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		<title>Armando Ubeda, shark expert</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/04/armando-ubeda-shark-expert/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a longtime organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a Ph.D. candidate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[April 10]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Are there more shark attacks these days or just more reports of shark attacks?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Armando resides unequivocally in the more-reports camp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Armando Ubeda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coastal Sharks of Florida]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[his CV is notably long and wide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Shark Attack File]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine fauna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oral reef researcher in his native Nicaragua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research focusing on shark reproductive behavior and population structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexing crocodiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shark expert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shifting the event from October to April]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thesis is about sharks]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Armando Ubeda&#8211;primarily appearing in his guise as a shark expert, although his CV is notably long and wide, having studied marine fauna ranging from coral reefs in Nicaragua to crocodiles in Florida—recalls being first intrigued by the ocean as a young boy, corroborating my observation that being in the sea, and researching its inhabitants, seem [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2026/04/armando-ubeda-shark-expert/">Armando Ubeda, shark expert</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lenore Braford and Paul Drake, co-founders of Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/lenore-braford-and-paul-drake-co-founders-of-piedmont-farm-animal-refuge/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Factory Farming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[“Forever Home” presents a rich profile of the Refuge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Rescue Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARC Walk slated to happen May 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christina Antoniou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[co-founders of Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devoted to reducing pet overpopulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director of Community Engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs on leashes are welcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown Sarasota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drake being an architectural designer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drake recalls attending a screening of an earlier Argo documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[each structure is uniquely tailored to the species housed there]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[event is free to attend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forever Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[he’s a creative dreamer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[her stint at Farm Sanctuary memorizing the names of all 300 or more animals living there]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[highly-innovative animal sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history dates back to meeting on their first day of school at Oberlin College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lenore Braford and Paul Drake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lenore recalls how a budding interest in launching an animal sanctuary put her on the path to securing internships and other opportunities at assorted sanctuaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Allison Argo profiling the Refuge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Payne Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflecting their behavioral inclinations and preferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[she’s a disciplined realist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Last Pig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[they’ve helped establish the Sanctuary Swap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you quickly recognize Paul as a creative mastermind]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Lenore Braford and Paul Drake&#8211;co-founders of Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge, a highly-innovative animal sanctuary in North Carolina; owing to Drake being an architectural designer, each structure is uniquely tailored to the species housed there, reflecting their behavioral inclinations and preferences—discuss “Forever Home,” the new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Allison Argo profiling the Refuge.In addressing the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/lenore-braford-and-paul-drake-co-founders-of-piedmont-farm-animal-refuge/">Lenore Braford and Paul Drake, co-founders of Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge</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;&#8211;16th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-16th-edition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a rare cat question]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[founder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glen Hatchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habit of marking inside the house]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[he adopted terrier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melanie Sue Bowles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions regarding reactive barking]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done 15 times before—spanning Just shy of the five-year mark-–today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.”  In each session of ATT, listeners are invited to call or email (or text) questions about their dogs or cats. The Trainer these listeners have an opportunity to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-16th-edition/">Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer”–16th Edition</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stan Kroh, manatee ally and expert</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/stan-kroh-manatee-ally-and-expert/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[“Manatees and Mankind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[000 visitors in a given season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[500]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[additionally heating the water discharged from the Power Station when cold snaps hit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal protection organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[April 10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Renaissance Festival in Dade City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Bend Power Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courtney Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elephant Consultant with In Defense of Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kroh will be a speaker at The Florida Birding and Nature Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[longtime manatee ally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offering elephant rides for both kids and adults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publishes an annual list of the “10 Worst Zoos For Elephants.”]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[She underscores the damage that rides can cause to the elephant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stan Kroh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa Electric Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the company planting multiple acres of seagrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[their spine is near the top of the animal (unlike a horse)]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Stan Kroh&#8211; whose broad scope of duties at Tampa Electric Company includes overseeing the company’s Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach, spanning the 26 years he’s worked there—describes the history of the Viewing Center, which is approaching its 40th anniversary. Kroh charts the evolution of the Manatee Viewing Center, from the earliest days, when the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2026/03/stan-kroh-manatee-ally-and-expert/">Stan Kroh, manatee ally and expert</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Bonita Bergin, inventor of concept of the service dog</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/02/dr-bonita-bergin-inventor-of-concept-of-the-service-dog/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a glimpse into the wall of resistance a pioneer can face in introducing a true innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a quadriplegic named Kerry Knaus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abdul--a puppy then living with Bergin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bergin chronicles the naysayers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bergin notes that studying early childhood education made her uniquely equipped to train Abdul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Could Abdulbe trained to turn on the light switch?