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...
Pattrice Jones, co-founder of the Eastern Shore Sanctuary And Education Center--a Maryland sanctuary primarily for chickens (but also for ducks), and the only such sanctuary to rehabilitate former fighting cocks; she's also an ecofeminist activist, writer, college...
Dr. Kim Haddad, a veterinarian and manager of The Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition--a group of zoo professionals, sanctuary operators and animal protection groups (including some surprising bedfellows), who've banded together to focus their attention, and...
John Hoyt, the president emeritus of the Humane Society Of The United States--he was president and/or CEO of the organization from 1970 to 1996--discusses his own history (he was a minister before taking over leadership of HSUS), the structural and philosophical...
Jane Hoffman, president of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals--which brings together more than 60 non-profit animal care groups based in and around Manhattan, with a collective goal to make New York City "no kill" in a two-stage, five/10-year plan--discusses...
