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...
Carrol Clancy, co-founder of Oasis de los Gatos--a sanctuary for feral cats in Apache Junction, Arizona--discusses the history of Oasis de los Gatos and her own history that led to starting the sanctuary, as well as her theories and time-tested techniques for...
Sybil Erden--director of The Oasis Sanctuary, a rescue and retirement facility for exotic and endangered birds--discusses the history and operation of this 71-acre sanctuary in Southeastern Arizona, some of the fundamental instinctive and behavioral traits of...
Co-founder and executive director of The Elephant Sanctuary, Carol Buckley discusses her nearly 30 years with Tarra (the Asian elephant she started working with as a college student) and how those experiences & stages of development with Tarra--while traveling...
Les Schobert, a consultant on zoos and captive wildlife with 30+ years of experience--including a 15-year tenure as General Curator of the North Carolina State Zoo & a somewhat more recent stint as Animal Collection Curator at the L.A. Zoo--discusses the key...
Julie Woodyer--director of Zoocheck Canada, a Canada-based organization devoted to protecting wild animals, with a particular emphasis on captive wild animals & issues--discusses its history & evolution, array of concerns (primarily focused in Canada, but...
Linda McLeod--founder & director of Pacific Wildlife Project, an Orange County-based wildlife rescue and recovery center with some international distinctions (including that PWP has treated more pelicans than any other facility worldwide)--discusses her long...
Michael Bell--a veteran animal activist, actor and animation voice-over maven--discusses plans for the Cambodian Wildlife Sanctuary, which will be the world's largest such facility (the Cambodian government granted the Sanctuary a million acres), including pivotal...