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Bonita Bergin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[founded the Bergin College of Canine Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[her lightbulb moment of conceiving the notion of service dogs to assist people with mobility limitations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in 1975]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invented the concept of the service dog to assist people with mobility limitations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[launched Canine Companions for Independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marked its 50th anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Master's program in Early Childhood Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retrieve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scenes of disabled people improvising she'd observed while traveling in Pakistan and India and Turkey]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Bonita Bergin, who, in 1975, invented the concept of the service dog to assist people with mobility limitations—then launched Canine Companions for Independence, later founded the Assistance Dog Institute, now called the Bergin College of Canine Studies&#8211;recalls the scenes of disabled people improvising she&#8217;d observed while traveling in Pakistan, India, Turkey, and other countries [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2026/02/dr-bonita-bergin-inventor-of-concept-of-the-service-dog/">Dr. Bonita Bergin, inventor of concept of the service dog</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>
		<category><![CDATA[annual fundraising gala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cats & Mats Yoga]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphins who learned to hunt alongside a Florida bow fisherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment reporter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOS events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[from 7-11pm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gopher tortoise road kills on Honeymoon Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growing up in Jupiter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how he gravitated toward journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Salmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Dickinson State Park]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lifelong Floridian]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[March 14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Max Chesnes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mchesnes@tampabay.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one dedicated person can make a significant difference to people and/or animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senior Lecturer in the University of Florida’s Department of Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Petersburg’s oldest no-kill animal shelter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories he anticipates will be significant in 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Times]]></category>
		<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>Amy Munns, 2026 Pet Sitter of the Year</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Amy Munns&#8211;named the 2026 Pet Sitter of the Year by Pet Sitters International, (PSI), considered the world’s leading educational association for professional pet sitters and dog walkers—recalls that animals were always around while she was growing up in San Antonio, yet reflecting a cultural and generational propensity, their dog wasn’t allowed inside the house. That [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Allison Argo, award-winning documentary filmmaker</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2026/01/allison-argo-award-winning-documentary-filmmaker/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Allison Argo&#8211;, and writer-producer of “Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants,” a new episode of the PBS series Nature—recounts how her background in the family business of theater (on Cape Cod) may have made her uniquely equipped to launch a filmmaking career. Her first film, “The Urban Gorilla,” made quite a splash—it was narrated by Glenn Close, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2026/01/allison-argo-award-winning-documentary-filmmaker/">Allison Argo, award-winning documentary filmmaker</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dawn Barbone, founder of Samadhi Wildlife</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/12/dawn-barbone-founder-of-samadhi-wildlife/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[40-50 folks typically turn up at these monthly Clean-Ups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a co-founder & CEO of the PURE Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[always focused on wildlife]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[founder of Samadhi Wildlife]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Samadhi is licensed through the state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samadhi receives no government funding of any kind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to clean maintain and revive Tampa Bay’s waters]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dawn Barbone&#8211;founder of Samadhi Wildlife, a nonprofit refuge in Ormond Beach that rehabilitates sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife native to Florida—explains that she hasn’t merely loved animals since she was a child, but has also loved healing them since then. It’s not uncommon in the animal welfare world to encounter someone who was that kid [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/12/dawn-barbone-founder-of-samadhi-wildlife/">Dawn Barbone, founder of Samadhi Wildlife</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[Dec. 13]]></category>
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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[he idea of using vintage wallpaper as the backdrops for this aviary art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[plus notable contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profoundly transformative in her perspective on captive animals and pets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[several local animal rescues]]></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>Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer”–15th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-15th-edition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done 14 times before—spanning the better part of five years–today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.”  In each session of ATT, listeners are invited to call or email (or text) questions about their dogs or cats. The Trainer these listeners have an [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-15th-edition/">Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer”–15th Edition</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>
		<category><![CDATA[Nov. 23]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tampa and Clearwater locations of VEG ER for Pets]]></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[and lameness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California passed an anti-declaw law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chronic pain]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[founder of The Paw Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grant Meisner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[her reasons for creating]]></category>
		<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[largest state to implement such a ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nov. 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[play a pivotal role in guiding legislative efforts to outlaw the declaw procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president of Suncoast Animal League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refusing to use the litter box]]></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>Steve Hindi, founder of Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK)</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/11/steve-hindi-founder-of-showing-animals-respect-and-kindness-shark/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a caller implored Hindi to stop putting graphic footage online]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[caller’s counter response included suggesting that in this increasingly Artificial Intelligence-oriented era people may doubt that the footage they’re presented is real to begin with]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[founder of Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[he transformed from avid fisherman and hunter to passionate animal advocate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindi countered that upsetting footage is precisely the point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindi’s brother remained  a devoted hunter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[seriously unnerved by witnessing a pigeon shoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SHARK is seen as early innovators among animal welfare entities in employing technology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Steve Hindi&#8211;founder of SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), a national animal welfare organization concerned with halting and/or educating the public about pigeon shoots, rodeos, bullfighting, and canned hunts, among other issues—recounts the extended process by which he transformed from avid fisherman and hunter to passionate animal advocate. In his telling, this metamorphosis was lengthy, [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Andria Gibbon, founder and president of Protecting Paws for Life</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/10/andria-gibbon-founder-and-president-of-protecting-paws-for-life/</link>
