being an architectural designer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drake recalls attending a screening of an earlier Argo documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[each structure is uniquely tailored to the species housed there]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[her stint at Farm Sanctuary memorizing the names of all 300 or more animals living there]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[history dates back to meeting on their first day of school at Oberlin College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lenore Braford and Paul Drake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lenore recalls how a budding interest in launching an animal sanctuary put her on the path to securing internships and other opportunities at assorted sanctuaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Allison Argo profiling the Refuge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reflecting their behavioral inclinations and preferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[she’s a disciplined realist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[they’ve helped establish the Sanctuary Swap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you quickly recognize Paul as a creative mastermind]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Lenore Braford and Paul Drake&#8211;co-founders of Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge, a highly-innovative animal sanctuary in North Carolina; owing to Drake being an architectural designer, each structure is uniquely tailored to the species housed there, reflecting their behavioral inclinations and preferences—discuss “Forever Home,” the new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Allison Argo profiling the Refuge.In addressing the [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Stan Kroh, manatee ally and expert</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/stan-kroh-manatee-ally-and-expert/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kroh will be a speaker at The Florida Birding and Nature Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[longtime manatee ally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offering elephant rides for both kids and adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publishes an annual list of the “10 Worst Zoos For Elephants.”]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[She underscores the damage that rides can cause to the elephant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stan Kroh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa Electric Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the company planting multiple acres of seagrass]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Stan Kroh&#8211; whose broad scope of duties at Tampa Electric Company includes overseeing the company’s Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach, spanning the 26 years he’s worked there—describes the history of the Viewing Center, which is approaching its 40th anniversary. Kroh charts the evolution of the Manatee Viewing Center, from the earliest days, when the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/stan-kroh-manatee-ally-and-expert/">Stan Kroh, manatee ally and expert</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Paula Poundstone, comedian and cat devotee</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/02/paula-poundstone-comedian-and-cat-devotee/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[current cat count at her house: 11]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[larry appealed to Paula in some profound way]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[n how prescient she was--many years ago--when she voiced warnings about the serious risks posed to children in using cell phones and other electronic devices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[this sort of thumbs-up vindication is still rare]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>NOTE ABOUT THIS SHOW: I’ve had better mornings. As many know, each Wednesday, around dawn, I drive from my home on the east coast of Florida to the west coast, landing at WMNF in Tampa, where I broadcast “Talking Animals.” The trek is long (later, I reverse course, and drive home), but usually uneventful. Today, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2026/02/paula-poundstone-comedian-and-cat-devotee/">Paula Poundstone, comedian and cat devotee</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Max Chesnes, environment reporter for the Tampa Bay Times</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/01/max-chesnes-environment-reporter-for-the-tampa-bay-times/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a handmade sign]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chesnes’s longtime role model and inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communications & Marketing Director at Friends of Strays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cynthia Barnett.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discuss some major stories he covered in 2025]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gopher tortoise road kills on Honeymoon Island]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mchesnes@tampabay.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one dedicated person can make a significant difference to people and/or animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senior Lecturer in the University of Florida’s Department of Journalism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tortoise-saving results were dramatic]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Max Chesnes&#8211;the award-winning environment reporter for the Tampa Bay Times—a lifelong Floridian, recalls growing up in Jupiter, where he developed an almost religious fervor for nature, spending endless days in (and on) the water, hiking across the terrific parks, and otherwise unwittingly building the foundation of becoming a masterly environment-minded writer. Indeed, in this conversation—I’m [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2026/01/max-chesnes-environment-reporter-for-the-tampa-bay-times/">Max Chesnes, environment reporter for the Tampa Bay Times</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Allison Argo, award-winning documentary filmmaker</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/01/allison-argo-award-winning-documentary-filmmaker/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a trio of so-called super tuskers: Craig]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Allison Argo&#8211;, and writer-producer of “Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants,” a new episode of the PBS series Nature—recounts how her background in the family business of theater (on Cape Cod) may have made her uniquely equipped to launch a filmmaking career. Her first film, “The Urban Gorilla,” made quite a splash—it was narrated by Glenn Close, [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Dawn Barbone, founder of Samadhi Wildlife</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/12/dawn-barbone-founder-of-samadhi-wildlife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dawn Barbone&#8211;founder of Samadhi Wildlife, a nonprofit refuge in Ormond Beach that rehabilitates sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife native to Florida—explains that she hasn’t merely loved animals since she was a child, but has also loved healing them since then. It’s not