Leo Grillo—founder of D.E.L.T.A. (Dedication & Everlasting Love To Animals) Rescue—recalls the circumstances that prompted him to start the 115-acre Acton, CA sanctuary, which this year marks its 35th anniversary. He discusses the guiding principle that led him...
Dr. Vint Virga—veterinarian, animal behaviorist and author of “The Soul of All Living Creatures: What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human”—explains how the anti-zoo view he held earlier in his career evolved into seeing zoos in a more positive light. He also...
Ellie Phipps Price—executive producer and co-writer of “American Mustang,” a film exploring the round-ups of wild horses by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)—discusses her lifelong love of horses, which began in childhood. She recalls when she first became aware...
Jill Rappaport—veteran journalist who’s about to celebrate 22 years on NBC’s “The Today Show,” where she now specializes in reporting stories about pets and animal welfare--discusses her lifelong love of animals. She goes on to explain how, even as the “Today”...
Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers–co-authors of “Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human And Animal Health,” a New York Times bestseller recently issued in paperback—discuss the genesis of the “zoobiquity” philosophy and the term...
This interview with Dr. Temple Grandin was delayed because the flight she was on that morning was very late landing, which we didn'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...
Nancy Perry--Vice-President of Government Relations for the American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (ASPCA)--first offers an initial assessment on how pets and other animals in the Northeast were faring in the aftermath of the storm, based on...
Dr. Edie Dopking--Founder of Quantum Leap Farm, a therapeutic equestrian program based in Odessa, FL--discusses her lifelong love of horses, first getting on a horse at age two and riding throughout her childhood in Kentucky. She also addresses how volunteering at...
Monty Roberts--the internationally-renowned horse expert, creator of the equine training technique called "Join-Up," and author of such books as the best-selling "The Man Who Listens To Horses" and the just-published "The Horses In My Life"--discusses the new book...
Jennifer Swanson & Brad Gaver--founder-directors of Pure Thoughts Inc.-Florida Foal Rescue--discuss their major and ongoing efforts to rescue foals and yearlings from the slaughterhouse (most of these horses are born on farms where the urine from pregnant mares...