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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[Becoming a Certified Advanced Canine Trainer and Behavior Specialist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[briefly ran her own rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creating foster arrangements for survivors and their animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fewer than 20% of domestic violence shelters nationwide accept pets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[her rescue experiences]]></category>
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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[owner of Heart Canine Care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[specialized refuge for senior hospice and disabled dogs]]></category>
		<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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<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[Heath’s alma mater UC Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[her feelings about horses shifted]]></category>
		<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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[” walruses]]></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[Operating without a brick-and-mortar facility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paleontologist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[season premiere of the PBS series “Nature]]></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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<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[monthly nut $6200]]></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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a full-blown production]]></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>Patrick Hardy, founder of Bee Platoon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[eaming with The New Barker editor Anna Cooke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enrolled in the U.C. Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMPB)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expects to publish his paper on relocating bees early next year]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hardy designed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[he deep value of having responders pre-deploy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[highlighted by a performance by Nashville singer-songwriter Brittany Moore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[poignant song about losing a dog Give A Girl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president of Dachshund Adoption Rescue & Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[thought to be the first such response team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worked as a first responder (EMT) while in college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrote a letter to the governor of Louisiana regarding Hurricane Katrina]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Please Note: Owing to a major accident that closed down Highway 60—a central route I take in commuting to WMNF each Wednesday—I was unable to make it to the radio station to broadcast ‘Talking Animals,” having to deliver an improvised version of this show from my car, with enormous (&#38; much-appreciated!) production assistance from Jessica [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Joshua Zeman, director of &#8220;Checkpoint Zoo&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/08/joshua-zeman-director-of-checkpoint-zoo/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a treasure trove of video clips featuring the zoo’s animals in various scenarios]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[animals had been evacuated months earlier from Feldman Ecopark]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[new documentary]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Joshua Zeman&#8211;award-winning filmmaker whose new documentary, “Checkpoint Zoo,” arrives in timely fashion, providing a distinctive window into the Russian-Ukraine war, chronicling efforts to care for, then evacuate, some 5000 animals at a Ukrainian zoo called Feldman Ecopark, while bombing was underway—recounts the path from his previous doc, “The Loneliest Whale” to his new film. Zeman [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/08/joshua-zeman-director-of-checkpoint-zoo/">Joshua Zeman, director of “Checkpoint Zoo”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Elaine West, founder of Rooterville Animal Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/08/elaine-west-founder-of-rooterville-animal-sanctuary-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a fairly singular development amongst animal sanctuaries: reinvention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chief curator at the James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elaine West. Rooterville Animal Sanctuary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saint Petersburg repository of various types of art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[visitors to Rooterville are afforded more freedom than those visiting other sanctuaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you can even hold your wedding at Rooterville!]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Elaine West&#8211;the founder of Rooterville Animal Sanctuary, a refuge housing rescued farm animals she launched in Melrose, Florida, more than two decades ago—explains the origin of her lifelong love of pigs. West pinpoints a particular pig that a local Humane Society was about to send home with “adopters” she felt certain were planning to eat [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/08/elaine-west-founder-of-rooterville-animal-sanctuary-2/">Elaine West, founder of Rooterville Animal Sanctuary</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”–14th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/08/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-14th-edition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 12:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done 13 times prior—spanning more than four years now!-–today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to present the show-length feature, “Ask The Trainer.”  In each session of ATT, listeners are invited to call or email (or text) questions about their dogs or cats. The Trainer these listeners have an opportunity [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/08/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-14th-edition/">Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer”–14th Edition</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice, entomologist and author of “The Deadliest Series”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/dr-eleanor-spicer-rice-entomologist-and-author-of-the-deadliest-series/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a redoubling of her commitment to writing for young readers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an accomplished science writer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[and all the wondrous creatures who live there]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[butterfly species the event slated for Saturday July 26]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entomologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardening For Moths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how the opportunity to write “The Deadliest Series” came her way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[More kids wanting to go outside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Center and Butterfly Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[number of moth species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poring over 50-150 peer-reviewed studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President and Founder of the Tampa Bay Butterfly Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[share her profound sense of wonder and enthusiasm for the great outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[she hopes her work will inspire youngsters who tend to be non-readers to flip their status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spicer Rice holds a PhD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Deadliest Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Foundation’s