Wendy Kelly--an animal behaviorist who's the founder and owner of Pet Peeves Animal Training, Inc., based in Clearwater, FL--discusses her transformation from human therapist to animal behaviorist, including the patterns and categories of behavioral she tends to...
Richard X. Heyman--an extraordinary if underappreciated singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist who's been rescuing cats and other animals in New York City for nearly 30 years, and been creating music longer--discusses his two new albums, "Tiers/And Other Stories,"...
Shaking up our customary guest format, we held a roundtable discussion, featuring a small cross-section of of people who were set to be participants in the then-forthcoming Talking Animals Festival--the idea being that this would represent a more universal...
Captain Paul Watson--the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a co-founder of Greenpeace, and the reluctant star of the reality TV series "Whale Wars"--discusses how he and his mostly-volunteer Sea Shepherd colleagues recently made international news...
Marc Maron, a veteran, highly accomplished comedian and cat fanatic whose podcast, "WTF," has become enormously popular and celebrated--its profile ratcheting up several notches in the wake of a major Sunday New York Times feature and a spotlight in Rolling...
Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick, a Kenyan author, conservationist and expert on raising and reintegrating orphaned elephants into the wild, work she's engaged in for some five decades. ...
Melanie Sue Bowles, founder-director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary and author , most recently, of "The Dogs of Proud Spirit." (Full disclosure: I provided a blurb for the book jacket.) ...
Jason Hribal, historian and author, most recently of "Fear Of The Animal Planet: The Hidden History Of Animal Resistance," which examines zoos, circuses and aquariums, and the array of circumstances behind the animal escapes and attacks that occur at those...
Dr. Nicholas Dodman, veterinarian, internationally-recognized animal behaviorist and author/editor of several books, discusses his latest book project, "Good Old Dog: Expert Advice For Keeping Your Aging Dog Happy, Healthy, and Comfortable"--for which he served as...
Craig Pittman, an award-winning staff writer for The St. Petersburg Times, discusses manatees and assorted related issues, politicians and other figures explored in his latest book "Manatee Insanity: Inside The War Over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species."...
