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Melanie Sue Bowles, founder-director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary

By | August 4, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Dogs, Educators, Horses, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Melanie Sue Bowles—founder and director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary, who alongside her husband, Jim, has shepherded the sanctuary through nearly 30 years of challenges, changes, and relocations, in service of rescuing horses and providing them refuge—recalls helping her very first horse, when they were decidedly not horse people. Read more…

Joshua Zeman, director of “The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52”

By | July 7, 2021 | Actors & Filmmakers, Cetaceans, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Wildlife | No comments

Joshua Zeman—the director of  “The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52,” a feature-length documentary chronicling the science-oriented pursuit of a whale that experts think has spent his whole life in solitude because, they believe, he’s communicating at a frequency no other whale can understand—addresses the observation that this film represents a departure from his past work, noting he makes mysteries, and “The Loneliest Whale” is surely a mystery. Read more…

Glen Zipper, producer of Netflix’s “Dogs” & “Cat People”

By | June 30, 2021 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Glen Zipper—executive producer of the Netflix documentary series “Dogs,” whose second season begins airing July 7; Zipper also oversees a new feline-minded Netflix series, “Cat People,” which premieres July 7—describes the reaction from viewers to the first season of “Dogs”: clamoring for a second season, while another contingent blanketed Zipper with fervent entreaties for a cat-centric series. Read more…

pattrice jones, cofounder of LGBTQ-led VINE Sanctuary

By | June 9, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Cetaceans, Educators, Health & Behavior, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

pattrice jones —cofounder of VINE (Veganism is the Next Evolution) Sanctuary, 100-acre facility in Vermont, a self-described “LGBTQ-led farmed animal sanctuary” we wanted to spotlight as we celebrate Pride Month—outlines VINE’s history and evolution, including its initial incarnation as Eastern Shore Sanctuary, which primarily housed chickens, and was located in Maryland. Read more…

Barbara Trask Lovett, president of Save Nosey Now, advocate for captive elephants

By | May 5, 2021 | Adoption, Advocates, Captive, Cats, Dogs, Elephants, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Sanctuaries, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Barbara Trask Lovett—president of Save Nosey Now, member of the Board of Directors of The Elephant Advocacy Project, and generally a veteran advocate for improving the lives of captive elephants—recounts part of her background and how earlier efforts for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (at times, working closely with Paul Watson) gradually mutated into parallel concerns for elephants, particularly captive ones. Read more…

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