uncommon in the animal welfare world to encounter someone who was that kid [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Claire Rosen, acclaimed artist-photographer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Artist-photographer-writer Claire Rosen—who’s cultivated a long, lauded career, with much of her work reflecting a longstanding passion for animals, and celebrated for its sense of whimsy—traces the shaping of this sensibility back to her childhood, reading Beatrix Potter, regularly visiting the American Museum of Natural History, and going to the zoo and the circus whenever [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/12/claire-rosen-acclaimed-artist-photographer/">Claire Rosen, acclaimed artist-photographer</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Holly Dutton, about Holiday-related emergency vet visits</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/dr-holly-dutton-about-holiday-related-emergency-vet-visits/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tampa and Clearwater locations of VEG ER for Pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the animals have eaten something they shouldn’t have]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Vegan Edge—In Competition And Life]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Holly Dutton&#8211;Medical Director at the Tampa and Clearwater locations of VEG ER for Pets, a national operation specializing in around-the-clock emergency care for pets—reviews some of the VEG ER distinguishing traits we covered in her June 2025 appearance on “Talking Animals,” as a prelude to today’s discussion focusing on Holiday-related emergency vet visits, and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/dr-holly-dutton-about-holiday-related-emergency-vet-visits/">Dr. Holly Dutton, about Holiday-related emergency vet visits</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Jennifer Conrad, veterinarian &#038; founder of The Paw Project</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/dr-jennifer-conrad-veterinarian-founder-of-the-paw-project/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[" actually an amputation of a cat’s toes at the last joint]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conrad predicts the next states to follow suit may be Washington and Oregon The Paw Project]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[educate the public about feline declawing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[her reasons for creating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[her thoughts about what it would take for Florida to join the ranks of the no-declaw states]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[play a pivotal role in guiding legislative efforts to outlaw the declaw procedure]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vets make around $900 per declaw]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Jennifer Conrad—veterinarian, founder of The Paw Project, tireless crusader against declawing cats for a quarter century—recalls the initial impetus for her anti-declaw advocacy: her work, as a newly-minted veterinarian, with declawed big cats at a wildlife sanctuary. Conrad’s own history ended up dovetailing with answering my question about the history of feline declaw itself, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/dr-jennifer-conrad-veterinarian-founder-of-the-paw-project/">Dr. Jennifer Conrad, veterinarian & founder of The Paw Project</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Steve Hindi, founder of Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK)</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/steve-hindi-founder-of-showing-animals-respect-and-kindness-shark/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a caller implored Hindi to stop putting graphic footage online]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[caller’s counter response included suggesting that in this increasingly Artificial Intelligence-oriented era people may doubt that the footage they’re presented is real to begin with]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[founder of Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[he transformed from avid fisherman and hunter to passionate animal advocate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindi countered that upsetting footage is precisely the point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindi’s brother remained  a devoted hunter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SHARK is seen as early innovators among animal welfare entities in employing technology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Steve Hindi&#8211;founder of SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), a national animal welfare organization concerned with halting and/or educating the public about pigeon shoots, rodeos, bullfighting, and canned hunts, among other issues—recounts the extended process by which he transformed from avid fisherman and hunter to passionate animal advocate. In his telling, this metamorphosis was lengthy, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/steve-hindi-founder-of-showing-animals-respect-and-kindness-shark/">Steve Hindi, founder of Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Andria Gibbon, founder and president of Protecting Paws for Life</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/10/andria-gibbon-founder-and-president-of-protecting-paws-for-life/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[27 years ago]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[briefly ran her own rescue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fewer than 20% of domestic violence shelters nationwide accept pets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[her rescue experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how slowly that progress is moving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in 2018 I reported and co-wrote a Washington Post story on this topic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[specialized refuge for senior hospice and disabled dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suggesting in the article a growing trend nationally toward more domestic violence shelters permitting pets]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Andria Gibbon&#8211;founder and president of Protecting Paws for Life, a nonprofit Florida organization dedicated to helping more domestic violence shelters become pet-friendly&#8211;recalls, as a young woman in New Jersey, her transformative first foray into animal rescue, never imagining she’d still be doing it 27 years later. In a conversation pegged to October being Domestic Violence [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/10/andria-gibbon-founder-and-president-of-protecting-paws-for-life/">Andria Gibbon, founder and president of Protecting Paws for Life</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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[her feelings about horses shifted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horses were a particular passion in her formative years]]></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>Kirk Johnson, onscreen narrator of “Walrus: Life on Thin Ice”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/10/kirk-johnson-onscreen-narrator-of-walrus-life-on-thin-ice/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kirk Johnson—paleontologist, Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and onscreen narrator of “Walrus: