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Erin Amerman, founder of Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary

By | September 22, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior, Horses, Sanctuaries | No comments

Erin Amerman—the founder of Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary, which across two facilities located in and around Gainesville, FL houses some 150 cows, making it, they say, the country’s largest cow sanctuary, while providing refuge to other rescued farm animals, including pigs, donkeys, turkeys, and horses—traces her animal rescue path back to being a seven-year-old with a pet rat named Templeton. Read more…

Diane Delano, founder of the Wild Horse Rescue Center

By | September 1, 2021 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Horses, Pets, Rescue | No comments

Diane Delano—founder of the Wild Horse Rescue Center, a Webster, Florida facility that rescues, rehabilitates, and finds new homes for wild horses—recalls growing up amidst a family of horse lovers, and she started riding at age three. Read more…

Glen Hatchell, veteran dog trainer: “Ask The Trainer” II

By | August 18, 2021 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter | No comments

As we did in May, in what was then an experimental effort, on today’s show we jettisoned the regular “Talking Animals” format, presenting a still semi-new extended feature, “Ask The Trainer,” in which listeners are invited to call or email questions or concerns about their dogs, particularly involving behavioral issues. Read more…

David Crawford, co-founder and executive director of Animal Help Now

By | August 11, 2021 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, General, Mammals, Rescue, Wildlife | No comments

David Crawford—co-founder and executive director of Animal Help Now, a Boulder, Colorado-based national organization considered the 911 of wildlife emergencies, a somewhat glib, though not inaccurate, description—observes that he didn’t have a particularly profound bond with animals as a kid, but developed that connection as a young man. Read more…

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

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

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

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