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		<title>Paula Poundstone, comedian and cat devotee</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/02/paula-poundstone-comedian-and-cat-devotee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>NOTE ABOUT THIS SHOW: I’ve had better mornings. As many know, each Wednesday, around dawn, I drive from my home on the east coast of Florida to the west coast, landing at WMNF in Tampa, where I broadcast “Talking Animals.” The trek is long (later, I reverse course, and drive home), but usually uneventful. Today, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2026/02/paula-poundstone-comedian-and-cat-devotee/">Paula Poundstone, comedian and cat devotee</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Max Chesnes, environment reporter for the Tampa Bay Times</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/01/max-chesnes-environment-reporter-for-the-tampa-bay-times/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a handmade sign]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chesnes’s longtime role model and inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communications & Marketing Director at Friends of Strays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cynthia Barnett.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discuss some major stories he covered in 2025]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Salmond]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senior Lecturer in the University of Florida’s Department of Journalism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stories he anticipates will be significant in 2026]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tortoise-saving results were dramatic]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Max Chesnes&#8211;the award-winning environment reporter for the Tampa Bay Times—a lifelong Floridian, recalls growing up in Jupiter, where he developed an almost religious fervor for nature, spending endless days in (and on) the water, hiking across the terrific parks, and otherwise unwittingly building the foundation of becoming a masterly environment-minded writer. Indeed, in this conversation—I’m [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2026/01/max-chesnes-environment-reporter-for-the-tampa-bay-times/">Max Chesnes, environment reporter for the Tampa Bay Times</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Claire Rosen, acclaimed artist-photographer</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/12/claire-rosen-acclaimed-artist-photographer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[drew some harsh criticism from animal rights activists for using feathered friends from the pet industry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[plus notable contributors]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Artist-photographer-writer Claire Rosen—who’s cultivated a long, lauded career, with much of her work reflecting a longstanding passion for animals, and celebrated for its sense of whimsy—traces the shaping of this sensibility back to her childhood, reading Beatrix Potter, regularly visiting the American Museum of Natural History, and going to the zoo and the circus whenever [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/12/claire-rosen-acclaimed-artist-photographer/">Claire Rosen, acclaimed artist-photographer</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Holly Dutton, about Holiday-related emergency vet visits</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/dr-holly-dutton-about-holiday-related-emergency-vet-visits/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[also include a sumptuous vegan buffet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[most common issue that brings an animal to a vet hospital during the Holidays]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tampa and Clearwater locations of VEG ER for Pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the animals have eaten something they shouldn’t have]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Vegan Edge—In Competition And Life]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Holly Dutton&#8211;Medical Director at the Tampa and Clearwater locations of VEG ER for Pets, a national operation specializing in around-the-clock emergency care for pets—reviews some of the VEG ER distinguishing traits we covered in her June 2025 appearance on “Talking Animals,” as a prelude to today’s discussion focusing on Holiday-related emergency vet visits, and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/dr-holly-dutton-about-holiday-related-emergency-vet-visits/">Dr. Holly Dutton, about Holiday-related emergency vet visits</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Jennifer Conrad, veterinarian &#038; founder of The Paw Project</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/dr-jennifer-conrad-veterinarian-founder-of-the-paw-project/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[" actually an amputation of a cat’s toes at the last joint]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conrad predicts the next states to follow suit may be Washington and Oregon The Paw Project]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[educate the public about feline declawing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[her thoughts about what it would take for Florida to join the ranks of the no-declaw states]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[impetus for her anti-declaw advocacy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tireless crusader against declawing cats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vets make around $900 per declaw]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Jennifer Conrad—veterinarian, founder of The Paw Project, tireless crusader against declawing cats for a quarter century—recalls the initial impetus for her anti-declaw advocacy: her work, as a newly-minted veterinarian, with declawed big cats at a wildlife sanctuary. Conrad’s own history ended up dovetailing with answering my question about the history of feline declaw itself, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/dr-jennifer-conrad-veterinarian-founder-of-the-paw-project/">Dr. Jennifer Conrad, veterinarian & founder of The Paw Project</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Andria Gibbon, founder and president of Protecting Paws for Life</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[in 2018 I reported and co-wrote a Washington Post story on this topic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[suggesting in the article a growing trend nationally toward more domestic violence shelters permitting pets]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Andria Gibbon&#8211;founder and president of Protecting Paws for Life, a nonprofit Florida organization dedicated to helping more domestic violence shelters become pet-friendly&#8211;recalls, as a young woman in New Jersey, her transformative first foray into animal rescue, never imagining she’d still be doing it 27 years later. In a conversation pegged to October being Domestic Violence [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Dr. Crystal Heath, veterinarian and activist</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/10/dr-crystal-heath-veterinarian-and-activist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a 4-H kid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a Halloween-themed event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a speaker at the Tampa Bay Veg Fest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a touch tank with live animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an educational facility on the St. Pete Pier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being