Life on Thin Ice,” a documentary that airs Oct. 22 in the season premiere of the PBS series “Nature”—recalls a research opportunity as a grad student some 40 years ago, involving walruses. It was, he says in the [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Stephanie Boydston, founder and director of Love Life Animal Rescue &#038; Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/09/stephanie-boydston-founder-and-director-of-love-life-animal-rescue-sanctuary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a senior feline named Willow was her fave]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Stephanie Boydston&#8211;founder and director of Love Life Animal Rescue &#38; Sanctuary, a refuge in Myakka City, FL devoted to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing farmed animals—recalls a childhood in Long Island, NY amidst a string of foster animals, reflecting her father’s belief that family members should become accustomed to saying goodbye to animals. These were mostly [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/09/stephanie-boydston-founder-and-director-of-love-life-animal-rescue-sanctuary/">Stephanie Boydston, founder and director of Love Life Animal Rescue & Sanctuary</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Father Andrew Heyes, Rector of St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Tampa</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/09/father-andrew-heyes-rector-of-st-clements-episcopal-church-in-tampa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Father Andrew Heyes, Rector of St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Tampa—a uniquely canine-centric man of the cloth, rarely going anywhere without his Doberman, Humphrey, at his side, sometimes including the altar—recalls growing up in Northwest England with the first of a lifelong string of dogs. He remembers a decidedly pro-animal ethos amidst his family (he [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Elaine West, founder of Rooterville Animal Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/08/elaine-west-founder-of-rooterville-animal-sanctuary-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a fairly singular development amongst animal sanctuaries: reinvention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chief curator at the James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elaine West. Rooterville Animal Sanctuary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[merely relying on donations is no longer viable]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[visitors to Rooterville are afforded more freedom than those visiting other sanctuaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you can even hold your wedding at Rooterville!]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Elaine West&#8211;the founder of Rooterville Animal Sanctuary, a refuge housing rescued farm animals she launched in Melrose, Florida, more than two decades ago—explains the origin of her lifelong love of pigs. West pinpoints a particular pig that a local Humane Society was about to send home with “adopters” she felt certain were planning to eat [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Marsha Panuce, founder of Donte’s Den</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/marsha-panuce-founder-of-dontes-den/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donte’s Den eschews volunteers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[no leashes and no kennels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion for pooches]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[primarily houses dogs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Marsha Panuce—founder of Donte’s Den, a distinctive sanctuary in multiple ways, including that it extends across 50 acres (in Myakka City, FL), and primarily houses dogs—recalls growing up loving dogs, including pilgrimages with her Dad every Father’s Day to the local shelter, to adopt a dog. This passion for pooches traversed her formative years and [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Nicci Wright, co-founder of the African Pangolin Working Group</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/nicci-wright-co-founder-of-the-african-pangolin-working-group/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[directed by Pippa Ehrlich (co-director of the 2020 doc “My Octopus Teacher”)]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nicci Wright&#8211;co-founder and co-chairperson of the African Pangolin Working Group (APWG), dedicated to the protection and the conservation of the pangolin, the world’s most trafficked animal—recalls her first encounter with a pangolin more than two decades ago. Echoing a response commonly experienced after individuals are introduced to these striking-looking animals, Wright felt compelled to help [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/nicci-wright-co-founder-of-the-african-pangolin-working-group/">Nicci Wright, co-founder of the African Pangolin Working Group</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Adam Sugalski, veteran advocate opposing bear hunt</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/adam-sugalski-veteran-advocate-opposing-bear-hunt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[FWC is slated to meet Aug. 13-14 in Havana FL]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Adam Sugalski&#8211;who leads the efforts of Bear Defenders, a coalition dedicated to ending bear hunting across the United States; their singular focus currently is opposing the bear hunt that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has proposed for 2025—recalls how information imparted in high school prompted some unexpected contemplation, and a life change, [&#8230;]</p>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[the animal population at Turpentine Creek stands at upwards of 125]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tripod Chihuahua she adopted]]></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>Callers &#038; Emailers Are The Guests</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/05/callers-emailers-are-the-guests/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 00:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Occasionally, I jettison the chief component of the &#8220;Talking Animals&#8221; format&#8211;a long form interview with a single guest&#8211;to give voice to a broader array of animal organizations and leaders, concerned animal advocates, and others who simply care about animals. That’s what happened today, when I invited listeners to call in (or email) and briefly serve as the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/05/callers-emailers-are-the-guests/">Callers & Emailers Are The Guests</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kate MacFall &#038; Katherine McGill, discuss FWC’s possible rule changes for trapping</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kate-macfall-katherine-mcgill-discuss-fwcs-possible-rule-changes-for-trapping/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kate MacFall and Katherine McGill—longtime wildlife experts joining me for a discussion devoted to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), specifically, the FWC’s current effort to evaluate existing rules for wildlife trapping—address what for many may be the surprising prevalence of trapping in Florida. McGill and MacFall go on to speak to the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kate-macfall-katherine-mcgill-discuss-fwcs-possible-rule-changes-for-trapping/">Kate