Carter Dillard—the co-founder of Four Feet Forward, a collective of attorneys, accountants, graphic designers, communication specialists who offer their services, pro bono, to help grassroots animal advocacy organizations—recounts the circumstances that spurred...
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...
Anthony Damiano—president and co-founder of the Alliance for Earth, Life, Liberty & Advocacy (AELLA), an environmental, animal and human rights organization—discusses his childhood and formative years as an activist, launched when he began writing about...
Adam Roberts—executive vice president and co-founder of Born Free USA—outlines the chief categories of animal welfare that Born Free USA concerns itself with, noting where those efforts overlap and differ from those of the Born Free Foundation, which gave rise to...
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...
Deborah Howard--founder and president of the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS), the only national nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals from cruelty in pet shops and puppy mills--discusses the pivotal visit to the...
Steven Wise--the founder and president of The Nonhuman Rights Project; he's also an attorney, author, legal scholar and professor who's taught at Harvard Law School--discusses how the law he was practicing (personal injury) shifted focus 30-plus years ago upon...
Wayne Pacelle--the President and CEO of The Humane Society Of The United States, the country's largest animal protection organization, with upwards of 11 million members--discusses what he views as the three most important hallmarks of his tenure as CEO, at the...
Michael Markarian--executive vice-president of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), president of The Fund For Animals and president of The Humane Society Legislative Fund--discusses various aspects of the HSUS undercover investigation at a California...
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...