described as a “whistleblower]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[educational facility on the St. Pete Pier]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Horses were a particular passion in her formative years]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Crystal Heath&#8211;a veterinarian who’s bristled at inhumane treatment of animals throughout her career, and before, dating back to her childhood as a 4-H kid discovering the goats she’d raised would be slaughtered—recalls growing up in a rural part of Northern California, adoring animals and riding horses. Dr. Heath, a speaker at the Tampa Bay [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Kirk Johnson, onscreen narrator of “Walrus: Life on Thin Ice”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/10/kirk-johnson-onscreen-narrator-of-walrus-life-on-thin-ice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[” walruses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[all proceeds going to St. Francis Society Animal Rescue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[daily census of walrus arrivals and departures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exploration of the impact of climate change on walruses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nov. 1 at The Studio at Carrollwood Cultural Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[onscreen narrator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operating without a brick-and-mortar facility]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rescue and rehabilitation of orphaned pups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[St. Francis Society Animal Rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[two wardens who spend the Spring and Summer on Round Island]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kirk Johnson—paleontologist, Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and onscreen narrator of “Walrus: Life on Thin Ice,” a documentary that airs Oct. 22 in the season premiere of the PBS series “Nature”—recalls a research opportunity as a grad student some 40 years ago, involving walruses. It was, he says in the [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Stephanie Boydston, founder and director of Love Life Animal Rescue &#038; Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/09/stephanie-boydston-founder-and-director-of-love-life-animal-rescue-sanctuary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a senior feline named Willow was her fave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a transformative experience]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[currently houses 211 animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[former zoologist at Busch Garden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fundraising experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in Fort Lauderdale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kris Porter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[litter of 10 potbellied pigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love Life Animal Rescue & Sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monthly nut $6200]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myakka City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonprofit knowledge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sanctuary spans 10 acres]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[working in development for Make-A-Wish]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Stephanie Boydston&#8211;founder and director of Love Life Animal Rescue &#38; Sanctuary, a refuge in Myakka City, FL devoted to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing farmed animals—recalls a childhood in Long Island, NY amidst a string of foster animals, reflecting her father’s belief that family members should become accustomed to saying goodbye to animals. These were mostly [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Father Andrew Heyes, Rector of St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Tampa</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/09/father-andrew-heyes-rector-of-st-clements-episcopal-church-in-tampa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[he and the parishioner direct their comments through the dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[her legal name is Fluffy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[in Tampa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landing at St. Clement’s in 2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[many of those working and worshipping there were clearly animal people]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Father Andrew Heyes, Rector of St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Tampa—a uniquely canine-centric man of the cloth, rarely going anywhere without his Doberman, Humphrey, at his side, sometimes including the altar—recalls growing up in Northwest England with the first of a lifelong string of dogs. He remembers a decidedly pro-animal ethos amidst his family (he [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Marsha Panuce, founder of Donte’s Den</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/marsha-panuce-founder-of-dontes-den/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[50 acres in Myakka City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a career as a concert pianist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a distinctive sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a fully-equipped vet hospital and pharmacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a stint in the fashion biz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[destruction and numerous other problems brought by the devastating hurricanes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donte’s Den eschews volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[founder of Donte’s Den]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FVA produces the annual Tampa Bay Veg Fest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[no leashes and no kennels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion for pooches]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[primarily houses dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relying instead on a dozen full-time paid staff members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Veg Fest is returning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Veg Fest: Nov 8 2025]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Marsha Panuce—founder of Donte’s Den, a distinctive sanctuary in multiple ways, including that it extends across 50 acres (in Myakka City, FL), and primarily houses dogs—recalls growing up loving dogs, including pilgrimages with her Dad every Father’s Day to the local shelter, to adopt a dog. This passion for pooches traversed her formative years and [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Adam Sugalski, veteran advocate opposing bear hunt</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/adam-sugalski-veteran-advocate-opposing-bear-hunt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[FWC is slated to meet Aug. 13-14 in Havana FL]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Adam Sugalski&#8211;who leads the efforts of Bear Defenders, a coalition dedicated to ending bear hunting across the United States; their singular focus currently is opposing the bear hunt that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has proposed for 2025—recalls how information imparted in high school prompted some unexpected contemplation, and a life change, [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Tanya Smith, founder &#038; president