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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[“Forever Home” presents a rich profile of the Refuge]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dogs on leashes are welcome]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[and author of multiple books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[around-the-clock emergency care for pets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the animals have eaten something they shouldn’t have]]></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. 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[Bridging the Divide Between Activists and Veterinarians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Crystal Heath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational facility on the St. Pete Pier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Director of Education]]></category>
		<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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		<category><![CDATA[stints as a shelter veterinarian]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the defects of veterinary school education]]></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>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/10/dr-crystal-heath-veterinarian-and-activist/">Dr. Crystal Heath, veterinarian and activist</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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<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[merely relying on donations is no longer viable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[propelled by a sort of spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rare Air: Endangered Birds Bats Butterflies & Bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Petersburg repository of various types of art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solo exhibition]]></category>
		<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>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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donte’s Den eschews volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[founder of Donte’s Den]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[no leashes and no kennels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion for pooches]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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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>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[Maresca rescued an orphaned calf named Moobee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moobee protected Maresca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opportunity to offer input in person on May 21 in Ocala]]></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>
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		<title>Dr. Alex Travis, director of Cornell Public Health and chair of the Department of Public &#038; Ecosystem Health in the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2025/02/dr-alex-travis-director-of-cornell-public-health-and-chair-of-the-department-of-public-ecosystem-health-in-the-cornell-university-college-of-veterinary-medicine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Alex Travis&#8211;director of Cornell Public Health and chair of the Department of Public &#38; Ecosystem Health in the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine—explains exactly what his extended job title involves, noting that he brings being both a veterinarian and PhD scientist to discharging his duties. Joining me on “Talking Animals” to discuss bird [&#8230;]</p>
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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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		<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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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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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>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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		<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>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/08/mark-devries-documentary-filmmaker-humans-and-other-animals/">Mark Devries, documentary filmmaker, “Humans and Other Animals”</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>
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		<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>
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		<title>Dr. Daniel Promislow, principal investigator of The Dog Aging Project</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Daniel Promislow&#8211;a biogerontologist, professor at the University of Washington, and principal investigator of The Dog Aging Project, a long-term study of health and longevity in dogs—recounts the genesis of the Project. **NOTE: There is static on the line during the first portion of the interview; it does clear up. He explains that it was [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Jessica Kelly, co-leader of Cat Trap Fever</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 23:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/01/jessica-kelly-co-leader-of-cat-trap-fever/">Jessica Kelly, co-leader of Cat Trap Fever</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jason Schramm,  founder of VegMovies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jason Schramm&#8211;a web developer and founder of Veg Groups, where he creates websites intended to help people go vegan, stay vegan, or become informed on vegan-oriented events, or films, on his VegMovies site—notes that he got deeply into computers as a seventh grader. While he was drawn as a youngster to exploring some aspects of [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Dr. Faraz Harsini, biomedical scientist and veganism