Diane Weigandt--an expert on raw food diets for dogs and cats--discusses what spurred her initial interest and research into raw food diets for dogs and cats, noting her history as a lifelong animal lover and the sort of kid who often tended to sick or injured...
Dr. Marty Becker--veterinarian and longtime presence on "Good Morning, America" and, more recently, a contributor to "The Dr. Oz Show"--discusses a number of the important details and suggestions included in his latest of 20 books, "Your Cat: The Owner's Manual:...
Dr. Denise Herzing--a pioneering researcher who has spent 27 summers in Bahamian waters studying Atlantic spotted dolphins: the Wild Dolphin Project, and author of "Dolphin Diaries: My 25 Years With Spotted Dolphins"--discusses various phases of her career, and her...
Deborah Nelson--the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who wrote a major expose on the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus in the November/December issue of Mother Jones Magazine--outlines aspects of her 30-year journalism career, and what it means...
Ron Kagan, who's been Director of the Detroit Zoo for nearly 20 years, and whose career working for zoos has spanned 35 years--discusses the philosophy behind functioning as something of an iconoclast in the zoo industry, including how he arrived at the decision...
Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick, a Kenyan author, conservationist and expert on raising and reintegrating orphaned elephants into the wild, work she's engaged in for some five decades. ...
Joyce Poole--co-founder of ElephantVoices and considered one of the world's foremost elephant experts--discusses some of her pioneering work in the realm of elephant communication, including identifying and decoding their vocalizations; addresses some of the...
Archele Hundley--a former Ringling Bros. employee on the animal crew who's done PSAs for PETA (though, interestingly, is not a PETA member), has spoken in front of various groups about the plight of circus animals, and testified at the big federal lawsuit against...
Writer-reporter-poet essayist Charles Siebert, the author, most recently, of "The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward A New Understanding Of Animals"--which chronicles his extended encounter with a retired circus chimp named Roger at The Center For Great Apes, a...
Catherine Doyle--an elephant expert with In Defense Of Animals, an international animal advocacy organization, and a central figure in the national story about the debate that's erupted over the Los Angeles Zoo, its lone elephant, Billy, and the Zoo's plans to...
