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...
Dr. Joel Parrott, Executive Director of the Oakland Zoo--considered by many, including those staunchly anti-zoo, to be one of the best zoos anywhere--discusses what traits he feels constitute a great zoo, philosophical & more tangible changes he's embraced and...
Gene Bauston--co-founder and President of Farm Sanctuary, the nation's largest farm animal rescue and protection organization--discusses the history and evolution of Farm Sanctuary, a handful of its more notable campaigns and legislative inroads, some of the...
Cyrus Mejia, a founder of Best Friends Animal Society (which operates the nation's largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned cats & dogs), and an acclaimed artist whose work is central to The Best Friends Art Project--a traveling exhibit that speaks to the...
