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...
Chuck Traisi--who, for nearly a year, has overseen the day-to-day operation of Tiger Rescue, a so-called "sanctuary" in Colton, California, looking after dozens of tigers and big cats who'd been subjected to some of the most egregious wild animal neglect/abuse on...
Francis Battista--Director of Animal Care and Los Angeles outreach, as well as one of the founders, of Best Friends Animal Society, which operates the nation's largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned cats & dogs--discusses his own path to animal activism and...
Michele Hunter--director of Friends of The Sea Lion Marine Mammal Center, a Laguna Beach facility that rescues and rehabilitates seals, sea lions, sea elephants, etc.--discusses the Center's 30-plus year history, the types of care and service it provides, as well...
Joy Nadel--of Rescue Me Inc., a Woodland Hills-based non-profit animal rescue hospital and sanctuary--discusses both the history and future of the organization, its educational efforts, its rehabilitation and adoption placement programs, a forthcoming fundraiser,...
Kim Sheridan discusses her history rescuing and caring for animals since childhood, the sanctuary for rats in the San Diego area she founded and operates--The Rat Refuge--and another organization she started, called The Compassion Circle, among other topics....
Michael Mountain--president and one of the founders of Best Friends Animal Society, which operates the nation's largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned dogs, cats, and other animals--discusses the history of the sanctuary (located in southern Utah), his own...
Cindy Carroccio, director of the Austin Zoo--actually an expansive rescue facility that houses animals that were formerly used in lab research, were performers in circuses and roadside attractions, victims of the exotic pet trade, "surplus" animals from...
