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Andrea Turkalo, Foremost Expert on Forest Elephants

By | July 1, 2015 | Educators, Elephants, General, Wild | No comments

Andrea Turkalo, of the Wildlife Conservation Society—and considered the world’s leading expert on forest elephants, having studied them for more than two decades in the Central African Republic (CAR)—recounts what initially drew her to the CAR nearly 30 years ago, and how she became interested in elephants. Read more…

Don Anthony of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF)

By | March 11, 2015 | Advocates, Captive, Cetaceans, Elephants, Factory Farming, Legislation, Vegetarian/Vegan, Wild | No comments

Don Anthony–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. Read more…

Ryan Tate, co-founder of VETPAW

By | November 26, 2014 | Advocates, Elephants, Wild | No comments

Ryan Tate—co-founder and president of Veterans Empowered to Protect African Wildlife (VETPAW), which employs military veterans to combat poaching of elephants and rhinos in African nations—discusses growing up in Tampa in a family that prized animals, and later enlisting in the Marines as a teenager. Read more…

Cynthia Moss, wildlife researcher and author

By | January 1, 2014 | Authors, Elephants, Wild | 2 Comments

Cynthia Moss—the author and wildlife researcher who has spent more than 40 years studying the elephants of Amboseli National Park in Kenya (and speaking live from her tent in Amboseli!)—describes how she first became enchanted with elephants and decided to devote her life to studying them. Read more…

Adam Roberts, Executive Vice-President Born Free USA

By | July 17, 2013 | Advocates, Captive, Cats, Cetaceans, Elephants, Legislation, Primates, Sanctuaries, Wild | No comments

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 and shares DNA with the American organization.  Read more…

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