of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/06/tanya-smith-founder-president-of-turpentine-creek-wildlife-refuge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Tanya Smith&#8211;Founder and President of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, a 459-acre sanctuary in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, chiefly housing abused, abandoned, and neglected big cats—recalls a precocious first foray into big cat rescue…at age 11. She explains that this was the outgrowth of her parents—inveterate animal lovers—intervening in an odd, colorful situation where a lion cub [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Jessica Farrer, marine biologist featured in  NATURE&#8217;s “Expedition Killer Whale”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/02/jessica-farrer-marine-biologist-featured-in-natures-expedition-killer-whale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jessica Farrer&#8211;a marine biologist who serves as Research Director at The Whale Museum, and part of the team of scientists working temporarily in Antarctica Peninsula, profiled in “Expedition Killer Whale,” a new installment of the PBS series “Nature”—recalls growing up landlocked in Colorado, moving as soon as possible to Washington state. Speaking in a “Talking [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/02/jessica-farrer-marine-biologist-featured-in-natures-expedition-killer-whale/">Jessica Farrer, marine biologist featured in  NATURE’s “Expedition Killer Whale”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Marcie Fallek, veterinarian and author of “Little Miracles Everywhere: My Unorthodox Path to Holistic Veterinary Medicine”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/01/dr-marcie-fallek-veterinarian-and-author-of-little-miracles-everywhere-my-unorthodox-path-to-holistic-veterinary-medicine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[her evolution from conventionally-trained vet to one embracing holistic veterinary medicine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[many traditional vets might be providing care that was counterproductive to healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memoir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offered an array of assistance to cats and their humans who’ve been affected by the L.A. Wildfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opposition to many vaccinations]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Marcie Fallek&#8211;a veteran veterinarian and author of the memoir, “Little Miracles Everywhere: My Unorthodox Path to Holistic Veterinary Medicine”—recalls what prompted her to attend veterinary school in Italy. Fallek enumerates the significant challenges of being a vet student there, most notably that she didn’t speak any Italian when she started—meaning that studying her notes [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/01/dr-marcie-fallek-veterinarian-and-author-of-little-miracles-everywhere-my-unorthodox-path-to-holistic-veterinary-medicine/">Dr. Marcie Fallek, veterinarian and author of “Little Miracles Everywhere: My Unorthodox Path to Holistic Veterinary Medicine”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer”&#8211;11th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/11/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-11th-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done 10 times prior—spanning three-plus years&#8211;today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.” In each instance, listeners are invited to call or email questions about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues or training concerns. The Trainer these listeners have an [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Peter Singer, philosopher, professor, author: “Consider The Turkey”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/11/peter-singer-philosopher-professor-author-consider-the-turkey/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Peter Singer&#8211;the philosopher, professor emeritus of bioethics at Princeton University, and author (including his landmark 1975 work, “Animal Liberation” and the just-published “Consider The Turkey”—explains that his slate of pursuits post-retirement from Princeton includes a stint as visiting professor at the National University of Singapore. He goes on to clarify that while, yes, he did [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Mara Hvistendahl, New York Times reporter: &#8220;The Panda Factories&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/10/mara-hvistendahl-new-york-times-reporter-the-panda-factories/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Mara Hvistendahl, a The New York Times reporter who wrote “The Panda Factories”&#8211;an extraordinary piece of investigative journalism probing the impact of China’s gambit nearly 30 years ago to send pandas to zoos in other countries, hoping the visiting animals would breed, ultimately resulting in pandas that could be returned to the wild&#8211;recounts the genesis [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Cathryn Michon, author of “I’m Still Here: A Dog’s Purpose Forever”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/09/cathryn-michon-author-of-im-still-here-a-dogs-purpose-forever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 04:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[co-wrote A Dog’s Purposewith husband W. Bruce Cameron]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[publishing a distinctive new book I’m Still Here: A Dog’s Purpose Forever]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Cathryn Michon&#8211;the showbiz hyphenate who co-wrote with husband W. Bruce Cameron “A Dog’s Purpose,” the film adaptation of Cameron’s New York Times bestselling novel, considered the most popular live-action dog movie of all time—reflects on the dizzying number of dog books (including children’s books) and films that constitute the collective Michon/Cameron juggernaut. She goes on to [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Mark Devries, documentary filmmaker, “Humans and Other Animals&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/08/mark-devries-documentary-filmmaker-humans-and-other-animals/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Mark Devries&#8211;the documentary filmmaker (https://markdevries.com/) who specializes in exploring the realm of animals and animal welfare—expands on the final line (the fate of our kin is up to us) of his new film, “Humans and Other Animals.&#8221; Laying out an eloquent and philosophical operating principle—which permeates his new film, as it did his debut doc, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/08/mark-devries-documentary-filmmaker-humans-and-other-animals/">Mark Devries, documentary filmmaker, “Humans and Other Animals”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Art Shaul, founder of Safe Paws Rescue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 04:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Art Shaul—founder-director of Safe Paws Rescue, a small but mighty rescue serving the Tampa Bay Area—recalls growing up watching his Dad bring home ill, injured, sometimes “bedraggled” animals, caring for these critters, then making them family members.  