MacFall & Katherine McGill, discuss FWC’s possible rule changes for trapping</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kari Bagnall, founder of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kari-bagnall-founder-of-jungle-friends-primate-sanctuary/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 04:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[April 24]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bagnall underscores the difficulty of keeping Jungle Friends fully staffed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[challenges faced by those who run animal sanctuaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confiscated by the authorities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[former pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[founder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gainesville FL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[multi-day interview/job tryout protocol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not tapped out on space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retired from laboratory research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[she’s currently hiring]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[their property spans some 42 acres]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kari Bagnall&#8211;founder and executive director of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary, which offers permanent care to nearly 200 monkeys retired from laboratory research, who are former pets, or have been confiscated by the authorities&#8212;recalls the first monkey that entered her world, and forever altered her life. As part of this account, Bagnall describes creating the earliest [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kari-bagnall-founder-of-jungle-friends-primate-sanctuary/">Kari Bagnall, founder of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kelly McCormick and Glenn Maresca, co-founders of Florida Rescue Farm</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kelly-mccormick-and-glenn-maresca-co-founders-of-florida-rescue-farm/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maresca rescued an orphaned calf named Moobee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moobee protected Maresca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opportunity to offer input in person on May 21 in Ocala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proposed new bear hunt]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kelly McCormick and Glenn Maresca&#8211;co-founders of Florida Rescue Farm, a sanctuary in Duette, FL, devoted to rescuing, rehabilitating, and housing pigs, goats, geese, chickens, ducks, cattle, other critters, and no less devoted to cultivating a strong educational presence—described the remote community of Duette, and what prompted them to settle there. They make clear their original [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kelly-mccormick-and-glenn-maresca-co-founders-of-florida-rescue-farm/">Kelly McCormick and Glenn Maresca, co-founders of Florida Rescue Farm</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Michael Schneider, founder of Pilots To The Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/03/michael-schneider-founder-of-pilots-to-the-rescue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[broadened its mission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[celebrating its 10th anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration with Humane World for Animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[founder of Pilots To The Rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[he transported dogs and cats typically landing in the Northeast]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[including disaster relief]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[offered in additional parts of the year]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rescues where foster or forever homes have been arranged]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rom shelters plagued by low rates of adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[transporting shelter animals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Michael Schneider, a pilot and founder of Pilots To The Rescue—which flies animals from shelters plagued by low rates of adoption (and, often, high rates of euthanasia), to rescues where foster or forever homes have been arranged—describes the career reinvention that preceded his taking flying lessons. Schneider remembers that, back then, like most new pilots, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/03/michael-schneider-founder-of-pilots-to-the-rescue/">Michael Schneider, founder of Pilots To The Rescue</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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Feb. 22]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[significantly altering the captive big cat landscape]]></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>Jessica Farrer, marine biologist featured in  NATURE&#8217;s “Expedition Killer Whale”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/02/jessica-farrer-marine-biologist-featured-in-natures-expedition-killer-whale/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jessica Farrer&#8211;a marine biologist who serves as Research Director at The Whale Museum, and part of the team of scientists working temporarily in Antarctica Peninsula, profiled in “Expedition Killer Whale,” a new installment of the PBS series “Nature”—recalls growing up landlocked in Colorado, moving as soon as possible to Washington state. Speaking in a “Talking [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Dr. Marcie Fallek, veterinarian and author of “Little Miracles Everywhere: My Unorthodox Path to Holistic Veterinary Medicine”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[her evolution from conventionally-trained vet to one embracing holistic veterinary medicine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Little Miracles Everywhere: My Unorthodox Path to Holistic Veterinary Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[many traditional vets might be providing care that was counterproductive to healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memoir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offered an array of assistance to cats and their humans who’ve been affected by the L.A. Wildfires]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Marcie Fallek&#8211;a veteran veterinarian and author of the memoir, “Little Miracles Everywhere: My Unorthodox Path to Holistic Veterinary Medicine”—recalls what prompted her to attend veterinary school in Italy. Fallek enumerates the significant challenges of being a vet student there, most notably that she didn’t speak any Italian when she started—meaning that studying her notes [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/01/dr-marcie-fallek-veterinarian-and-author-of-little-miracles-everywhere-my-unorthodox-path-to-holistic-veterinary-medicine/">Dr. Marcie Fallek, veterinarian and author of “Little Miracles Everywhere: My Unorthodox Path to Holistic Veterinary Medicine”</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>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<title>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer”&#8211;11th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/11/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-11th-edition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done 