history and mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the misunderstanding this reflects of how pollinators function]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the mother of two young boys plays a role here]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the proverbial deep dive into research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[written a number of books geared for adult audiences]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice&#8211;an entomologist by training, and author whose books have tackled topics ranging from spiders to microbes—responds to my observation that her new set of books, “The Deadliest Series,” appears to represent a redoubling of her commitment to writing for young readers. It felt worth exploring, in part because Spicer Rice holds a [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/dr-eleanor-spicer-rice-entomologist-and-author-of-the-deadliest-series/">Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice, entomologist and author of “The Deadliest Series”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[apes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bone-shaped swimming pool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[destruction and numerous other problems brought by the devastating hurricanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs need to be respected]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsha Panuce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myriam Parham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no leashes and no kennels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion for pooches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perry Harvey Sr. Park]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[the co-founder and president of Florida Voices For Animals (FVA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the forthcoming Veg Fest will feature the components fest-goers have come to expect and enjoy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traits she would like her facility to have]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfortunate scenario impelling the FVA to cancel the 2024 Veg Fest]]></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>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/marsha-panuce-founder-of-dontes-den/">Marsha Panuce, founder of Donte’s Den</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nicci Wright, co-founder of the African Pangolin Working Group</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/nicci-wright-co-founder-of-the-african-pangolin-working-group/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[admission is free]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[an academic holding a PhD in Zoology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[and co-chairperson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[directed by Pippa Ehrlich (co-director of the 2020 doc “My Octopus Teacher”)]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[for Temminick’s pangolin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Netflix documentary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ray Jansen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[specializing in Florida reptiles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the protection and the conservation of the pangolin]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nicci Wright&#8211;co-founder and co-chairperson of the African Pangolin Working Group (APWG), dedicated to the protection and the conservation of the pangolin, the world’s most trafficked animal—recalls her first encounter with a pangolin more than two decades ago. Echoing a response commonly experienced after individuals are introduced to these striking-looking animals, Wright felt compelled to help [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/nicci-wright-co-founder-of-the-african-pangolin-working-group/">Nicci Wright, co-founder of the African Pangolin Working Group</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a commissioned survey showing more than 70% of respondents giving the hunt a thumbs-down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a final vote on the hunt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[FWC is slated to meet Aug. 13-14 in Havana FL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[July 4-13]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the "Honor System" for hunters to self-report their kills]]></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>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/07/adam-sugalski-veteran-advocate-opposing-bear-hunt/">Adam Sugalski, veteran advocate opposing bear hunt</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>C. Annie Peters, president and CEO of Pet Partners</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/06/c-annie-peters-president-and-ceo-of-pet-partners/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[cultivate that confusion by buying a phony therapy-dog vest and putting it on their non-therapy dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devon Francke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Program Coordinator at Keep Pinellas Beautiful]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[he important distinction between therapy dogs and service dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lecture about sea turtles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one thruline across this narrative is her love of animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pet Projects is equipped to provide training to aspiring therapy animals team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president and CEO of Pet Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service dogs involve a one-to-one relationship with humans while therapy dogs’ relationship involves one to many]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[share a sneak preview of that lecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Association of Animal Assisted Intervention Professionals (AAAIP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Pet Partners’ distinction between therapy dogs and service dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the range of animals Pet Projects recognizes as therapy animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wash.-based national therapy animal organization]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>C. Annie Peters, president and CEO of Pet Partners—a Bellevue, Wash.-based national therapy animal organization focusing on improving human health and well-being through the human-animal bond—traces her path from once-aspiring engineer (who realized she didn’t really like engineering), venturing into an extended stint in the non-profit world, working at Special Olympics International before landing at [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/06/c-annie-peters-president-and-ceo-of-pet-partners/">C. Annie Peters, president and CEO of Pet Partners</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[30+ Big Cat Rescue cats relocated to Turpentine Creek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[42 big cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[459-acre sanctuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a lifelong commitment when it comes to caring for big cats and other animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[age 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an arrangement struck with Howard and Carole Baskin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Twiss—a notorious and nefarious breeder and dealer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[helps dog rescues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing abused abandoned and neglected big cats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paws For Pride: Wings of Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[precocious first foray into big cat rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[she describes the rewards of providing a safe and happy life to animals who’ve often previously lived in horrific conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stewie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the animal population at Turpentine Creek stands at upwards of 125]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Big Cat Public Safety Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dog Bar in Saint Pete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tours that Turpentine Creek offers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tripod Chihuahua she adopted]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[witnessing their transformation]]></category>
