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Kristen Auerbach, Director of Pima Animal Care Center

By | May 23, 2018 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Kristen Auerbach—Director of Pima Animal Care Center (PACC), and recognized as a prominent, pioneering figure in the animal shelter world, in part through her previous stints at Austin Animal Center (which became the nation’s largest no-kill shelter), and Fairfax County Animal Services—recalls her earliest days in this field, as a humane officer. Read more…

Nicole Forsyth, president and CEO of RedRover

By | April 25, 2018 | Advocates, General, Pets, Rescue | No comments

Nicole Forsyth—president and CEO of RedRover, a Sacramento-based national nonprofit devoted to rescuing and sheltering animals in crisis—addresses the situation by which there are pockets of people across the country that are as yet unfamiliar with the organization, founded in 1987 (though under a different name). Read more…

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…

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