10 times prior—spanning three-plus years&#8211;today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.” In each instance, listeners are invited to call or email questions about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues or training concerns. The Trainer these listeners have an [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Peter Singer, philosopher, professor, author: “Consider The Turkey”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/11/peter-singer-philosopher-professor-author-consider-the-turkey/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Peter Singer&#8211;the philosopher, professor emeritus of bioethics at Princeton University, and author (including his landmark 1975 work, “Animal Liberation” and the just-published “Consider The Turkey”—explains that his slate of pursuits post-retirement from Princeton includes a stint as visiting professor at the National University of Singapore. He goes on to clarify that while, yes, he did [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Mara Hvistendahl, New York Times reporter: &#8220;The Panda Factories&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/10/mara-hvistendahl-new-york-times-reporter-the-panda-factories/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Mara Hvistendahl, a The New York Times reporter who wrote “The Panda Factories”&#8211;an extraordinary piece of investigative journalism probing the impact of China’s gambit nearly 30 years ago to send pandas to zoos in other countries, hoping the visiting animals would breed, ultimately resulting in pandas that could be returned to the wild&#8211;recounts the genesis [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Nancy Murrah, President of The Raptor Center of Tampa Bay</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nancy Murrah&#8212;President of The Raptor Center of Tampa Bay (RCTB), which rescues, rehabilitates, and releases hundreds of native birds of prey annually—describes the preparations required at RCTB before something like Hurricane Milton, and how the facility fared through the storm. This led to a discussion of why tending to a veritable battalion of squirrels constituted [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Cathryn Michon, author of “I’m Still Here: A Dog’s Purpose Forever”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/09/cathryn-michon-author-of-im-still-here-a-dogs-purpose-forever/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 04:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cameron made up the story that became A Dog’s Purpose]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[co-wrote A Dog’s Purposewith husband W. Bruce Cameron]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[publishing a distinctive new book I’m Still Here: A Dog’s Purpose Forever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sept. 21]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the couple has shared their lives for some year with a sweet dog named Tucker]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Cathryn Michon&#8211;the showbiz hyphenate who co-wrote with husband W. Bruce Cameron “A Dog’s Purpose,” the film adaptation of Cameron’s New York Times bestselling novel, considered the most popular live-action dog movie of all time—reflects on the dizzying number of dog books (including children’s books) and films that constitute the collective Michon/Cameron juggernaut. She goes on to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/09/cathryn-michon-author-of-im-still-here-a-dogs-purpose-forever/">Cathryn Michon, author of “I’m Still Here: A Dog’s Purpose Forever”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mark Devries, documentary filmmaker, “Humans and Other Animals&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/08/mark-devries-documentary-filmmaker-humans-and-other-animals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Mark Devries&#8211;the documentary filmmaker (https://markdevries.com/) who specializes in exploring the realm of animals and animal welfare—expands on the final line (the fate of our kin is up to us) of his new film, “Humans and Other Animals.&#8221; Laying out an eloquent and philosophical operating principle—which permeates his new film, as it did his debut doc, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/08/mark-devries-documentary-filmmaker-humans-and-other-animals/">Mark Devries, documentary filmmaker, “Humans and Other Animals”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Art Shaul, founder of Safe Paws Rescue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 04:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Art Shaul—founder-director of Safe Paws Rescue, a small but mighty rescue serving the Tampa Bay Area—recalls growing up watching his Dad bring home ill, injured, sometimes “bedraggled” animals, caring for these critters, then making them family members.  Observing these paternal acts of kindness clearly made a profound impression on Shaul (he gets a bit emotional [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/08/art-shaul-founder-of-safe-paws-rescue/">Art Shaul, founder of Safe Paws Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rebecca Reid, Director of Education at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rebecca Reid&#8211;Director of Education at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, a multifaceted operation (wildlife refuge, veterinary hospital, rehabilitation facility, education center) in Jupiter Farms, Florida—discusses the readily observable love for her job, and its probable roots in her passion for animals, and being outdoors, while growing up in New Jersey. Reid recalls it was a childhood joyously replete [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/07/rebecca-reid-director-of-education-at-busch-wildlife-sanctuary/">Rebecca Reid, Director of Education at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tracey Callahan Molnar, handler and chief human of therapy dog Beacon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Tracey Callahan Molnar&#8211;handler and chief human of Beacon, the therapy dog who’s become increasingly beloved across the U.S.A. Gymnastics world and beyond, emerging as a media sensation along the way—recounts her own career as a gymnast and coach, specializing in rhythmic gymnastics. A fundamental narrative of this conversation reflects the intersection of gymnasts and therapy [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/07/tracey-callahan-molnar-handler-and-chief-human-of-therapy-dog-beacon/">Tracey Callahan Molnar, handler and chief human of therapy dog Beacon</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dara Eckart, CEO of Friends of Strays</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dara Eckart&#8211;CEO of Friends of Strays, St. Petersburg’s oldest no-kill animal shelter, currently undergoing a significant transformation, including opening a cats-only adoption center, The Cat Box on July 1—outlines the shelter’s history, citing key milestones of the early years. Eckart explains that Friends of Strays began in 1978, when co-founder Jean Bomonti, who’d been volunteering [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/dara-eckart-ceo-of-friends-of-strays/">Dara Eckart, CEO of Friends of Strays</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice, author of “Your Pets’ Secret Lives: The Truth Behind Your Pets’ Wildest