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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>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/06/tanya-smith-founder-president-of-turpentine-creek-wildlife-refuge/">Tanya Smith, founder & president of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge</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”–13th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/06/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-13th-edition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 04:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[accomplished dog trainer and behaviorist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[former WMNF programmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glen Hatchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[involving behavioral issues or training concerns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[isteners are invited to call or email (or text) questions about their dogs or cats]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done 12 times prior—spanning just over four years now!&#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 session of ATT, listeners are invited to call or email (or text) questions about their dogs or cats, particularly . The Trainer these listeners have [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/06/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-13th-edition/">Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer”–13th Edition</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jamie Katz, pet detective, creator of Rosie app</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/05/jamie-katz-pet-detective-creator-of-rosie-app/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 05:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[$10 to post a lost pet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a brown toy poodle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Tortoise Rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[becoming a private investigator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dancing Turtles Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derdale-based]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fletcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Lauderdale-based]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how approaches a new case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international World Turtle Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it’s free to post found pets in the world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Katz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katz reports on some notable recent cases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katz unveilsRosie the app she created to find missing pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[May 23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[may be the last app needed to locate lost pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not breed specific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one map for all lost and found pets in the world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pet detective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Tellem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tracking dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[use the promo code KATZ]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jamie Katz&#8211;who’s worked as a Fort Lauderdale-based real-life pet detective for a decade—recalls growing up amidst a family that always lived with cats and dogs, as well as her initial efforts helping animals while regularly driving along a prescribed route. Katz notes that around this time, she thought to herself that an ideal professorial path [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/05/jamie-katz-pet-detective-creator-of-rosie-app/">Jamie Katz, pet detective, creator of Rosie app</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Katrina Shadix, founder of Bear Warriors United, advocate extraordinaire</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/05/katrina-shadix-founder-of-bear-warriors-united-advocate-extraordinaire/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 14:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[000; it’s now 4000]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a profound connection with Florida wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[and all of Florida’s natural resources and wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[at the FWC meeting on May 21 in Ocala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barks & Brews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cats & Mats Yoga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catsino Night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEO of Friends of Strays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dara Worthington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[described her recent major victory on behalf of manatees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[founder and executive director of Bear Warriors United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friends of Strays offers a steady slate of events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growing up in rural Seminole County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is a subspecies of the Black Bear)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katrina Shadix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promising the bear she would never allow another hunt to happen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seminole County Commissioner John Horan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[she later notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slated for June 14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Petersburg’s oldest no-kill animal shelter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Florida Black Bear population was 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Puppy Pride Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tipping her hand that Bear Warriors United plans to file a lawsuit against the FWC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to preserve and protect bears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voicing opposition to the hunt through comments emailed to BearComments@MyFWC.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winning its federal lawsuit against the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Katrina Shadix&#8211;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—recalls, as a second generation Floridian, the formative joys of growing up in rural Seminole County.Shadix explains how that experience forged a profound connection with Florida wildlife—very much including [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/05/katrina-shadix-founder-of-bear-warriors-united-advocate-extraordinaire/">Katrina Shadix, founder of Bear Warriors United, advocate extraordinaire</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Callers &#038; Emailers Are The Guests</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/05/callers-emailers-are-the-guests/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 00:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Occasionally, I jettison the chief component of the &#8220;Talking Animals&#8221; format&#8211;a long form interview with a single guest&#8211;to give voice to a broader array of animal organizations and leaders, concerned animal advocates, and others who simply care about animals. That’s what happened today, when I invited listeners to call in (or email) and briefly serve as the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/05/callers-emailers-are-the-guests/">Callers & Emailers Are The Guests</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kate MacFall &#038; Katherine McGill, discuss FWC’s possible rule changes for trapping</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kate-macfall-katherine-mcgill-discuss-fwcs-possible-rule-changes-for-trapping/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[April 30]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[FWC public meetings/Zooms May 6 May 8 May 10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FWC trap rules reform Technical Advisory Group (TAG)]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paws for Friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Take Permit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rules for wildlife trapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the 411 Wildlife Organization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Webinar/Zoom on April 30]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife experts]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kate MacFall and Katherine McGill—longtime wildlife experts joining me for a discussion devoted to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), specifically, the FWC’s current effort to evaluate existing rules for wildlife trapping—address what for many may be the surprising prevalence of trapping in Florida. McGill and MacFall go on to speak to the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kate-macfall-katherine-mcgill-discuss-fwcs-possible-rule-changes-for-trapping/">Kate MacFall & Katherine McGill, discuss FWC’s possible rule changes for trapping</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kari Bagnall, founder of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kari-bagnall-founder-of-jungle-friends-primate-sanctuary/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 04:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[200 monkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[April 24]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bagnall underscores the difficulty of keeping Jungle Friends fully staffed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[challenges faced by those who run animal sanctuaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confiscated