Beth Lockwood--the Executive Director of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa--discusses various aspects of her 26-year tenure, arriving as a veterinary technician and, in the ensuing quarter century, assuming various responsibilities before...
RaeAnna Saks--founder and CEO of The Little Cats (TLC) Rescue, an organization serving the greater Tampa area whose efforts are chiefly devoted to rescuing the homeless/feral cat population--discusses the history of TLC Rescue alongside some of her own history,...
Sherry Silk--Executive Director of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay--discusses the history and chief mission of the organization, the Fall Adoption Expo slated for Nov. 15, HSTB's myriad efforts in the area of animal adoption (including MAC, a 32-foot Winnebago...
Pat Derby--co-founder of The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), which operates three animal sanctuaries in Northern California, among them the 2300-acre ARK 2000, where upwards of a dozen elephants live--discusses the needs of and challenges faced by captive...
Dr. Carole Noon--founder and director of Save The Chimps, the world's largest sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees, based in Fort Pierce, FL--discusses the formative stages of her career as a primatologist, the history and evolution of Save The Chimps (including the...
This represents a special one-hour edition of "Talking Animals" that aired on July 9 at 1pm, in addition to the regularly-scheduled half-hour edition that aired earlier in the day at 11:30am... GUEST: Michael Mountain--president and one of the founders of Best...
Melanie Bowles--cofounder, with her husband Jim, of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary--discusses the history of the Sanctuary (it began some 18 years ago, taking in one horse, Cody, on five acres in Myakka City, FL) and evolution (it's now a 320-acre facility in Mena,...
Gene Baur--the cofounder and president of The Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal protection organization--discusses his new book, "Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals And Food," (an acclaimed crazy quilt of a book whose patches...
Tony La Russa--the St. Louis Cardinals manager (one of only two managers to win a World Series in both the American and National Leagues), and longtime animal advocate--discusses his formative years growing up in Tampa without much exposure to animals, how the...
Carole Baskin--founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, one of the world's largest such sanctuaries, housing more 100 big cats (lions, tigers, leopards, cougars, servals, others) over 40-plus acres--discusses the history and evolution of the facility (including...