Behaviors&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/dr-eleanor-spicer-rice-author-of-your-pets-secret-lives-the-truth-behind-your-pets-wildest-behaviors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 04:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice&#8211;an entomologist by training who’s appeared on the show multiple times, discussing ants, spiders, homing pigeons, and microbes (often tied to a book she’s written on the topic)—acknowledges that writing for young readers has officially become a trend for her, primarily discussing her second, just-published book in this series, while also briefly [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/dr-eleanor-spicer-rice-author-of-your-pets-secret-lives-the-truth-behind-your-pets-wildest-behaviors/">Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice, author of “Your Pets’ Secret Lives: The Truth Behind Your Pets’ Wildest Behaviors”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rhonda Eldridge, Executive Director of The Community Pet Project</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rhonda Eldridge&#8211;Executive Director of The Community Pet Project, which provides pet food and several other resources to homeless and at-risk communities throughout Hillsborough County—discusses the organization’s origin story, beginning in 2017 as an offshoot of a local rescue, before peeling off as a separate entity with 501c3 nonprofit status. The Community Pet Project was launched [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/rhonda-eldridge-executive-director-of-the-community-pet-project/">Rhonda Eldridge, Executive Director of The Community Pet Project</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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 19:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<title>Jennifer Langston, founder of Golden Ears Sanctuary and Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/jennifer-langston-founder-of-golden-ears-sanctuary-and-rescue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 21:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jennifer Langston&#8211;founder of Golden Ears Sanctuary and Rescue, a specialized refuge for senior and hospice dogs in Wesley Chapel, FL—recalls growing up in a house where dogs were always present, whether they be fosters, newly-adopted, or the family pooch. Notably, for the canine establishment she would create later in life, she recounts that her Mom [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/jennifer-langston-founder-of-golden-ears-sanctuary-and-rescue/">Jennifer Langston, founder of Golden Ears Sanctuary and Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Arin Greenwood on loving &#038; living with dogs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Arin Greenwood&#8211;a wearer of many hats, mostly animal-related, including Director of Philanthropy Communications at Austin Pets Alive! former animal journalist extraordinaire (HuffPost, Washington Post, The Today Show website, et al), and novelist&#8211;maintains a sizable social media presence, posting regularly on Facebook, which in a way, spawned this interview. That is, I was struck by the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/arin-greenwood-on-loving-living-with-dogs/">Arin Greenwood on loving & living with dogs</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lee Asher, dog adoption champion, social media juggernaut</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/04/lee-asher-dog-adoption-champion-social-media-juggernaut/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Lee Asher&#8211;a staunch advocate of dog adoption whose profile has risen dramatically in recent years, owing to a handful of factors, including multiple compelling stories: his ADHD and attendant childhood isolation prompted him to regularly visit his local animal shelter as a kid, years later crisscrossing the country in an RV, traveling to animal shelters, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/04/lee-asher-dog-adoption-champion-social-media-juggernaut/">Lee Asher, dog adoption champion, social media juggernaut</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Deborah Howard, President of Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Deborah Howard—founder-president of the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS), self-described, you may recall, as “the only national nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals from cruelty in pet shops and puppy/kitten mills”—returns for a conversational sequel to our January interview, because we didn’t have time to discuss the ways CAPS has broadened its mission [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/04/deborah-howard-president-of-companion-animal-protection-society-caps/">Deborah Howard, President of Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS)</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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=11153</guid>

					<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>Josh Fox, founder of The Brady Hunter Foundation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Josh Fox&#8211;founder of the Brady Hunter Foundation, a Miami-based nonprofit whose mission reflects a commitment to helping end animal cruelty, protecting wildlife, and making a positive impact in the lives of children—observes his love of animals is truly lifelong, citing a photo of Fox as an infant in his crib being happily licked by the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/02/josh-fox-founder-of-the-brady-hunter-foundation/">Josh Fox, founder of The Brady Hunter Foundation</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jessica Kelly, co-leader of Cat Trap Fever</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 23:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jessica Kelly—who, along with Sue Rountree, runs Cat Trap Fever, a nonprofit focused on improving the lives of feral cats, chiefly in Pinellas County—recounts the “hodgepodge” of jobs she held before devoting herself to long days of TNVR:  Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return. Kelly’s jobs included teenage waitress, traveling with the carnival, and ballet instructor. But [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/01/jessica-kelly-co-leader-of-cat-trap-fever/">Jessica Kelly, co-leader of Cat Trap Fever</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer” 9th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/01/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-9th-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done eight times prior—spanning the better part of three years&#8211;today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.” Listeners are invited to call or email questions about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues or training concerns. The Trainer these listeners have an [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Jason Schramm,  founder of VegMovies</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/12/jason-schramm-founder-of-vegmovies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jason Schramm&#8211;a web developer and founder of Veg Groups, where he creates websites intended to help people go vegan, stay vegan, or become informed on vegan-oriented events, or films, on his VegMovies site—notes that he got deeply into computers as a seventh grader. While he was drawn as a youngster to exploring some aspects of [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Mark E. Hauber, ornithologist &#038; author of “Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/12/mark-e-hauber-ornithologist-author-of-bird-day-a-story-of-24-hours-and-24-avian-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 05:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Mark E. Hauber—professor, ornithologist, and author of “Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives”—recalls becoming seriously interested in birds at age four or five. This was in his native Hungary, where, as that little boy, he dragged his mother to view the Spring Migration. His passion for birds was precocious and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/12/mark-e-hauber-ornithologist-author-of-bird-day-a-story-of-24-hours-and-24-avian-lives/">Mark E. Hauber, ornithologist & author of “Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jill Horstmann, founder of Squirrelly AF Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/11/jill-horstmann-founder-of-squirrelly-af-rescue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jill Horstmann&#8211;founder of Squirrelly AF Rescue, a squirrel-focused rescue and rehabilitation operation she runs at her St. Petersburg home—recalls growing up in Wisconsin, where she was that neighborhood kid who tended to injured or ill critters. But it’s hardly been a straight line from Jill Horstmann, Kid Animal Rescuer to Jill Horstmann, Adult Animal Rescuer—though [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/11/jill-horstmann-founder-of-squirrelly-af-rescue/">Jill Horstmann, founder of Squirrelly AF Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Justin Perrault, VP of research, Loggerhead Marinelife Center</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/11/dr-justin-perrault-vp-of-research-loggerhead-marinelife-center/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Justin Perrault&#8211;vice president of research at Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC), a nonprofit sea turtle research, rehabilitation, education, and conservation operation in Juno Beach, FL—recalls the early, pioneering work on sea turtles performed by Juno resident Eleanor Fletcher, establishing the beginnings of what became LMC. Perrault unspools what became an overlapping narrative of his academic [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/11/dr-justin-perrault-vp-of-research-loggerhead-marinelife-center/">Dr. Justin Perrault, VP of research, Loggerhead Marinelife Center</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Carey Theil &#038; Rory Goree, greyhound devotees</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/11/carey-theil-rory-goree-greyhound-devotees/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 23:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Carey Theil, executive director of GREY2K USA Worldwide, the largest greyhound protection organization in the world, and Rory Goree, who for many years ran the largest industry-funded greyhound adoption group, Greyhound Pets of America, explain how&#8211;as former enemies in the battle to end greyhound racing&#8211;they transformed into allies. Goree and Theil (co-author&#8211;with Christine Dorchak, GREY2K [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/11/carey-theil-rory-goree-greyhound-devotees/">Carey Theil & Rory Goree, greyhound devotees</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pete Walsh, platypus partisan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ann Paul, an organizer of the 2023 Florida Birding and Nature Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ann Paul&#8211;an organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival, a multifaceted, multi-day extravaganza, scheduled to take place Oct. 12-15, in and around Apollo Beach, Florida—revisits, at my request, the story of her first real foray into birding, and how arriving late at that outing proved fortuitous. She spotted a black and white warbler, and [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist&#8211;&#8220;Ask The Trainer&#8221; 8th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/09/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-8th-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done seven times prior—spanning about two years–today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.” Listeners are invited to call or email questions about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues or training concerns. The Trainer these listeners have an opportunity to consult [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Dr. Catherine Macdonald, shark expert</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/08/dr-catherine-macdonald-shark-expert/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 04:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Catherine Macdonald&#8211;a marine conservation biologist and assistant professor at the University of Miami, who conducts, and oversees, research on sharks—recalls a childhood less enamored of the sea, at first, than of mud. This, Macdonald says, was part of being a kid who loved being outdoors, exploring nature, endlessly curious, and not at all opposed [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/08/dr-catherine-macdonald-shark-expert/">Dr. Catherine Macdonald, shark expert</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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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>Gene Baur, co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/07/gene-baur-co-founder-and-president-of-farm-sanctuary/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 04:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gene Baur&#8211;co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, which Baur helped launch in 1986—responds to the observation that, nearly 40 years later, he could be excused if some days felt “same old, old,” recounting some of the activities that currently most invigorate him. Fortunately, for him (and, really, for the rest of us), Baur explains he [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Susan Hanus, executive director of Cat Depot</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/07/susan-hanus-executive-director-of-cat-depot/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Susan Hanus&#8211;executive director of Cat Depot, a unique feline-only shelter in Sarasota—recalls when she first became a cat person. Hanus has remained staunchly feline-friendly ever since, though, she explains, she stopped living with them when it turned out one of her kids is allergic to cats. Hanus outlines some of the traits that help make [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/07/susan-hanus-executive-director-of-cat-depot/">Susan Hanus, executive director of Cat Depot</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kathy Finelli, director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/07/kathy-finelli-director-of-gainesville-rabbit-rescue-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kathy Finelli&#8211;the director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue (GRR), a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 by two University of Florida students—recalls how her involvement with GRR began 20-plus years ago, when she sought their help after finding a domestic rabbit outside her home. That was a fateful moment in more ways than one. It not only [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/07/kathy-finelli-director-of-gainesville-rabbit-rescue-2/">Kathy Finelli, director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Valerie