by the authorities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earliest iteration of Jungle Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[former pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[founder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gainesville FL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how particular monkeys came to live at Jungle Friends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kari Bagnall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multi-day interview/job tryout protocol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not tapped out on space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retired from laboratory research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[she’s currently hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Amazing Give]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[their property spans some 42 acres]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kari Bagnall&#8211;founder and executive director of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary, which offers permanent care to nearly 200 monkeys retired from laboratory research, who are former pets, or have been confiscated by the authorities&#8212;recalls the first monkey that entered her world, and forever altered her life. As part of this account, Bagnall describes creating the earliest [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kari-bagnall-founder-of-jungle-friends-primate-sanctuary/">Kari Bagnall, founder of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kelly McCormick and Glenn Maresca, co-founders of Florida Rescue Farm</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kelly-mccormick-and-glenn-maresca-co-founders-of-florida-rescue-farm/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[304 bears were killed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[co-founders of Florida Rescue Farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm sanctuary in Duette FL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[five and a half acre parcel]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kelly McCormick and Glenn Maresca&#8211;co-founders of Florida Rescue Farm, a sanctuary in Duette, FL, devoted to rescuing, rehabilitating, and housing pigs, goats, geese, chickens, ducks, cattle, other critters, and no less devoted to cultivating a strong educational presence—described the remote community of Duette, and what prompted them to settle there. They make clear their original [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/04/kelly-mccormick-and-glenn-maresca-co-founders-of-florida-rescue-farm/">Kelly McCormick and Glenn Maresca, co-founders of Florida Rescue Farm</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jocelyn Stokes and Katie Schuler, co-creators of “In Her Nature&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/03/jocelyn-stokes-and-katie-schuler-co-creators-of-in-her-nature/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jocelyn Stokes and Katie Schuler—co-creators of “In Her Nature,” a new digital series carried on the YouTube channel for the longstanding PBS program, “Nature”—retrace the path that led each of them toward their present filmmaking careers, specializing in natural history documentaries. Over the course of sharing their histories, they each recount a pivotal project early [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/03/jocelyn-stokes-and-katie-schuler-co-creators-of-in-her-nature/">Jocelyn Stokes and Katie Schuler, co-creators of “In Her Nature”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Michael Schneider, founder of Pilots To The Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/03/michael-schneider-founder-of-pilots-to-the-rescue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[broadened its mission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[collaboration with Humane World for Animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[founder of Pilots To The Rescue]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Michael Schneider, a pilot and founder of Pilots To The Rescue—which flies animals from shelters plagued by low rates of adoption (and, often, high rates of euthanasia), to rescues where foster or forever homes have been arranged—describes the career reinvention that preceded his taking flying lessons. Schneider remembers that, back then, like most new pilots, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/03/michael-schneider-founder-of-pilots-to-the-rescue/">Michael Schneider, founder of Pilots To The Rescue</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”–12th Edition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/03/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-12th-edition/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 05:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a cat question!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[now-retired Behavior and Enrichment Manager at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[renowned expert on dog aggression Michael Shikashio]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As we’ve done 11 times prior—spanning nearly four 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>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/03/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-12th-edition/">Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer”–12th Edition</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Howard Baskin, financial guiding light of Big Cat Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/02/howard-baskin-financial-guiding-light-of-big-cat-rescue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 05:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[the Baskins sold the Big Cat Rescue property]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Howard Baskin—often identified as Advisory Board Chairman of Big Cat Rescue, and spouse of Carole Baskin, the founder of the sanctuary that operated in Tampa for more than three decades—recalls, as a savvy businessman wielding a Harvard MBA, his reaction upon first  getting a close look at the details of Big Cat’s financial operation: He [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/02/howard-baskin-financial-guiding-light-of-big-cat-rescue/">Howard Baskin, financial guiding light of Big Cat Rescue</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<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>Hannah Shaw, “Kitten Lady,” new book: “Cats Of The World”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/01/hannah-shaw-kitten-lady-new-book-cats-of-the-world/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[” photographer Andrew Marttila]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a coffee table book with a lot on its mind]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hannah Shaw&#8211;recognized as an influential humane educator, her specialty is providing instruction in caring for neonatal kittens; she’s also a NYT bestselling author whose latest book “Cats Of The World,” is a collaboration with her husband, photographer Andrew Marttila—recounts how she developed the expertise in caring for neonatal kittens and, along the way, built a humongous [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/01/hannah-shaw-kitten-lady-new-book-cats-of-the-world/">Hannah Shaw, “Kitten Lady,” new book: “Cats Of The World”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Steve Nesbitt, retired FWC wildlife biologist</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/01/steve-nesbitt-retired-fwc-wildlife-biologist/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 05:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Steve Nesbitt&#8211;a retired Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wildlife biologist, who over a FWC stint of some 35 years, developed a reputation for extensive knowledge about a slew of species—recalls his interest in birds was cultivated as a kid by his grandfather, a passionate birder. Nesbitt elaborates, noting that his childhood was marked by [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Bobbi Brink, founder and director of Lions, Tigers &#038; Bears</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/12/bobbi-brink-founder-and-director-of-lions-tigers-bears/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[an eloquent meditation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Bobbi Brink&#8211;founder and director of Lions, Tigers &#38; Bears (LT&#38;B), a 140-acre animal sanctuary in east San Diego she launched in 2002—recalls living in Texas, planning to open a restaurant (she’s from San Diego), and seeing her first advertisement offering the sale of big cats. She responded to the ad, she explained, not to make [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/12/bobbi-brink-founder-and-director-of-lions-tigers-bears/">Bobbi Brink, founder and director of Lions, Tigers & Bears</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Michael Hingson, author of “Live Like A Guide Dog: True Stories from a Blind Man and His Dogs about Being Brave, Overcoming Adversity, and Moving Forward in Faith”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/12/michael-hingson-author-of-live-like-a-guide-dog-true-stories-from-a-blind-man-and-his-dogs-about-being-brave-overcoming-adversity-and-moving-forward-in-faith/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[his