Observing these paternal acts of kindness clearly made a profound impression on Shaul (he gets a bit emotional [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/08/art-shaul-founder-of-safe-paws-rescue/">Art Shaul, founder of Safe Paws Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tracey Callahan Molnar, handler and chief human of therapy dog Beacon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Tracey Callahan Molnar&#8211;handler and chief human of Beacon, the therapy dog who’s become increasingly beloved across the U.S.A. Gymnastics world and beyond, emerging as a media sensation along the way—recounts her own career as a gymnast and coach, specializing in rhythmic gymnastics. A fundamental narrative of this conversation reflects the intersection of gymnasts and therapy [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/07/tracey-callahan-molnar-handler-and-chief-human-of-therapy-dog-beacon/">Tracey Callahan Molnar, handler and chief human of therapy dog Beacon</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dara Eckart, CEO of Friends of Strays</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dara Eckart&#8211;CEO of Friends of Strays, St. Petersburg’s oldest no-kill animal shelter, currently undergoing a significant transformation, including opening a cats-only adoption center, The Cat Box on July 1—outlines the shelter’s history, citing key milestones of the early years. Eckart explains that Friends of Strays began in 1978, when co-founder Jean Bomonti, who’d been volunteering [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/dara-eckart-ceo-of-friends-of-strays/">Dara Eckart, CEO of Friends of Strays</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice, author of “Your Pets’ Secret Lives: The Truth Behind Your Pets’ Wildest Behaviors&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/dr-eleanor-spicer-rice-author-of-your-pets-secret-lives-the-truth-behind-your-pets-wildest-behaviors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 04:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice&#8211;an entomologist by training who’s appeared on the show multiple times, discussing ants, spiders, homing pigeons, and microbes (often tied to a book she’s written on the topic)—acknowledges that writing for young readers has officially become a trend for her, primarily discussing her second, just-published book in this series, while also briefly [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/dr-eleanor-spicer-rice-author-of-your-pets-secret-lives-the-truth-behind-your-pets-wildest-behaviors/">Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice, author of “Your Pets’ Secret Lives: The Truth Behind Your Pets’ Wildest Behaviors”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rhonda Eldridge, Executive Director of The Community Pet Project</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rhonda Eldridge&#8211;Executive Director of The Community Pet Project, which provides pet food and several other resources to homeless and at-risk communities throughout Hillsborough County—discusses the organization’s origin story, beginning in 2017 as an offshoot of a local rescue, before peeling off as a separate entity with 501c3 nonprofit status. The Community Pet Project was launched [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/rhonda-eldridge-executive-director-of-the-community-pet-project/">Rhonda Eldridge, Executive Director of The Community Pet Project</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anton Ptushkin, director of “Saving the Animals of Ukraine&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 19:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Anton Ptushkin&#8211;director of the PBS Nature documentary profiling the efforts of Ukrainian citizens to rescue animals amidst the destruction of the war—describes the sort of travel pieces he produced as a YouTuber, before he morphed into a war correspondent. Ptushkin notes that this transformation wasn’t the product of a specific ambition, but rather, reflected an [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Jennifer Langston, founder of Golden Ears Sanctuary and Rescue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 21:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jennifer Langston&#8211;founder of Golden Ears Sanctuary and Rescue, a specialized refuge for senior and hospice dogs in Wesley Chapel, FL—recalls growing up in a house where dogs were always present, whether they be fosters, newly-adopted, or the family pooch. Notably, for the canine establishment she would create later in life, she recounts that her Mom [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/jennifer-langston-founder-of-golden-ears-sanctuary-and-rescue/">Jennifer Langston, founder of Golden Ears Sanctuary and Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Arin Greenwood on loving &#038; living with dogs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Arin Greenwood&#8211;a wearer of many hats, mostly animal-related, including Director of Philanthropy Communications at Austin Pets Alive! former animal journalist extraordinaire (HuffPost, Washington Post, The Today Show website, et al), and novelist&#8211;maintains a sizable social media presence, posting regularly on Facebook, which in a way, spawned this interview. That is, I was struck by the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/arin-greenwood-on-loving-living-with-dogs/">Arin Greenwood on loving & living with dogs</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lee Asher, dog adoption champion, social media juggernaut</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/04/lee-asher-dog-adoption-champion-social-media-juggernaut/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Lee Asher&#8211;a staunch advocate of dog adoption whose profile has risen dramatically in recent years, owing to a handful of factors, including multiple compelling stories: his ADHD and attendant childhood isolation prompted him to regularly visit his local animal shelter as a kid, years later crisscrossing the country in an RV, traveling to animal shelters, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/04/lee-asher-dog-adoption-champion-social-media-juggernaut/">Lee Asher, dog adoption champion, social media juggernaut</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Deborah Howard, President of Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Deborah Howard—founder-president of the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS), self-described, you may recall, as “the only national nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals from cruelty in pet shops and puppy/kitten mills”—returns for a conversational sequel to our January interview, because we didn’t have time to discuss the ways CAPS has broadened its mission [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/04/deborah-howard-president-of-companion-animal-protection-society-caps/">Deborah Howard, President of Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jessica Kelly, co-leader of Cat Trap Fever</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 23:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jessica Kelly—who, along with Sue Rountree, runs Cat Trap Fever, a nonprofit focused on improving the lives of feral cats, chiefly in Pinellas County—recounts the “hodgepodge” of jobs she held before devoting herself to long days of TNVR:  Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return. Kelly’s jobs included teenage waitress, traveling with the carnival, and ballet instructor. But [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/01/jessica-kelly-co-leader-of-cat-trap-fever/">Jessica Kelly, co-leader of Cat Trap Fever</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer” 9th Edition</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done eight times prior—spanning the better part of three years&#8211;today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.” Listeners are invited to call or email questions about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues or training concerns. The Trainer these listeners have an [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/01/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-9th-edition/">Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer” 