In an effort to continue experimenting with different approaches to presenting guests and information on "Talking Animals"--and a parallel desire to give voice to a broader array of animal organizations and leaders--we returned to a format we try to employ about...
Dr. Patricia McEachern--the Dorothy Jo Barker Endowed Professor of Animal Rights at Drury University in Springfield, MO--recounts how former "The New Price Is Right" host Bob Barker (Drury is his alma mater, the professorship is named in honor of his late wife)...
Jill Robinson--the founder and executive director of Animals Asia Foundation., a Hong Kong-based organization devoted to the welfare of wild and urban animals in Asia - recounts her initial experiences and observations about the treatment of animals in Asia upon...
Brian May--the Queen guitarist who first joined us in the latter part of 2010, discussing an array of UK animal issues (fox hunting, a proposed badger cull, etc.) that had become his concern and that of his animal protection campaign, Save Me--helps mark the eighth...
Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay, whose double-disc debut album, "Get Away From Me," was named one of the 15 Best Albums of 2004 in the Village Voice poll of nearly 800 critics nationwide--and now just 21 or thereabouts, she's no less of an accomplished wunderkind as...
Brenda Carey, an attorney and Executive Director of The Bureau Of Humane Law Enforcement--a relatively new, California-based, non-governmental, non-profit organization "devoted to defending all animals to the full extent of the law"--discusses her history and...
Captain Paul Watson, a veteran activist and truly legendary figure in the animal world--he was a co-founder of Greenpeace, and went on to found the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society; in 2000, Time magazine named him one of the environmental heroes of the 20th...
Kristal Parks, a Denver-based veteran activist and elephant advocate--who last year mounted a 12-day hunger strike in Denver while the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus was performing there, to call attention to the suffering of circus...
Jane Hoffman, president of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals--which brings together more than 60 non-profit animal care groups based in and around Manhattan, with a collective goal to make New York City "no kill" in a two-stage, five/10-year plan--discusses...
Dr. Joel Parrott, Executive Director of the Oakland Zoo--considered by many, including those staunchly anti-zoo, to be one of the best zoos anywhere--discusses what traits he feels constitute a great zoo, philosophical & more tangible changes he's embraced and...