advocate</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/11/dr-faraz-harsini-biomedical-scientist-and-veganism-advocate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Faraz Harsini&#8211;biomedical scientist and speaker at the 2023 Tampa Bay Veg Fest—remembers growing up in Iran, including a possible foreshadowing of his future activism, when participating in a student protest of the country’s leadership resulted in his being chased by someone wielding a machete. Harsini left the country at 22, recalling being mystified and [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Gene Baur, co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/07/gene-baur-co-founder-and-president-of-farm-sanctuary/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 04:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gene Baur&#8211;co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, which Baur helped launch in 1986—responds to the observation that, nearly 40 years later, he could be excused if some days felt “same old, old,” recounting some of the activities that currently most invigorate him. Fortunately, for him (and, really, for the rest of us), Baur explains he [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Jane O’Hara,  animal advocate and artist</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=10123</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jane O’Hara, the animal advocate and artist&#8211;whose paintings tend to celebrate animals or explore animal issues—recalls a regular upbringing, amidst conventional companion animals. Only some years later, O’Hara adds, did she start researching animals, reading some influential books, becoming steeped in the good, the bad, and the ugly of eating and otherwise mistreating animals. It [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Alene Anello, founder and president of Legal Impact for Chickens</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2023/03/alene-anello-founder-and-president-of-legal-impact-for-chickens/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Alene Anello&#8211;founder and president of Legal Impact for Chickens (LIC), a nonprofit dedicated to bringing lawsuits that benefit chickens—recalls growing up in a family with plenty of animals, mostly dogs. However, when at age 11, she asked for her very own animal, her parents gave her a cockatiel, Conrad. Anello says that Conrad lived for [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Kimberly Carroll, Toronto-based animal activist, leader, and consultant</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/07/kimberly-carroll-toronto-based-animal-activist-leader-and-consultant/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2022 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kimberly Carroll— a veteran Toronto-based animal activist, leader, and consultant—recalls growing up in Manitoba, a sensitive child with a precocious connection to animals, yet like her family members and most fellow Manitobans, she was also an enthusiastic meat eater. Carroll recounts that falling for twin calves during a calving season—while pondering what fate befell most [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Liz Marshall, director of &#8220;Meat The Future&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2022/03/liz-marshall-director-of-meat-the-future/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Liz Marshall—a documentary director whose latest film, “Meat The Future,” examines the realm of “cultivated meat,” generated in a lab setting, from animal cells, but these animals remain unharmed—explains the criteria she considers when deciding what topic or person will constitute her next movie. More specifically, Marshall recounts how she started down the path of [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Kitty Block, President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kitty Block—President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), as well as CEO of Humane Society International, HSUS’ global division—discusses getting a precocious start working in animal welfare, in that her Mom was an animal activist. Block recalls how, as a second grader, she went on a school field trip to [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Anita Krajnc, global campaign coordinator of the Plant Based Treaty</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Anita Krajnc—the global campaign coordinator of the Plant Based Treaty, which views itself as a companion to the Paris Agreement, described, on the Treaty website, as “a grassroots campaign designed to put food systems at the forefront of combating the climate crisis”—describes the key elements of both The Paris Agreement and The Fossil Fuel Treaty, [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Dr. Dani McVety, co-founder of Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/07/dr-dani-mcvety-co-founder-of-lap-of-love-veterinary-hospice/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 04:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Dani McVety—the veterinarian, and Tampa native, who co-founded Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice in 2009—recounts the circumstances behind launching what has since become the nation’s largest network dedicated to end of life veterinary care, operating in 36 states. McVety provides an overview of how Lap of Love works, describing how and when one of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2021/07/dr-dani-mcvety-co-founder-of-lap-of-love-veterinary-hospice/">Dr. Dani McVety, co-founder of Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kim Sturla, executive director of Animal Place</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2021/02/kim-sturla-executive-director-of-animal-place/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kim Sturla—executive director of Animal Place, the 600-acre farmed animal sanctuary in Grass Valley, California she co-founded in 1989—recounts that she had been employed by a local humane society for some time before launching Animal Place, having already spent a number of years “working with and for