9th Edition</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jason Schramm,  founder of VegMovies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jason Schramm&#8211;a web developer and founder of Veg Groups, where he creates websites intended to help people go vegan, stay vegan, or become informed on vegan-oriented events, or films, on his VegMovies site—notes that he got deeply into computers as a seventh grader. While he was drawn as a youngster to exploring some aspects of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/12/jason-schramm-founder-of-vegmovies/">Jason Schramm,  founder of VegMovies</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mark E. Hauber, ornithologist &#038; author of “Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/12/mark-e-hauber-ornithologist-author-of-bird-day-a-story-of-24-hours-and-24-avian-lives/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 05:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Mark E. Hauber—professor, ornithologist, and author of “Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives”—recalls becoming seriously interested in birds at age four or five. This was in his native Hungary, where, as that little boy, he dragged his mother to view the Spring Migration. His passion for birds was precocious and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/12/mark-e-hauber-ornithologist-author-of-bird-day-a-story-of-24-hours-and-24-avian-lives/">Mark E. Hauber, ornithologist & author of “Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Carey Theil &#038; Rory Goree, greyhound devotees</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/11/carey-theil-rory-goree-greyhound-devotees/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 23:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Carey Theil, executive director of GREY2K USA Worldwide, the largest greyhound protection organization in the world, and Rory Goree, who for many years ran the largest industry-funded greyhound adoption group, Greyhound Pets of America, explain how&#8211;as former enemies in the battle to end greyhound racing&#8211;they transformed into allies. Goree and Theil (co-author&#8211;with Christine Dorchak, GREY2K [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/11/carey-theil-rory-goree-greyhound-devotees/">Carey Theil & Rory Goree, greyhound devotees</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pete Walsh, platypus partisan</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/10/pete-walsh-platypus-partisan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ann Paul, an organizer of the 2023 Florida Birding and Nature Festival</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/10/ann-paul-an-organizer-of-the-2023-florida-birding-and-nature-festival/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ann Paul&#8211;an organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival, a multifaceted, multi-day extravaganza, scheduled to take place Oct. 12-15, in and around Apollo Beach, Florida—revisits, at my request, the story of her first real foray into birding, and how arriving late at that outing proved fortuitous. She spotted a black and white warbler, and [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist&#8211;&#8220;Ask The Trainer&#8221; 8th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/09/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-8th-edition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done seven times prior—spanning about two years–today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.” Listeners are invited to call or email questions about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues or training concerns. The Trainer these listeners have an opportunity to consult [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Dr. Catherine Macdonald, shark expert</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/08/dr-catherine-macdonald-shark-expert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 04:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Catherine Macdonald&#8211;a marine conservation biologist and assistant professor at the University of Miami, who conducts, and oversees, research on sharks—recalls a childhood less enamored of the sea, at first, than of mud. This, Macdonald says, was part of being a kid who loved being outdoors, exploring nature, endlessly curious, and not at all opposed [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/08/dr-catherine-macdonald-shark-expert/">Dr. Catherine Macdonald, shark expert</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Susan Hanus, executive director of Cat Depot</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/07/susan-hanus-executive-director-of-cat-depot/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Susan Hanus&#8211;executive director of Cat Depot, a unique feline-only shelter in Sarasota—recalls when she first became a cat person. Hanus has remained staunchly feline-friendly ever since, though, she explains, she stopped living with them when it turned out one of her kids is allergic to cats. Hanus outlines some of the traits that help make [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/07/susan-hanus-executive-director-of-cat-depot/">Susan Hanus, executive director of Cat Depot</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kathy Finelli, director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/07/kathy-finelli-director-of-gainesville-rabbit-rescue-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kathy Finelli&#8211;the director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue (GRR), a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 by two University of Florida students—recalls how her involvement with GRR began 20-plus years ago, when she sought their help after finding a domestic rabbit outside her home. That was a fateful moment in more ways than one. It not only [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/07/kathy-finelli-director-of-gainesville-rabbit-rescue-2/">Kathy Finelli, director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Valerie Benka, Director of Programs for the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/06/valerie-benka-director-of-programs-for-the-alliance-for-contraception-in-cats-and-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 04:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Director of Programs for the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marissa Dupuis]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Valerie Benka&#8211;the Director of Programs for the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs (ACC&#38;D)—recalls being someone who was nuts about animals from the time she was a kid, growing up in a family amidst a veritable menagerie. This early pet passion created something of a gravitational pull, drawing Benka toward animals, as she traveled [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Susan Tellem, executive director of American Tortoise Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/05/susan-tellem-executive-director-of-american-tortoise-rescue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 04:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Susan Tellem&#8211;executive director of American Tortoise Rescue (ATR), a nonprofit established in 1990 for the protection of all species of turtles and tortoises—recalls that she began helping animals in cat rescue. Some years later, she recounts, she and her husband experienced a revelatory moment while eating out—and decided to go vegetarian—and not long after they [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/05/susan-tellem-executive-director-of-american-tortoise-rescue/">Susan Tellem, executive director of American Tortoise Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eleanor