Benka, Director of Programs for the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/06/valerie-benka-director-of-programs-for-the-alliance-for-contraception-in-cats-and-dogs/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 04:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Valerie Benka&#8211;the Director of Programs for the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs (ACC&#38;D)—recalls being someone who was nuts about animals from the time she was a kid, growing up in a family amidst a veritable menagerie. This early pet passion created something of a gravitational pull, drawing Benka toward animals, as she traveled [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>pattrice jones, co-founder of VINE Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/06/pattrice-jones-co-founder-of-vine-sanctuary/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>pattrice jones&#8211;co-founder of VINE Sanctuary, sprawling across 100 acres in Springfield, Vermont, and a self-described “LGBTQ-led farmed animal sanctuary”—spontaneously describes instances of talking animals’ activity by resident roosters that very morning. jones explains rooster’s crowing goes far beyond the stereotypical heralding thatff morning has broken, citing, for example, one cry that alerts fellow roosters to [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Susan Tellem, executive director of American Tortoise Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/05/susan-tellem-executive-director-of-american-tortoise-rescue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 04:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Susan Tellem&#8211;executive director of American Tortoise Rescue (ATR), a nonprofit established in 1990 for the protection of all species of turtles and tortoises—recalls that she began helping animals in cat rescue. Some years later, she recounts, she and her husband experienced a revelatory moment while eating out—and decided to go vegetarian—and not long after they [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/05/susan-tellem-executive-director-of-american-tortoise-rescue/">Susan Tellem, executive director of American Tortoise Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Diana Goodrich, co-director of the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 04:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Diana Goodrich&#8211;co-director of the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, located not far from Seattle, and housing 15 chimps—says she can’t recall a time she didn’t want to work with animals. Goodrich traces the winding path, academically and professionally, that led her to helping lead the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, addressing the qualities she finds captivating about chimps. When [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Eleanor Spicer Rice, author of “Unseen Jungle: The Microbes That Secretly Control Our World”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/05/eleanor-spicer-rice-author-of-unseen-jungle-the-microbes-that-secretly-control-our-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 04:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Eleanor Spicer Rice, PhD&#8211;an entomologist by training, and the author of multiple books, focused on ants and spiders—recounts how she came to write a book about microbes, “Unseen Jungle: The Microbes That Secretly Control Our World.” Spicer Rice explains that a cadre of researchers investigating a particular microbe approached her to write about their research [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist&#8211;&#8220;Ask The Trainer&#8221; 7th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/04/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-7th-edition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 04:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done six times prior—spanning nearly two years&#8211;today’s show involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the extended feature, “Ask The Trainer.” Listeners are invited to call or email questions about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues or training concerns. The Trainer these listeners have an opportunity to [&#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>John Di Leonardo, president of Humane Long Island</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/03/john-di-leonardo-president-of-humane-long-island/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 04:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>John Di Leonardo&#8211;president of Humane Long Island, an animal advocacy organization there, where he also oversees its international Duck Defenders project—recalls growing up without family pets, but deeply fascinated by all types of insects. Di Leonardo explains that he had been on an academic path to become a school psychologist, with his training emphasizing students [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Rick Yocum, executive director, the Humane Society of Manatee County</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/03/rick-yocum-executive-director-the-humane-society-of-manatee-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 04:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rick Yocum&#8211;executive director of the Humane Society of Manatee County (HSMC), established more than 50 years ago, and now a truly multifaceted operation—traces his career path to his current job, which he’s held for seven years. In answer to a question of mine, Yocum allows that it makes perfect sense he holds this job, noting [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Kate Benjamin, Top Cat at Hauspanther</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 05:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kate Benjamin&#8211;whom I suggested you could call a cat lady while noting, in this case, the term would be strictly intended as a compliment, given the scope of her expertise and the two feline-oriented bestselling books she’s co-written, as well as the 13 cats she lives with—returns to “Talking Animals.” Benjamin acknowledges that she responds [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist&#8211;&#8220;Ask The Trainer&#8221; 6th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/12/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-6th-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 05:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done five times prior, today’s show involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the extended feature, “Ask The Trainer,” in which listeners are invited to call or email questions about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues or training concerns.The Trainer these listeners have an opportunity to [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Alexis Telfair-Garcia, social worker at  Austin Pets Alive!</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/11/alexis-telfair-garcia-social-worker-at-austin-pets-alive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Alexis Telfair-Garcia&#8211;a social worker recently hired at the Austin, TX animal shelter, Austin Pets Alive! (APA!)—recalls growing up in a family that prized community service, perhaps telegraphing her pursuit of a career in social work. Hallmarks of that professional passage, she recounts, include earning a BA in forensic psychology, an extended stint at Big Brothers [&#8230;]</p>
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