animals.” Sturla describes how the passion and zeal [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2021/02/kim-sturla-executive-director-of-animal-place/">Kim Sturla, executive director of Animal Place</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus, expert on animal behavior, animal emotions, and more</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2020/07/marc-bekoff-professor-emeritus-expert-on-animal-behavior-animal-emotions-and-more/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Marc Bekoff —professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder—discusses, in a conversation that traveled from his very latest work backwards, his current research, which involves the way various animals play, and the rules that govern that play. He explains the importance of observing rules, whether it’s a Retriever at [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2020/07/marc-bekoff-professor-emeritus-expert-on-animal-behavior-animal-emotions-and-more/">Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus, expert on animal behavior, animal emotions, and more</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Karen Davis, founder-president of United Poultry Concerns</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2020/04/karen-davis-founder-president-of-united-poultry-concerns/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the third program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida, and likely the way the broadcast will come together for the foreseeable future. Karen Davis—founder of United Poultry [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2020/04/karen-davis-founder-president-of-united-poultry-concerns/">Karen Davis, founder-president of United Poultry Concerns</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jane Velez-Mitchell, host of &#8220;New Day, New Chef&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2020/04/jane-velez-mitchell-host-of-new-day-new-chef/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 04:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the first program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida. Jane Velez-Mitchell— the New York Times bestselling author and former TV anchor, whose newer ventures including hosting “New [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2020/04/jane-velez-mitchell-host-of-new-day-new-chef/">Jane Velez-Mitchell, host of “New Day, New Chef”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Logan Vindett, executive director of Kindred Spirits Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2020/02/logan-vindett-executive-director-of-kindred-spirits-sanctuary/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Logan Vindett—executive director of Kindred Spirits Sanctuary, a Citra, FL facility that provides safe, permanent refuge to disabled, abused, abandoned, and neglected farm animals—recounts growing up with a powerful love of animals, with some in her family thinking she should become a veterinarian. Vindett recalls working at a zoological park, which involved caring for exotic [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2020/02/logan-vindett-executive-director-of-kindred-spirits-sanctuary/">Logan Vindett, executive director of Kindred Spirits Sanctuary</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder &#038; president of PETA</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2020/01/ingrid-newkirk-co-founder-president-of-peta/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 05:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ingrid Newkirk—the co-founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and co-author (with Gene Stone) of “animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion”—recalls how she decided on the book’s format. Newkirk outlines some of the things she learned over the course of working on “animalkind. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2020/01/ingrid-newkirk-co-founder-president-of-peta/">Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder & president of PETA</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bruce Friedrich, co-founder &#038; executive director of The Good Food Institute</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2019/03/bruce-friedrich-co-founder-executive-director-of-the-good-food-institute/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 04:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Bruce Friedrich—the co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), which promotes plant-based dairy, eggs, and so-called clean meat, as alternatives to those items as produced by animal agriculture (factory farming)—outlines how, starting at age 12, he toiled on behalf of the homeless, inspired by an influential pastor and his faith. In response [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2019/03/bruce-friedrich-co-founder-executive-director-of-the-good-food-institute/">Bruce Friedrich, co-founder & executive director of The Good Food Institute</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Matt &#038; Phil Letten, The Vegan Bros, co-authors of &#8220;VODKA IS VEGAN: A Manifesto for Better Living and Not Being An A**hole&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2018/07/matt-phil-letten-the-vegan-bros-co-authors-of-vodka-is-vegan-a-manifesto-for-better-living-and-not-being-an-ahole/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Matt &#38; Phil Letten—siblings known as The Vegan Bros, and co-authors of “VODKA IS VEGAN: A Manifesto for Better Living and Not Being An Ahole”—recall their formative years, growing up “on the wrong side of the tracks” in Michigan, noting their family was far from vegan.  