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Diana Goodrich, co-director of the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

By | May 10, 2023 | Advocates, Educators, Primates, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Diana Goodrich–co-director of the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, located not far from Seattle, and housing 15 chimps—says she can’t recall a time she didn’t want to work with animals. Read more…

Dr. Jane Goodall

By | April 5, 2023 | Advocates, Authors, Captive Exotic, Cats, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Mammals, Primates, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Dr. Jane Goodall–the ethologist, activist, and conservationist who rose to international attention in the 1960s, propelled by her pioneering work studying chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania—offers her current impressions of young people’s attitudes about animals and the environment. Read more…

Katrina Shadix, founder of Bear Warriors United

By | August 31, 2022 | Advocates, Educators, Legislation, Mammals, Sanctuaries | No comments

Katrina Shadix—founder and executive director of Bear Warriors United (BWU), whose stated mission is to preserve and protect bears, and all of Florida’s natural resources and wildlife, and in carrying out that mission, engages in an array of advocacy and educational efforts—recounts her lifelong love of animals, growing up in rural Florida, a second-generation Floridian. Read more…

Rebekah Keat and Siri Lindley, activists working to end horse slaughter

By | June 1, 2022 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior, Horses, Legislation, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Veterinarians | No comments

Rebekah Keat and Siri Lindley—highly vocal (and highly effective, as it turns out) advocates for ending horse slaughter—recall a pivotal horse, Savannah, who served as a catalyst for their advocacy. Read more…

Dr. Heather Johnston, Medical Director at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

By | March 23, 2022 | Cats, Dogs, Mammals, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan, Veterinarians, Wildlife | No comments

Dr. Heather Johnston—a veterinarian who serves as the Medical Director at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, a multifaceted operation in Jupiter, Florida that, in celebration of March being Women’s History Month, is slated to present a “Women in Wildlife Panel Discussion” there on March 29 (featuring Johnston)—recalls that she wanted to be a vet since she was a young kid, and other than a fleeting flirtation with becoming a jockey, that desire never wavered. Read more…

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