folks encouraged Hingson to ride a bike around the neighborhood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[his podcast Unstoppable Mindset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holds a Master’s Degree in physics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Live Like A Guide Dog: True Stories from a Blind Man and His Dogs about Being Brave Overcoming Adversity and Moving Forward in Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living with eight guide dogs over his lifetime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Hingson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the dogs taught him important lessons about being brave]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Michael Hingson&#8211;blind since birth,  acclaimed speaker, and best-selling author whose new book is “Live Like A Guide Dog: True Stories from a Blind Man and His Dogs about Being Brave, Overcoming Adversity, and Moving Forward in Faith”—recounts how the pandemic precluded his then-regular routine of traveling and lecturing, spurring the idea for writing the new [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/12/michael-hingson-author-of-live-like-a-guide-dog-true-stories-from-a-blind-man-and-his-dogs-about-being-brave-overcoming-adversity-and-moving-forward-in-faith/">Michael Hingson, author of “Live Like A Guide Dog: True Stories from a Blind Man and His Dogs about Being Brave, Overcoming Adversity, and Moving Forward in Faith”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Justin Barker, anti-captivity activist, author</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/11/justin-barker-anti-captivity-activist-author/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Justin Barker&#8211;an anti-captivity activist with a compelling narrative, starting with launching his first organization, Citizens Lobbying for Animals in Zoos, at age 13—recalls the family culture his parents cultivated that yielded a teen activist particularly empathetic to zoo animals and other captive wildlife. Barker further notes that a key step in his journey toward becoming [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/11/justin-barker-anti-captivity-activist-author/">Justin Barker, anti-captivity activist, author</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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[fielded an array of calls and emails from listeners]]></category>
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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>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/11/glen-hatchell-dog-trainer-behaviorist-ask-the-trainer-11th-edition/">Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer”–11th Edition</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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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>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/11/peter-singer-philosopher-professor-author-consider-the-turkey/">Peter Singer, philosopher, professor, author: “Consider The Turkey”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jodie Wiederkehr, Founder-Executive Director of the Chicago Alliance for Animals</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/10/jodie-wiederkehr-founder-executive-director-of-the-chicago-alliance-for-animals/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[earliest professional animal advocacy work began in 1997]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jodie Wiederkehr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Major Animal Rights Campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myriam Parham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nov. 28]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one key alderperson proceeded to introduce legislation to ban horse-drawn carriages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizer of the Tampa Bay Veg Fest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owing to the impact of Hurricanes Helene and Milton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partnership to Ban Horse Carriages Worldwide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promoting veganism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa-based animal rights organization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[this year’s Veg Fest (the 13th annual edition) had to be canceled]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[veteran animal advocate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wiederkehr’s weekly radio show]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jodie Wiederkehr&#8211;veteran animal advocate and Founder-Executive Director of the Chicago Alliance for Animals (CAA)—recounts details of how CAA was formed, in 2015. (She has recalled in a previous “Talking Animals” conversation how her earliest professional animal advocacy work began in 1997.) Wiederkehr explained that she and her initial CAA cohort decided that aiming to ban [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/10/jodie-wiederkehr-founder-executive-director-of-the-chicago-alliance-for-animals/">Jodie Wiederkehr, Founder-Executive Director of the Chicago Alliance for Animals</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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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>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/10/mara-hvistendahl-new-york-times-reporter-the-panda-factories/">Mara Hvistendahl, New York Times reporter: “The Panda Factories”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nancy Murrah, President of The Raptor Center of Tampa Bay</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nancy Murrah&#8212;President of The Raptor Center of Tampa Bay (RCTB), which rescues, rehabilitates, and releases hundreds of native birds of prey annually—describes the preparations required at RCTB before something like Hurricane Milton, and how the facility fared through the storm. This led to a discussion of why tending to a veritable battalion of squirrels constituted [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Melissa Zepeda, attorney, animal rights advocate, Amendment 2 foe</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/10/melissa-zepeda-attorney-animal-rights-advocate-amendment-2-foe/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Melissa Zepeda&#8211;an attorney and accomplished animal rights advocate, with a notable breadth of interests and topics that have animated her activism—recalls growing up in family that revered animals, then being stopped in her tracks when a fellow high school debate-club member asked her how Zepeda could love her dog yet eat a hamburger. Zepeda not [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Marion Gwizdala, CEO of Advocates for Service Animal Partners Inc. (ASAP)</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/09/marion-gwizdala-ceo-of-advocates-for-service-animal-partners-inc-asap/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 04:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a couple of fundamental questions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[a wealth of information and resources on the ASAP website: https://serviceanimals.info/]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Marion Gwizdala, CEO of Advocates for Service Animal Partners Inc. (ASAP)—a Tampa-based national nonprofit dedicated to securing, protecting, and advancing the rights and responsibilities of service animal handlers and the businesses they patronize—recalls receiving his first service dog in 1987, and just days later, encountering discrimination when a restaurant he frequented prevented Gwizdala from entering [&#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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 04:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cameron made up the story that became A Dog’s Purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cathryn Michon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[co-wrote A Dog’s Purposewith husband W. Bruce Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[declared she’d never have another pooch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peyton Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publishing a distinctive new book I’m Still Here: A Dog’s Purpose Forever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sept. 21]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the couple has shared their lives for some year with a sweet dog named Tucker]]></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>Dr. Gregory Berns, neuroscientist, professor, author of &#8220;Cowpuppy&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/08/dr-gregory-berns-neuroscientist-professor-author-of-cowpuppy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 04:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[a memoir recounting his world as a newly-minted farmer and developing a small herd of cattle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cowpuppy: An Unexpected Friendship and A Scientist’s Journey into The Secret World of Cows]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Gregory Berns—author, neuroscientist, professor of psychology at Emory University (and an M.D.)—addresses the change he was seeking when he and his wife decided to buy a farm outside of Atlanta, a saga that’s among the experiences chronicled in Berns’ new book, “Cowpuppy: An Unexpected Friendship and A Scientist’s Journey into The Secret World of [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Will Braden, curator of CatVideoFest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Will Braden, filmmaker—and curator of CatVideoFest 2024, a 75-minute compilation of short cat videos, edited into a briskly-paced reel, screening at theaters across the country, including the Tampa Theatre Aug. 23 &#38; 25-27—recalls what first drew him to film.  Studying film, at first informally, then later in film school, he realized that he was particularly [&#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>