As one measure of this, Phil recalls the period [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Arin Greenwood, journalist and author of &#8220;Your Robot Dog Will Die&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Arin Greenwood—a journalist who specializes in writing about animal welfare, and whose sterling new novel, “Your Robot Dog Will Die,” was published Tuesday (April 17)—offers her synopsis of the book, and recalls key elements of the setting, story, and fundamental themes that she arrived at while in the formative stages of writing “Your Robot Dog [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Erika Abrams, co-founder &#038; president of Animal Aid Unlimited</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Erika Abrams—co-founder and president of Animal Aid Unlimited, a rescue operation, hospital, and sanctuary in Udaipur, India—recalls the circumstances under which she, her husband, Jim, and daughter, Claire, began traveling to India in the late 1980s. While noting she wasn’t (and still isn’t) well-traveled, and that her initial interest in the country was rooted in [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Rachel McCrystal, executive director of Woodstock Farm Santuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 04:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rachel McCrystal—executive director of Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, which rescues farmed animals and provides refuge for them, now housing around 400 animals—recalls a childhood marked by a houseful of animals, featuring a preponderance of rattlesnakes and other reptiles (her biologist dad was a herpetologist). McCrystal points to two pivotal moments in those formative years that presaged [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Jane O&#8217;Hara, animal advocate and artist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jane O’Hara—the animal advocate and artist whose paintings explore animal issues, depict their plight, and explore our relationships with them&#8211;recalls growing up in a family where animals didn’t have much of a presence, but she liked them. O’Hara notes that art became a passion early on, and she attended art school at Boston University’s College [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Kathy Stevens, founder &#038; director of Catskill Animal Sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2017 05:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kathy Stevens—founder and director of Catskill Animal Sanctuary, which sprawls over 148 acres in New York’s Hudson Valley, providing refuge to about 300 farmed animals rescued from cruelty, neglect, and abandonment—recalls a childhood growing up on a horse farm in Virginia, forging an intense connection with animals early on. The passion for animals, she explains, has [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Ronnie Lee, veteran animal rights activist &#038; founder of the Animal Liberation Front</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 04:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ronnie Lee—the veteran British animal rights activist, who in 1976, founded the Animal Liberation Front (ALF)—muses about how to reconcile a lad whose childhood, in its basic contours, resembled many people’s childhood, yet he went on to become a firebrand activist. The subject of a new book, &#8220;The Animals&#8217; Freedom Fighter: A Biography of Ronnie [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Priscilla Feral, president of Friends of Animals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 04:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Priscilla Feral—the president of Friends of Animals, an international animal advocacy organization founded in 1957—discusses FoA’s late founder, Alice Herrington, outlining the characteristics that helped account for her pioneering inroads. Feral also addresses her circumstances, as a young woman, that deposited her at the Friends of Animals offices in 1974 (when she commuted each day [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Anthony Bellotti, founder of the White Coat Waste Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Anthony Bellotti — founder of the White Coat Waste Project—describes his formative years, and the role animals played in them, highlighting his pivotal experience as a high school student, when he worked as an intern in an animal experimentation lab, and was horrified by what he witnessed. That jarring misadventure was the impetus, nearly two [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Ellie Laks, founder of The Gentle Barn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 04:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ellie Laks —the founder of The Gentle Barn, a Southern California sanctuary that houses more than 170 animals that have been rescued from abuse, neglect or slaughter—discusses the ideas and impulses that propelled her to create the facility, some of which can be traced back to dreams she had as a self-described stubborn seven-year-old. Laks [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author-podcaster-speaker</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 04:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Colleen Patrick-Goudreau —a nationally-recognized speaker, author (of seven books) and podcaster whose milieu is espousing the virtues of vegan living—describes her earliest efforts as an advocate, the better part of three decades ago, when even then a driving passion was for communicating. Patrick-Goudreau traces her path from functioning as “lone advocate,” distributing handmade leaflets, to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2017/04/colleen-patrick-goudreau-author-podcaster-speaker/">Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author-podcaster-speaker</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stephen Wells, executive director of Animal Legal Defense Fund</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2017/03/stephen-wells-executive-director-of-animal-legal-defense-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Stephen Wells—the executive director of the Animal Legal Defense Fund ALDF)—traces his intriguing, sometimes colorful, career path before joining ALDF, particularly his years in Alaska, where, among other developments, he formalized his commitment to becoming a professional animal advocate. (His early time in Alaska included participating in the clean