Matt Smith--Executive Director of The Central Virginia Parrot Sanctuary (aka Project Perry), a cutting-edge haven for abused, neglected and unwanted birds living in captivity--discusses his path into avian rescue and running a parrot sanctuary. ...
Paul Manners, Juli Rae Radloff, Brian Hall & Dozer-- three people (and one dog) involved with a href="http://www.pitbulls4patriots.org/">Pit Bulls 4 Patriots--discuss this Gulfport, FL-based program that pairs veterans suffering Post Traumatic Stress...
Brian May--the Queen guitarist who first joined us in the latter part of 2010, discussing an array of UK animal issues (fox hunting, a proposed badger cull, etc.) that had become his concern and that of his animal protection campaign, Save Me--helps mark the eighth...
Andrew Westoll--the author, most recently, of "The Chimps Of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience And Recovery," a gorgeously-written, often-poignant account of Westoll's 10-week stint living as a volunteer at Fauna Foundation, a sanctuary just outside...
Ron Kagan, who's been Director of the Detroit Zoo for nearly 20 years, and whose career working for zoos has spanned 35 years--discusses the philosophy behind functioning as something of an iconoclast in the zoo industry, including how he arrived at the decision...
Shaking up our customary guest format, we held a roundtable discussion, featuring a small cross-section of of people who were set to be participants in the then-forthcoming Talking Animals Festival--the idea being that this would represent a more universal...
Elayne Boosler--who's been a touring comedian since the 1970s, and was slated to perform locally two days later--discusses the circumstances that led to founding her own non-profit animal organization, Tails of Joy, in 2001. She also describes how Tails of Joy...
Sherry Silk--executive director of The Humane Society of Tampa Bay (HSTB)--discusses how the animal welfare/rescue landscape has shifted in the 2 1/2 years since our last interview, including the effect the economic climate has had on donations & adoptions, as...
Rick Chaboudy, co-founder and executive director of The Suncoast Animal League--a non-profit, no-kill animal rescue agency located in Palm Harbor, FL--addresses some aspects of how the agency operates by way of recounting, step-by-step, what Suncoast did upon...
Alan Rabinowitz--the world-renowned zoologist, conservationist and field biologist, whose latest book, "Life In The Valley Of Death: The Fight To Save Tigers In A Land Of Guns, Gold And Greed" will be issued in paperback Sept. 7-- discusses his dim view of zoos...
