Walter Boyce--Director of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, wildlife veterinarian and researcher and the expert various state & county agencies bring in when there's been a mountain lion attack, or to assess the threat of one--discusses various aspects of...
Elayne Boosler--the veteran comedian, longtime animal advocate and host of the new Pax TV game show "Balderdash"--discusses her longstanding passion for animals, and how it (and her years of rescue experience, among other factors) led to creating her own...
Dr. Kathryn Marocchino--founder and president of The Nikki Hospice Foundation For Pets--discusses the genesis of the Foundation (including the awful final days & moments of the Marocchinos' late, beloved cat Nikki), how the national program currently operates,...
Justin Rudd, a Long Beach-based canine-centric activist and organizer who oversees a number of animal-oriented events and organizations, discusses the activities and accomplishments of the two chief organizations he founded, Community Action Team (CAT) and Haute...
Tanya Petrovna--Chef (that's no typo!) Executive Officer of Native Foods California Vegan restaurants--discusses her background, how she got into veggie cooking, some of the philosophy behind her Native Foods restaurants & menus, her cookbooks ("The Native...
Local veterinarian extraordinaire Dr. Mary Sebzda--the only guest thus far to make multiple appearances on "Talking Animals"--returns to discuss and answer caller questions about such Summer pet concerns as greater vigilance against fleas, higher incidence of...
Geneen Roth--an author whose books include the New York Times bestseller "When Food Is Love" and whose work has primarily dealt with emotional eating and related topics--discusses her new book, "The Craggy Hole In My Heart And The Cat Who Fixed It," a memoir of...
Pat Derby, a major, internationally-recognized figure in the animal world--former Hollywood animal trainer, author of "The Lady And Her Tiger" & "In The Presence Of Elephants," co-founder of the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)--discusses various facets...
Tammy Grimes--founder of Dogs Deserve Better, a national education/legislation/rescue organization dedicated to freeing chained and penned dogs, and bringing them into the home--discusses the history and mission of this award-winning and growing (57-plus chapters...
Cheryl Barnes--an author and illustrator, who with her husband, Peter Barnes, has written a children's book called "President Adams' Alligator And Other White House Pets"--discusses the wide array of animals who have lived with Presidents at The White House, the...