up of the Exxon Valdez oil [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2017/03/stephen-wells-executive-director-of-animal-legal-defense-fund/">Stephen Wells, executive director of Animal Legal Defense Fund</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Keegan Kuhn, co-director of &#8220;What the Health&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2017/03/keegan-kuhn-co-director-of-what-the-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Keegan Kuhn—half of the filmmaking duo behind the award-winning documentary, “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret,” and whose new film is “What the Health”—discusses the impact and acclaim generated by “Cowspiracy,” and how, rather than feeling intimidated by the success in approaching the next project, he and partner Kip Andersen largely viewed this new movie as an [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2017/03/keegan-kuhn-co-director-of-what-the-health/">Keegan Kuhn, co-director of “What the Health”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Robert Grillo, author of &#8220;Farm to Fable: The Fictions of Our Animal-Consuming Culture&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2017/02/5980/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2017 05:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Robert Grillo —an activist and writer who is the founder of Free from Harm, and just published his first book, “Farm to Fable: The Fictions of Our Animal-Consuming Culture”—recounts how his work in advertising, particularly handling food accounts (like working on McDonald’s Happy Meal boxes), along with the experience of adopting three baby chicks, provided [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2017/02/5980/">Robert Grillo, author of “Farm to Fable: The Fictions of Our Animal-Consuming Culture”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone contributing editor</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2017/01/paul-solotaroff-rolling-stone-contributing-editor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 05:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=5901</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Paul Solotaroff—Rolling Stone contributing editor who wrote a wide-ranging, high-profile exposé about the netherworld of puppy mills in the then-new issue of the magazine—discusses how he came to write the piece, sort of goaded into it by Humane Society of The United States CEO Wayne Pacelle, after Solotaroff completed another Rolling Stone investigative opus about factory [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2017/01/paul-solotaroff-rolling-stone-contributing-editor/">Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone contributing editor</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dr. James Keen, veterinarian and whistle blower</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2016/06/dr-james-keen-veterinarian-and-whistle-blower/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 04:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. James Keen—a veterinarian and scientist, and surely one of this era’s most significant whistle blowers in the animal welfare realm&#8211;describes the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC), a 55 square-mile livestock research facility in Nebraska, where Keen had been directly employed from 1991-2007, before moving over to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s veterinary clinic. Dr. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2016/06/dr-james-keen-veterinarian-and-whistle-blower/">Dr. James Keen, veterinarian and whistle blower</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Steve Jenkins, co-author of &#8220;Esther The Wonder Pig: Changing The World One Heart At A Time&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2016/05/steve-jenkins-co-author-of-esther-the-wonder-pig-changing-the-world-one-heart-at-a-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2016 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Steve Jenkins—co-author, with Derek Walter and Caprice Crane, of “Esther The Wonder Pig: Changing The World One Heart At A Time”—discusses how Esther entered his and Walter’s world: He got duped into adopting her when she was a baby, having been told she was a micro-pig. This “micro-pig” grew to 650 pounds. Jenkins recalls some of the [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2016/05/steve-jenkins-co-author-of-esther-the-wonder-pig-changing-the-world-one-heart-at-a-time/">Steve Jenkins, co-author of “Esther The Wonder Pig: Changing The World One Heart At A Time”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anita Krajnc, activist &#038; co-founder of Toronto Pig Save</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2016/02/anita-krajnc-activist-co-founder-of-toronto-pig-save/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 05:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=5274</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Anita Krajnc—the animal rights activist who co-founded Toronto Pig Save (spawning The Save Movement)—discusses her arrest for giving water to a truckload of thirsty pigs on a sweltering day last summer, as the truck was pulling into a Burlington slaughterhouse. But, in this wide-ranging conversation, we cover a number of other topics, including Krajnc’s formative years, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2016/02/anita-krajnc-activist-co-founder-of-toronto-pig-save/">Anita Krajnc, activist & co-founder of Toronto Pig Save</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ellen Jaffe Jones, vegan author and speaker</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2016/01/ellen-jaffe-jones-vegan-author-and-speaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In an unusual edition of “Talking Animals,” Ellen Jaffe Jones—the running coach, speaker and author of such books as the bestselling “Eat Vegan on $4 A Day” and “Kitchen Divided: Vegan Dishes For Semi-Vegan Households”—discusses her own kitchen divided and the ensuing unraveling of