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Singer-songwriter Maria McKee

By | January 31, 2018 | Advocates, Dogs, General, Musicians, Pets, Rescue | No comments

Maria McKee—the singer-songwriter who burst onto the music scene some 35 years ago, fronting the band Lone Justice, going on to a storied solo career—discusses her lifelong love of dogs, while noting, early on, there was an incident that so traumatized her that she steered clear of dogs (“I shut down around dogs”) for a number of years. Read more…

Dr. Peter Rork, co-founder of Dog Is My CoPilot

By | January 10, 2018 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Dr. Peter Rork—a retired orthopedic surgeon and pilot who co-founded Dog Is My CoPilot, an organization that flys shelter animals to different parts of the country, boosting their prospects of being adopted—recalls his lifelong love of flying, taking his first lessons at age 12. Read more…

Scott Hardy, co-founder of Hardy Hayes Refuge

By | December 13, 2017 | Advocates, Comedians, General, Health & Behavior, Pets, Rescue | No comments

Scott Hardy—co-founder of Hardy Hayes Refuge, a mom-and-pop rescue-rehab operation with sizable ambitions, and accomplishments to match—outlines his lifelong love of animals, describing a childhood where the insights gleaned from trying to treat a locust as a pet helped shape his sensibilities more than the family’s beloved beagle. Read more…

Arin Greenwood & Lee Greenwood, sibling animal welfare advocates

By | November 15, 2017 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, Dogs, Legislation, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Arin Greenwood and Lee Greenwood—siblings who are both lawyers, skillful writers, and engaged in promoting animal welfare, from different platforms—recount growing up in a house that was, unsurprisingly, brimming with animals (though Arin notes a difficult six-year stretch, start when she was 6, when the family went dog-less). Read more…

Tracy Voss, founder of TracysDogs

By | September 20, 2017 | Adoption, Advocates, Dogs, Legislation, Pets, Rescue | No comments

Tracy Voss—the co-founder of TracysDogs, a San Antonio, Texas-based organization that pulls dogs from high-kill shelters, rehabilitates them, then adopts them out to families across the country, transporting the dogs in their 32-foot trailer—discusses growing up as a dog devotee, and how a beloved black Lab significantly helped her navigate through a somewhat awkward, isolated childhood. Read more…

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