John Homans--the longtime executive editor of New York magazine who published his first book, "What's A Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend"--discusses how he decided "What's A Dog For" would represent his first...
GUEST: Scott Blais, Suzanne House, Stephen Payne, Bryan Wilson--Panel Discussion About Ringling Circus Every year since we launched "Talking Animals" in Southern California in 2003, we've devoted at least one show annually to spotlighting the plight of the Ringling...
In a return appearance to "Talking Animals," Carole Baskin--founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue, the largest accredited sanctuary in the world dedicated entirely to abused and abandoned big cats--provides an overview of the sanctuary in 2012 (marking 20 years of...
Darlynn Czerner--founder of Darlynn's Darlins, a Polk City, FL animal sanctuary, advocacy and education organization--discusses the history of the sanctuary, which includes some foreshadowing rescues while living in Tennessee and then Florida. She also addresses...
Laurie Crawford--president of the Animal Network, Inc., a nonprofit based in Manatee County, FL--discusses the history and evolution of the organization, starting out creating new dog parks. Describing the Animal Network as primarily a lobbying group, Crawford went...
Nancy Perry--Vice-President of Government Relations for the American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (ASPCA)--first offers an initial assessment on how pets and other animals in the Northeast were faring in the aftermath of the storm, based on...
Stacey Coleman--Executive Director of Animal Farm Foundation, a New York-based not-for-profit corporation whose mission statement indicates that the organization is chiefly concerned with securing equal treatment and opportunity for "pit bull" dogs--discusses the...
Ted Koran--who, along with his wife Karen, founded and operate The Critter Place, a non-profit sanctuary in Weeki Wachee, FL that's taken in an array of abused, neglected or abandoned and provided them a forever home for nearly 25 years--discusses the history of...
Tied to April being National Adopt A Greyhound month, I conducted a roundtable discussion about the current state of racing greyhounds--and, mostly, former racing greyhounds....
Ellie Laks--the founder of The Gentle Barn, a Southern California sanctuary of sorts that houses 130+ animals that have been rescued from abuse, neglect or slaughter...once they've recovered, the animals are visited and often cared for by abused children--recounts...
