Jeffrey Masson—the New York Times bestselling author of books about animals and their emotions, including “When Elephants Weep” and “Dogs Never Lie About Love”—explains how being on the cusp of turning 80, and contemplating his own mortality, formed the chief impetus for writing his new book, “Lost Companions: Reflections on the Death of Pets.” Read more…
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Jeffrey Masson, author, most recently of “Lost Companions: Reflections on the Death of Pets.”
Michelle Gadd, elephant expert, head of global conservation for Walters Conservation
Michelle Gadd—who heads global conservation for Walters Conservation, created and funded by philanthropists Mark and Kimbra Walter, and owner of White Oak Conservation, a 17,000-acre spread in northeastern Florida, which houses and cares for endangered and threatened species, among other animals—recounts how, at 19, she embarked on a three-month study abroad program in Africa…and ended up staying about 13 years. Read more…
Heidi Jo Markel, founder of Stop Poaching Now!
Heidi Jo Markel—longtime film producer and founder of Stop Poaching Now! (SPN), an organization dedicated to combating poaching through conservation strategies and educational efforts—recounts her foray into producing movies, starting by trying her hand at acting before realizing she preferred being behind the camera, and working behind the scenes. Read more…
Scott Blais, co-founder of the Global Sanctuary for Elephants, currently running Elephant Sanctuary Brazil
Scott Blais—co-founder of the Global Sanctuary for Elephants, whose initial facility is the Elephant Sanctuary Brazil—begins the conversation aiming to answer my question about what makes elephants magical, what provokes such passionate response to them in so many people. Read more…
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz & Kathryn Bowers, authors of “Wildhood: The Epic Journey from Adolescence To Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals”
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers–New York Times bestselling authors of “Zoobiquity,” whose new book is “Wildhood: The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals”—in recalling that they both were raising adolescents while working on “Wildhood,” address how much those adolescents shaped the direction of the book and its core concept. Read more…
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Kim Sturla, executive director of Animal Place
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Rob Chaney, author of “The Grizzly in the Driveway: The Return of Bears To A Crowded American West”
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Trish McMillan, noted animal behaviorist
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Sam Anderson, author of The New York Times Magazine story, “The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth”
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Amy Kight, executive director of Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

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