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		<title>Art Shaul, founder of Safe Paws Rescue</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/08/art-shaul-founder-of-safe-paws-rescue/</link>
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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>Rebecca Reid, Director of Education at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/07/rebecca-reid-director-of-education-at-busch-wildlife-sanctuary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rebecca Reid&#8211;Director of Education at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, a multifaceted operation (wildlife refuge, veterinary hospital, rehabilitation facility, education center) in Jupiter Farms, Florida—discusses the readily observable love for her job, and its probable roots in her passion for animals, and being outdoors, while growing up in New Jersey. Reid recalls it was a childhood joyously replete [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/07/rebecca-reid-director-of-education-at-busch-wildlife-sanctuary/">Rebecca Reid, Director of Education at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary</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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<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>Dr. Mikel Delgado, author of “Play With Your Cat! The Essential Guide to Interactive Play for a Happier, Healthier Feline”</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/07/dr-mikel-delgado-author-of-play-with-your-cat-the-essential-guide-to-interactive-play-for-a-happier-healthier-feline/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 04:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Mikel Delgado&#8211;a certified cat behavior consultant and author, most recently, of “Play With Your Cat! The Essential Guide to Interactive Play for a Happier, Healthier Feline”—traces the path that preceded her status as a cat expert with a PhD, including dropping out of school and playing bass in punk bands, sharing stages with such [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/07/dr-mikel-delgado-author-of-play-with-your-cat-the-essential-guide-to-interactive-play-for-a-happier-healthier-feline/">Dr. Mikel Delgado, author of “Play With Your Cat! The Essential Guide to Interactive Play for a Happier, Healthier Feline”</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>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/dara-eckart-ceo-of-friends-of-strays/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<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>Harrison Nash &#038; Glen Hatchell: 10th &#8220;Ask The Trainer&#8221; on Juneteenth</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 04:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This was a truly distinctive edition of “Talking Animals”: For starters, the show was part of WMNF’s full day of special programming devoted to celebrating Juneteenth. Second, my two (in-studio!) guests were both stellar, veteran WMNF programmers: Harrison Nash, the universally-beloved DJ, in his 36th year at MNF, currently the host of “It’s The Music, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/harrison-nash-glen-hatchell-10th-ask-the-trainer-on-juneteenth/">Harrison Nash & Glen Hatchell: 10th “Ask The Trainer” on Juneteenth</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>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/rhonda-eldridge-executive-director-of-the-community-pet-project/</link>
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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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<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>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/anton-ptushkin-director-of-saving-the-animals-of-ukraine/">Anton Ptushkin, director of “Saving the Animals of Ukraine”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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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>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/05/arin-greenwood-on-loving-living-with-dogs/</link>
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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>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/04/deborah-howard-president-of-companion-animal-protection-society-caps/</link>
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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>Ed Stewart, co-founder, president and CEO of the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/03/ed-stewart-co-founder-president-and-ceo-of-the-performing-animal-welfare-society-paws/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 04:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=11153</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ed Stewart, co-founder, president and CEO of the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)—which blazed a trail in animal rescue, welfare, education, and legislation, and this year, marks its 40th anniversary—recalls what she and co-founder Pat Derby were doing in the earliest days of PAWS. Stewart notes that Derby, his longtime partner who died in 2013&#8211;and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/03/ed-stewart-co-founder-president-and-ceo-of-the-performing-animal-welfare-society-paws/">Ed Stewart, co-founder, president and CEO of the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Temple Grandin, autistic animal scientist and author&#8211;The Sequel</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/03/temple-grandin-autistic-animal-scientist-and-author-the-sequel/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 05:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In what might be called The Sequel, this represents the second portion of the interview I conducted on Feb. 12 with Temple Grandin, onstage at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. We covered a wide range of topics last week, though that discussion featured a preponderance of autism talk, hardly surprising given Grandin’s expertise, personal experience [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/03/temple-grandin-autistic-animal-scientist-and-author-the-sequel/">Temple Grandin, autistic animal scientist and author–The Sequel</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Temple Grandin, autistic animal scientist and author</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2024/02/temple-grandin-autistic-animal-scientist-and-author/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 05:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Temple Grandin&#8211;sometimes referred to as the world’s most famous autistic person, amidst several ways to describe her, including expert on animal behavior, prolific author, longtime professor of animal science at Colorado State University, fervent activist for autistic people, and tireless lecturer—sat with me onstage at the Paramount Theatre in Austin for what became a truly [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/02/temple-grandin-autistic-animal-scientist-and-author/">Temple Grandin, autistic animal scientist and author</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Josh Fox, founder of The Brady Hunter Foundation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Josh Fox&#8211;founder of the Brady Hunter Foundation, a Miami-based nonprofit whose mission reflects a commitment to helping end animal cruelty, protecting wildlife, and making a positive impact in the lives of children—observes his love of animals is truly lifelong, citing a photo of Fox as an infant in his crib being happily licked by the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/02/josh-fox-founder-of-the-brady-hunter-foundation/">Josh Fox, founder of The Brady Hunter Foundation</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Deborah Howard, founder of the Companion Animal Protection Society</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 05:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Deborah Howard, founder of the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS)&#8211;self-described as “the only national nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals from cruelty in pet shops and puppy/kitten mills”—recalls how, in 1989, her disgust upon visiting an Atlanta pet store, and her ensuing examination of the deplorable conditions, led to launching CAPS. Howard recounts [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Jessica Kelly, co-leader of Cat Trap Fever</title>
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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>
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