Spicer Rice, author of “Unseen Jungle: The Microbes That Secretly Control Our World”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/05/eleanor-spicer-rice-author-of-unseen-jungle-the-microbes-that-secretly-control-our-world/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 04:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Eleanor Spicer Rice, PhD&#8211;an entomologist by training, and the author of multiple books, focused on ants and spiders—recounts how she came to write a book about microbes, “Unseen Jungle: The Microbes That Secretly Control Our World.” Spicer Rice explains that a cadre of researchers investigating a particular microbe approached her to write about their research [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist&#8211;&#8220;Ask The Trainer&#8221; 7th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/04/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-7th-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 04:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done six times prior—spanning nearly two years&#8211;today’s show involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the extended feature, “Ask The Trainer.” Listeners are invited to call or email questions about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues or training concerns. The Trainer these listeners have an opportunity to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/04/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-7th-edition/">Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer” 7th Edition</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rick Yocum, executive director, the Humane Society of Manatee County</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/03/rick-yocum-executive-director-the-humane-society-of-manatee-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 04:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rick Yocum&#8211;executive director of the Humane Society of Manatee County (HSMC), established more than 50 years ago, and now a truly multifaceted operation—traces his career path to his current job, which he’s held for seven years. In answer to a question of mine, Yocum allows that it makes perfect sense he holds this job, noting [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/03/rick-yocum-executive-director-the-humane-society-of-manatee-county/">Rick Yocum, executive director, the Humane Society of Manatee County</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kate Benjamin, Top Cat at Hauspanther</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/01/kate-benjamin-top-cat-at-hauspanther/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 05:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kate Benjamin&#8211;whom I suggested you could call a cat lady while noting, in this case, the term would be strictly intended as a compliment, given the scope of her expertise and the two feline-oriented bestselling books she’s co-written, as well as the 13 cats she lives with—returns to “Talking Animals.” Benjamin acknowledges that she responds [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2023/01/kate-benjamin-top-cat-at-hauspanther/">Kate Benjamin, Top Cat at Hauspanther</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist&#8211;&#8220;Ask The Trainer&#8221; 6th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/12/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-6th-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 05:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done five times prior, today’s show involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the extended feature, “Ask The Trainer,” in which listeners are invited to call or email questions about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues or training concerns.The Trainer these listeners have an opportunity to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2022/12/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-6th-edition/">Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer” 6th Edition</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Alexis Telfair-Garcia, social worker at  Austin Pets Alive!</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/11/alexis-telfair-garcia-social-worker-at-austin-pets-alive/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Alexis Telfair-Garcia&#8211;a social worker recently hired at the Austin, TX animal shelter, Austin Pets Alive! (APA!)—recalls growing up in a family that prized community service, perhaps telegraphing her pursuit of a career in social work. Hallmarks of that professional passage, she recounts, include earning a BA in forensic psychology, an extended stint at Big Brothers [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2022/11/alexis-telfair-garcia-social-worker-at-austin-pets-alive/">Alexis Telfair-Garcia, social worker at  Austin Pets Alive!</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ann Paul, an organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/10/ann-paul-an-organizer-of-the-florida-birding-and-nature-festival/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 04:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ann Paul, an organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival, outlines some of the Festival's field trips, seminars, and lectures.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2022/10/ann-paul-an-organizer-of-the-florida-birding-and-nature-festival/">Ann Paul, an organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>John Turner, President of Project PUP</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/09/john-turner-president-of-project-pup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2022 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>John Turner—the president of Project PUP (Pets Uplifting People), which, since 1984 has offered visits by therapy dogs to nursing homes, rehab centers, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and other locales, bringing the residents comfort and joy—discusses the founding of the organization. We discuss what, exactly, constitutes a therapy dog (not trained to live with a [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2022/09/john-turner-president-of-project-pup/">John Turner, President of Project PUP</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist&#8211;“Ask The Trainer” 5th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/08/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-5th-edition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 04:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We reprised “Ask The Trainer,” in which listeners are invited to call or email questions for dog trainer Glen Hatchell to answer about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2022/08/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-5th-edition/">Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer” 5th Edition</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Samantha Wishman &#038; Christina Thomas, co-directors of “Free Puppies!&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/08/doc-on-the-souths-homeless-dogs/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2022 04:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Christina Thomas and Samantha Wishman are co-directors of “Free Puppies!,” a documentary examining rescue dogs being regularly transported from the South to the North for adoption, probing deeper into why the South is a repository for so many homeless dogs.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2022/08/doc-on-the-souths-homeless-dogs/">Samantha Wishman & Christina Thomas, co-directors of “Free Puppies!”