her marriage, chiefly tied to growing philosophical differences around her husband [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2016/01/ellen-jaffe-jones-vegan-author-and-speaker/">Ellen Jaffe Jones, vegan author and speaker</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Callers Are The Guests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 04:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Once in a while, I set aside the chief element of the “Talking Animals” format—a long form interview with a single guest—to offer a debate or some other multi-guest panel discussion. As part of that effort, and a parallel desire to give voice to a broader array of animal organizations and leaders, as well as [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2015/10/the-callers-are-the-guests/">The Callers Are The Guests</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon Theisen, 14-year-old environmentalist, animal advocate and educator</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2015/09/avalon-theisen-14-year-old-environmentalist-animal-advocate-and-educator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2015 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Avalon Theisen—the 14-year-old Tampa environmentalist, animal advocate, and founder of Conserve It Forward—describes what Conserve It Forward is and does, and what prompted her to launch it 2010 (at age nine). She explains how the organization has evolved, including adding an element that reflects her growing interest in “a plant-based lifestyle,” noting that she’s working [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>pattrice jones, cofounder of VINE Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2015/08/pattrice-jones-cofounder-of-vine-sanctuary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2015 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>pattrice jones — cofounder of VINE (Veganism Is the Next Evolution) Sanctuary, a 100-acre facility in Vermont that describes itself as an “LGBTQ-run farmed animal sanctuary that has worked to build bridges between the animal advocacy and LGBTQ liberation movements”—discusses the impetus for launching in 2000, with cofounder Miriam Jones, what was then Eastern Shore [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Carl Safina, author, scientist, MacArthur Fellow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2015 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=4779</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Carl Safina — a prize-winning author, scientist and MacArthur Fellow—discusses his new book, “Beyond Words: What Animals Think And Feel,” which in the broadest of strokes, involves three big sections, in which Safina is observing the behavior of elephants at Amboseli National Park, wolves in Yellowstone National Park and killer whales in the Pacific Northwest, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2015/08/carl-safina-author-scientist-macarthur-fellow/">Carl Safina, author, scientist, MacArthur Fellow</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Indra Lahiri, founder of Indraloka Animal Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2015/08/indra-lahiri-founder-of-indraloka-animal-sanctuary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2015 04:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Indra Lahiri — founder of Indraloka Animal Sanctuary in Mehoopany, Pennsylvania, one of the few sanctuaries that houses both farm animals and other species—recalls having a close connection with animals as a child, including being that prototypical neighborhood kid who tends to sick or injured animals. Into adulthood and beyond, rescuing animals became athrough line [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Dan Piraro, &#8220;Bizarro&#8221; cartoonist</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2015/05/dan-piraro-bizarro-cartoonist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2015 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dan Piraro—who, for 30 years, has drawn the highly-acclaimed, widely-syndicated comic “Bizarro”—discusses his recently announced plans, over the next two to three years, for retiring “Bizarro,” and how that announcement was initially misunderstood by some, and triggered an uproar in others. He elaborates on the reasons behind those plans, including devoting much more time to [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Gail Clifton,  Sarasota Manatee Assn. for Riding Therapy (SMART)</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2015/05/gail-clifton-sarasota-manatee-assn-for-riding-therapy-smart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gail Clifton—who has worn multiple hats at the Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy (SMART), including 11 years as its volunteer Executive Director—discusses SMART’s history and mission. She also tells stories about the organization’s early triumphs, when its focus was serving disabled children, and explains how the SMART program widened out to additionally welcome military [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Gene Baur, co-founder of Farm Sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2015 04:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gene Baur—co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, and author of “Living The Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide To Eating Mindfully, Living Longer and Feeling Better Every Day”—provides an overview of Farm Sanctuary since he helped launch it in 1986 and its current mission, sort of Farm Sanctuary 101. Baur addresses the conversations he and co-author [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Nathan Runkle, founder of Mercy For Animals&#8230;Plus, Joan Jett!