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Lee Asher, dog adoption champion, social media juggernaut

Duncan — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:12 +0000

Lee Asher–a staunch advocate of dog adoption whose profile has risen dramatically in recent years, owing to a handful of factors, including multiple compelling stories: his ADHD and attendant childhood isolation prompted him to regularly visit his local animal shelter as a kid, years later crisscrossing the country in an RV, traveling to animal shelters, […]

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Amy Shever, founder of 2nd Chance 4 Pets

Duncan — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 04:00:49 +0000

Amy Shever— founder and executive director of 2nd Chance 4 Pets, which encourages (and helps) pet owners to make plans for their animals’ ongoing care, recognizing that if something happens, in the absence of such plans, those pets can end up in a shelter (or worse)—recounts how her passion for volunteering at animal shelters began. This […]

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Listeners Share Hurricane Irma Animal Stories

Duncan — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 04:00:59 +0000

For this edition of “Talking Animals,” we broke format and did something a little different: Setting aside our customary approach of a long-form guest interview and, often, a shorter second interview, I opened the phone lines and invited listeners to Call In To Discuss Hurricane Irma & Animals. I urged people to weigh in on […]

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Alison Eastwood, actress-director-animal advocate

Duncan — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 05:00:24 +0000

Alison Eastwood —the actress, director and animal advocate whose Eastwood Ranch Foundation recently launched FosterFurkids.com, a website that connects rescue groups and animal shelters with a nationwide network of pet fosters and transporters—discusses a childhood growing up amidst an array of animals. But not so much the conventional critters, like dogs and cats—which her Dad […]

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Lisa Bekiaris, Founder of Raffle Rescue

Duncan — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 05:00:51 +0000

Lisa Bekiaris—founder of Raffle Rescue, which functions as a food bank of sorts, but in this case, we’re referring to pet food—recounts her childhood and formative years as a precocious animal lover, where she and her sister would raise and care for animals on their property, and tend to sick or injured ones nearby. As an […]

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