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Spencer Conover, Assistant Director of Pasco County Animal Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Spencer Conover— Assistant Director of Pasco County Animal Services (PCAS), whose work has received national acclaim, partly accounting for his being viewed as a rising star in the animal shelter world—recounts growing up in a conventional household regarding animals (they had a dog and a cat), but a pivotal memory was the family taking in [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Callers and Emailers as Guests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Every year or two, I jettison the chief component of the “Talking Animals” format—a longform interview with a single guest—to offer a debate or some other multi-guest panel discussion. As part of that occasional effort to temporarily reconfigure the program, and a parallel desire to give voice to a broader array of animal organizations, leaders [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Tricia Gorham, chair of the College of Veterinary Technology at St. Petersburg College</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/05/tricia-gorham-chair-of-the-college-of-veterinary-technology-at-st-petersburg-college/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Tricia Gorham&#8211;chair of the College of Veterinary Technology at St. Petersburg College, and a practicing veterinary technician since 1991—discusses her love of animals extending back to childhood, and how she began working for a veterinarian as a junior in high school. That job, she explains, was hardly just another teenage gig—she not only gravitated toward [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Helaine Olen, opinion writer for The Washington Post</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/04/helaine-olen-opinion-writer-for-the-washington-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Helaine Olen— an opinion writer for The Washington Post, an expert on personal finance, and author or co-author of books, including “The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated,” who recently wrote a Post piece headlined “Stop the inhumane practice of renting pets”—addresses the breadth of subjects covered in her column, which [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Danielle Hall, wildlife ecologist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2022 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Danielle Hall—a wildlife ecologist, who, drawing on her professional expertise and her longtime personal passion for animals, has stepped into an intense human-versus-animal battle that’s erupted over vultures in a Tampa neighborhood—explains what a wildlife ecologist is, and does. Hall recalls loving fauna of all types since early in her childhood, noting she was one [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Liz Marshall, director of &#8220;Meat The Future&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/03/liz-marshall-director-of-meat-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Liz Marshall—a documentary director whose latest film, “Meat The Future,” examines the realm of “cultivated meat,” generated in a lab setting, from animal cells, but these animals remain unharmed—explains the criteria she considers when deciding what topic or person will constitute her next movie. More specifically, Marshall recounts how she started down the path of [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Tori Linder, a producer of “Saving The Florida Wildlife Corridor”</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 05:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Tori Linder—a producer of “Saving The Florida Wildlife Corridor,” a documentary that travels through the titular Corridor, the 18 million-acre, statewide network of public preserves and private working lands, while examining the ongoing conflict between Florida’s explosive population  growth and rampant development, and it’s green infrastructure—starts the conversation by explaining, more fundamentally, what constitutes the [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Ellen Quinlan, executive director of the Darbster Foundation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2021 05:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ellen Quinlan—executive director of the Darbster Foundation (&#38; Darbster Rescue), whose chief mission involves plucking cats and dogs from crowded south Florida shelters, and finding homes for them in the adoption-friendly New England area, with that process including arranging interstate transportation for these animals—recounts growing up in a family that lived with cats and dogs, [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Susan Kurowski, executive director, Pets for the Elderly Foundation</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/11/susan-kurowski-executive-director-pets-for-the-elderly-foundation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Susan Kurowski—executive director of the Pets for the Elderly Foundation (PFE), which covers a portion of the adoption fee for seniors, 60-years-old or older, adopting a shelter dog or cat from one of PFE’s participating shelters—outlines the history of the organization, founded in Cleveland in 1992 by entrepreneur Avrum Katz, going national in 2002. Kurowski [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2021/11/susan-kurowski-executive-director-pets-for-the-elderly-foundation/">Susan Kurowski, executive director, Pets for the Elderly Foundation</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Jennifer Conrad, founder of The Paw Project, advocate for banning feline declawing</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/11/dr-jennifer-conrad-founder-of-the-paw-project-advocate-for-banning-feline-declawing/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Jennifer Conrad—a veterinarian and founder of The Paw Project, and a tireless crusader against declawing cats for many years; I first interviewed her about it on “Talking Animals” in 2005, and she’d already been working on the issue for some time—recounts the initial impetus for taking on the cause, spurred by performing reparative surgery [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2021/11/dr-jennifer-conrad-founder-of-the-paw-project-advocate-for-banning-feline-declawing/">Dr. Jennifer Conrad, founder of The Paw Project, advocate for banning feline declawing</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jose Sanchez, marine biologist, ecotourism guide, expert on the &#8220;friendly whales&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/11/jose-sanchez-marine-biologist-ecotourism-guide-expert-on-the-friendly-whales/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 05:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jose Sanchez—a naturalist trained in marine biology, and an expert on the so-called “friendly whales” of San Ignacio Lagoon in the Baja California region of Mexico, having led ecotourism trips there for 25 years—recalls growing up in a family that prized nature and wildlife, regularly taking outdoor outings to explore and enjoy those things. Sanchez [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2021/11/jose-sanchez-marine-biologist-ecotourism-guide-expert-on-the-friendly-whales/">Jose Sanchez, marine biologist, ecotourism guide, expert on the “friendly whales”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Diane Delano, founder of the Wild Horse Rescue Center</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/09/diane-delano-founder-of-the-wild-horse-rescue-center/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Diane Delano—founder of the Wild Horse Rescue Center, a Webster, Florida facility that rescues, rehabilitates, and finds new homes for wild horses—recalls growing up amidst a family of