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2015 04:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nathan Runkle—founder and president of Mercy For Animals—recounts the horrific incident (a fellow high school student that Runkle said slammed a baby piglet on a concrete floor during class) that prompted him to create the organization in 1999. He discusses Mercy For Animals’ early years and early achievements, as well as the evolution of the organization [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Don Anthony of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 04:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Don Anthony&#8211;Communications Director of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF), which, since 1989, has been speaking and acting on behalf of animals in a multitude of ways—traces the history of the organization, including the impetus for its founding. He discusses ARFF’s initial campaigns, and initial victories, including helping persuade the city of Hollywood, FL [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Myriam Parham, co-founder of Florida Voices For Animals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2014 05:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Myriam Parham—the co-founder and president of Florida Voices For Animals (FVA)—traces the history of the organization, which she formally launched with her mother, Elena Flanagan, in 1989, but was functioning informally some years before that. Parham recounts the early days of FVA—a Tampa-based animal advocacy organization&#8211;and the earliest campaigns and educational efforts, and how, over [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Kip Andersen &#038; Keegan Kuhn, &#8220;Cowspiracy&#8221; filmmakers</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2014/09/kip-andersen-keegan-kuhn-cowspiracy-filmmakers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 04:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kip Andersen &#38; Keegan Kuhn—filmmakers behind the documentary “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret,” which examines how the animal agriculture industry dwarfs all other causes of global climate change (and other ills), and how the most prominent environmental nonprofit organizations look the other way, and worse—discuss their respective backgrounds and how they teamed up for this project. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2014/09/kip-andersen-keegan-kuhn-cowspiracy-filmmakers/">Kip Andersen & Keegan Kuhn, “Cowspiracy” filmmakers</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kevin Fulton, owner of Fulton Farms</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2014/07/kevin-fulton-owner-of-fulton-farms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2014 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kevin Fulton—the owner and operator or Fulton Farms, a 2800-acre organic farming and grazing operation in central Nebraska—discusses his unusual background and career path, starting with growing up on the farm and helping his veterinarian father on his calls, and later getting a master’s degree in exercise physiology and working as a college strength and [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Marianne Thieme, founder of the Party for the Animals</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2014/06/marianne-thieme-founder-of-the-party-for-the-animals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2014 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Marianne Thieme—the founder and chairwoman of the Party for the Animals, a political party in the Netherlands—discusses a bit of her history, and how that led to her co-founding, in 2002, of the Party, which is chiefly concerned with animal welfare, and affecting change in that realm from within…as members of Parliament. She recalls the [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Anthony Damiano, president of Alliance for Earth, Life, Liberty &#038; Advocacy (AELLA)</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2014/05/anthony-damiano-president-of-alliance-for-earth-life-liberty-advocacy-aella/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2014 04:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Anthony Damiano—president and co-founder of the Alliance for Earth, Life, Liberty &#38; Advocacy (AELLA), an environmental, animal and human rights organization—discusses his childhood and formative years as an activist, launched when he began writing about environmental issues. He recalls an experience more than a decade ago, observing an isolated beluga whale pushing around a beach [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Liz Marshall, Director of &#8220;The Ghosts In Our Machine&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2014/03/liz-marshall-director-of-the-ghosts-in-our-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2014 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Liz Marshall—an award-winning filmmaker whose latest project is directing the acclaimed documentary “The Ghosts In Our Machine,” which chiefly examines the work and life of photographer Jo-Anne McArthur—discusses the meaning behind the film’s titular ghosts. She also explains the rationale behind making a full-length documentary about McArthur as she photographs an array of abused and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2014/03/liz-marshall-director-of-the-ghosts-in-our-machine/">Liz Marshall, Director of “The Ghosts In Our Machine”</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gretchen Primack, poet and animal advocate</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2014/02/gretchen-primack-poet-and-animal-advocate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 05:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gretchen Primack—an accomplished writer, poet and animal activist, who poured her passion, and compassion, for animals into one of her collections of poetry, Kind—recounts her earliest attraction to poetry, including winning an award for a poem she wrote at age eight (about “the night sky,” she remembers.) Despite that precocious, if not auspicious, start, Primack [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Jo-Anne McArthur, photojournalist &#038; activist</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2014/02/jo-anne-mcarthur-photojournalist-activist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 05:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=3801</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jo-Anne McArthur—an award-winning photojournalist whose passion as an animal activist has informed her work in an ongoing project, “We Animals”—recounts her first forays into photography. She discusses her evolution as a photographer, deciding to specialize in animals at the urging of a mentor who recommended she follow her passion, as well as a light bulb [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2014/02/jo-anne-mcarthur-photojournalist-activist/">Jo-Anne McArthur, photojournalist & activist</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mark Devries, director of &#8220;Speciesism: The Movie&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2013/11/mark-devries-director-of-speciesism-the-movie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://talkinganimals.net/?p=3628</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Mark Devries—director of the new documentary, “Speciesism: The Movie”—discusses how the film came about, and how he first became interested in factory farming. He traces the genesis of “Speciesism” to encountering some PETA protests, spurring an interest in learning more about what truly goes on behind the walls of factory farming operations, at about the [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Paul Shapiro, VP Farm Animal Protection, HSUS</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2013/05/3119/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Paul Shapiro—Vice President, Farm Animal Protection, at The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)—recounts his formative years as an animal lover and advocate, including launching Compassion Over Killing and how that organization’s undercover video investigations in the pre-Internet age served as an important precursor to the more sophisticated ones later undertaken by HSUS, Mercy [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2013/05/3119/">Paul Shapiro, VP Farm Animal Protection, HSUS</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Callers And E-Mailers As Guests</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2013/04/callers-and-e-mailers-as-guests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As part of an ongoing 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 once or twice a year. We invited people to call in and [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Dr. Temple Grandin, author, professor, expert on autism and animal cognition</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2013/01/dr-temple-grandin-author-professor-expert-on-autism-and-animal-cognition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This interview with Dr. Temple Grandin was delayed because the flight she was on that morning was very late landing, which we didn&#8217;t know in the first part of the show, when we were trying to reach her, and moving elements of the show around in her absence. Once we connected, Dr Grandin, who herself is [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Jane Velez-Mitchell, TV Journalist, Bestselling Author &#038; Animal Advocate</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2012/09/jane-velez-mitchell/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jane Velez-Mitchell&#8211;award-winning television journalist and best-selling author who hosts the nightly &#8220;Jane Velez-Mitchell&#8221; show on HLN (CNN&#8217;s sister network)&#8211;discusses some of her childhood, tracing her path of becoming someone who speaks and works so passionately on behalf of animals. She also addresses the importance of video&#8211;whether it&#8217;s undercover footage shot at factory farming operations or [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Wayne Pacelle, HSUS President &#038; CEO</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2009/09/hsus-president-wayne-pacelle/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Wayne Pacelle&#8211;the President and CEO of The Humane Society Of The United States, the country&#8217;s largest animal protection organization, with upwards of 11 million members&#8211;discusses what he views as the three most important hallmarks of his tenure as CEO, at the five-year mark; his decision to have HSUS team with Michael Vick for educational efforts [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Jodi Chemes &#038; Nikki Benoit&#8211;members of Florida Voices For Animals</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2008/07/jodi-chemes-nikki-benoit-members-of-florida-voices-for-animals/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jodi Chemes (pictured with a bovine buddy) &#38; Nikki Benoit&#8211;members of Florida Voices For Animals, a Tampa-based organization devoted to educating the public about a host of animal issues and fostering compassionate choices&#8211;discuss the history and evolution of FVA, how and why increasing awareness about factory farming became FVA&#8217;s chief objective (cruelty to animals, environmental [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2008/07/jodi-chemes-nikki-benoit-members-of-florida-voices-for-animals/">Jodi Chemes & Nikki Benoit–members of Florida Voices For Animals</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gene Baur&#8211;cofounder and president of The Farm Sanctuary</title>
		<link>https://talkinganimals.net/2008/04/gene-baur-cofounder-and-president-of-the-farm-sanctuary/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[libby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gene Baur&#8211;the cofounder and president of The Farm Sanctuary, the nation&#8217;s leading farm animal protection organization&#8211;discusses his new book, &#8220;Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals And Food,&#8221; (an acclaimed crazy quilt of a book whose patches include a Baur bio, both a history and current account of The Farm Sanctuary, chapter-ending profiles of [&#8230;]</p>
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