at-risk children | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Fri, 05 May 2017 16:40:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 at-risk children | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Ellie Laks, founder of The Gentle Barn https://talkinganimals.net/2017/05/ellie-laks-founder-of-the-gentle-barn/ https://talkinganimals.net/2017/05/ellie-laks-founder-of-the-gentle-barn/#comments Wed, 03 May 2017 04:00:54 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=6094 Ellie Laks —the founder of The Gentle Barn, a Southern California sanctuary that houses more than 170 animals that have been rescued from abuse, neglect or slaughter—discusses the ideas and impulses that propelled her to create the facility, some of which can be traced back to dreams she had as a self-described stubborn seven-year-old. Laks […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2017/05/ellie-laks-founder-of-the-gentle-barn/feed/ 1 6094 Cheri Thompson, founder of Healing Species https://talkinganimals.net/2015/09/cheri-thompson-founder-of-healing-species/ https://talkinganimals.net/2015/09/cheri-thompson-founder-of-healing-species/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2015 04:00:35 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=4825 Cheri Thompson–founder of Healing Species, a South Carolina-based program that plucks rescue dogs from shelters and places them in a school program designed to reduce aggression and bullying, while increasing empathy in those classrooms—discusses her formative years as an animal lover and being that kid who tended to sick or injured animals that turned up […]

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