horse lovers, and she started riding at age three. This was in the Catskills, where Delano says, she was frequently playing outside and tending to various wild [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2021/09/diane-delano-founder-of-the-wild-horse-rescue-center/">Diane Delano, founder of the Wild Horse Rescue Center</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Glen Hatchell, veteran dog trainer: &#8220;Ask The Trainer&#8221; II</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/08/glen-hatchell-veteran-dog-trainer-ask-the-trainer-ii/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 04:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we did in May, in what was then an experimental effort, on today’s show we jettisoned the regular &#8220;Talking Animals&#8221; format, presenting a still semi-new extended feature, “Ask The Trainer,” in which listeners are invited to call or email questions or concerns about their dogs, particularly involving behavioral issues. That experiment in May was [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2021/08/glen-hatchell-veteran-dog-trainer-ask-the-trainer-ii/">Glen Hatchell, veteran dog trainer: “Ask The Trainer” II</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kristen Hassen, Director of American Pets Alive! &#038; Human Animal Support Services</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/07/kristen-hassen-director-of-american-pets-alive-human-animal-support-services/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kristen Hassen—a highly-respected figure in the animal shelter world, owing to her accomplishments and innovations during major stints leading or helping lead animal facilities, and now Director of American Pets Alive!, through which she oversees other projects and initiatives, including Human Animal Support Services—recounts the dreadful circumstances that led to her forging a profound bond [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2021/07/kristen-hassen-director-of-american-pets-alive-human-animal-support-services/">Kristen Hassen, Director of American Pets Alive! & Human Animal Support Services</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Julie Castle, CEO of Best Friends Animal Society</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/07/julie-castle-ceo-of-best-friends-animal-society/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 04:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Julie Castle—the CEO of Best Friends Animal Society, the national animal welfare organization, founded in 1984, and based in Kanab, Utah—describes the organization currently in broad strokes, offering notable contrasts to when she scrapped plans for law school and began working there some 25 years ago, as just the 17th employee of this now-sprawling entity. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2021/07/julie-castle-ceo-of-best-friends-animal-society/">Julie Castle, CEO of Best Friends Animal Society</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Glen Hatchell of HSTB, veteran dog trainer &#038; behavior expert: &#8220;Ask The Trainer&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/05/glen-hatchell-of-hstb-veteran-dog-trainer-behavior-expert-ask-the-trainer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We set aside our regular “Talking Animals” format to experiment with an extended new feature, “Ask The Trainer,” in which listeners were invited to call or email questions or concerns about their dogs—we suggested it could be a training challenge, a behavioral issue, maybe something else. The person answering those questions&#8211;the titular “Trainer”&#8211;was Glen Hatchell, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2021/05/glen-hatchell-of-hstb-veteran-dog-trainer-behavior-expert-ask-the-trainer/">Glen Hatchell of HSTB, veteran dog trainer & behavior expert: “Ask The Trainer”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Callers As Guests</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/04/callers-as-guests-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Periodically, I table the chief component of the “Talking Animals” format—a long form interview with a single guest—to offer a debate or some other multi-guest panel discussion. As part of that occasional effort to temporarily reconfigure the program, and a parallel desire to give voice to a broader array of animal organizations and leaders, as well as [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2021/04/callers-as-guests-2/">Callers As Guests</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rob Chaney, author of “The Grizzly in the Driveway: The Return of Bears To A Crowded American West”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/02/rob-chaney-author-of-the-grizzly-in-the-driveway-the-return-of-bears-to-a-crowded-american-west/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rob Chaney—a lifelong resident of Montana, a veteran reporter for the Missoulian (and 2020 Nieman Fellow), and author of “The Grizzly in the Driveway: The Return of Bears To A Crowded American West”—discusses the impetus for writing the book, agreeing with the assessment that, at times, it reads like more of a mission. Chaney explains [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Norty Cohen, instigator of dog-song album, &#8220;Rock And Roll Over&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 23:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Norty Cohen—founder and CEO of Moosylvania, a multifaceted, St. Louis-based marketing agency, which also operates a record company, Rafter Records; he spearheaded “Rock And Roll Over”—explains the origin of his company name, a direct reference from “The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show.” He recounts how the idea for “Rock And Roll Over”&#8211; a 17-track collection of [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Dr. Neal Barnard, founder of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, professor, speaker, musician</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2020/10/dr-neal-barnard-founder-of-physicians-committee-for-responsible-medicine-professor-speaker-musician/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 04:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Neal Barnard—founder and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine, among other notable hats he wears—recalls growing up not particularly interested in being a doctor, like his Dad, then after becoming more inclined to pursue medicine, initially veering toward [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Babs Fry, pet recovery specialist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Babs Fry—a San Diego-based pet recovery specialist (she’s often dubbed a “pet detective,” but prefers the other term, and explains why), who for several years, has helped pet owners find their missing animals, never charging a dime for her services&#8211;discusses how she got launched on this esoteric career path. Fry describes her background in animal [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Zina Goodin, co-founder of Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2020/03/zina-goodin-co-founder-of-old-friends-senior-dog-sanctuary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 04:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Zina Goodin— co-founder, with her husband, Michael, of Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary, a Mount Juliet, Tennessee haven housing 95 elderly dogs on a two-acre parcel of land&#8211;recalls becoming a dog person somewhat later in life, and feeling lukewarm enthusiasm initially when her family adopted its first dog in 1990. But, in relatively short order, she [&#8230;]</p>
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