Jane Wiedlin--The Go-Go's singer-songwriter-guitarist and longtime animal advocate--discusses the forthcoming film, "Doggie Boogie," which she stars in and for which she wrote the title song (which we heard at the top of the show). She also recounts her history as...
Donald Tardy--drummer of pioneering death metal band Obituary, and a longtime, devoted rescuer and caretaker of feral cats in the Tampa area and his girlfriend, Heather Wienker, who together head up the Metal Meowlisha discuss how they began rescuing feral cats....
Jill Robinson--the founder and executive director of Animals Asia Foundation., a Hong Kong-based organization devoted to the welfare of wild and urban animals in Asia - recounts her initial experiences and observations about the treatment of animals in Asia upon...
Tim Harrison--a recently retired Ohio public safety officer who's spent much of his 30+-year career rescuing exotic animals kept as pets (and sometimes, rescuing the people keeping those pets)--explains what a public safety officer is (trained as a police officer,...
Laura Flynn Amato--a Staten Island woman now credited with rescuing upwards of 5000 dogs from puppy mills in and around Lancaster, PA, and as such, is the titular figure of the documentary, "Madonna Of The Mills"--discusses how she learned of the puppy mills in...
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...
