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...
Wildlife veterinarian Dr. Jennifer Conrad--Director of The Paw Project, which seeks to educate the public about the often-crippling effects of feline declawing, rehabilitate big cats that have been declawed, and marshal endeavors to end declawing, including...
Carrol Clancy, co-founder of Oasis de los Gatos--a sanctuary for feral cats in Apache Junction, Arizona--discusses the history of Oasis de los Gatos and her own history that led to starting the sanctuary, as well as her theories and time-tested techniques for...
Professor since 1974 of Marine Science at Orange Coast College, Dennis Kelly primarily discusses the Coast Dolphin Project, a multi-faceted study he launched in 1978 (and still directs) that, among other objectives, seeks to determine the population dynamics,...
Co-founder and executive director of The Elephant Sanctuary, Carol Buckley discusses her nearly 30 years with Tarra (the Asian elephant she started working with as a college student) and how those experiences & stages of development with Tarra--while traveling...
Janelle Robinson, Director of Therapy Services at the J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center in San Juan Capistrano--which uses horses to help improve the condition of children and adults with a vast array of disabilities, functional limitations and...
Betsy Lipscomb--a cat behavior expert who created The SmartCat "Peek-A-Prize" Toy Box, a device designed to reduce boredom and obesity in housecats (and which got a rave review from the show's in-house, overweight test cat, Curtis)- discusses the development of Toy...
Catherine Doyle, who as “an L.A. taxpayer,” has filed suit to return Ruby--the African elephant removed in May from the Los Angeles Zoo & her 16-year elephant companion, Gita--to the L Zoo. COMEDY CORNER: Bill Engvall’s “Whale Watching” MUSIC: Raw Youth’s “Tame...
H4Fzs4CejDGUEST: Jane Cartmill, from San Diego Animal Advocates, discussing the U.S. Fish & Wildlife desicion to issue permits allowing the San Diego Wild Animal Park to import wild African elephants. [www.animaladvocates.org] COMEDY CORNER: Brian Regan’s...
GUEST: Greg Ginn [www.sstsuperstore.com], guitarist-leader of legendary punk band Black Flag, who’s extremely active in feral/homeless cat rescue organizations and is mounting Black Flag reunion concerts to benefit 6 such organizations. COMEDY CORNER: Steve...
