attorney | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:18:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 attorney | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Melissa Zepeda, attorney, animal rights advocate, Amendment 2 foe https://talkinganimals.net/2024/10/melissa-zepeda-attorney-animal-rights-advocate-amendment-2-foe/ https://talkinganimals.net/2024/10/melissa-zepeda-attorney-animal-rights-advocate-amendment-2-foe/#respond Wed, 02 Oct 2024 04:00:14 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=11478 Melissa Zepeda–an attorney and accomplished animal rights advocate, with a notable breadth of interests and topics that have animated her activism—recalls growing up in family that revered animals, then being stopped in her tracks when a fellow high school debate-club member asked her how Zepeda could love her dog yet eat a hamburger. Zepeda not […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2024/10/melissa-zepeda-attorney-animal-rights-advocate-amendment-2-foe/feed/ 0 11478 Kitty Block, President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States https://talkinganimals.net/2021/11/kitty-block-president-and-ceo-of-the-humane-society-of-the-united-states/ https://talkinganimals.net/2021/11/kitty-block-president-and-ceo-of-the-humane-society-of-the-united-states/#respond Wed, 03 Nov 2021 04:00:21 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=9096 Kitty Block—President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), as well as CEO of Humane Society International, HSUS’ global division—discusses getting a precocious start working in animal welfare, in that her Mom was an animal activist. Block recalls how, as a second grader, she went on a school field trip to […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2021/11/kitty-block-president-and-ceo-of-the-humane-society-of-the-united-states/feed/ 0 9096 Peggy Hoyt, attorney specializing in estate planning, including for pets https://talkinganimals.net/2020/08/peggy-hoyt-attorney-specializing-in-estate-planning-including-for-pets/ https://talkinganimals.net/2020/08/peggy-hoyt-attorney-specializing-in-estate-planning-including-for-pets/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2020 04:00:23 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=8336 Peggy Hoyt—a veteran Florida attorney whose practice involves estate planning and a host of related areas, including pet planning that ensures pets will be cared for if their owner dies or becomes incapacitated (this interview was tied to August being National Make-A-Will month; today also happens to be National Dog Day)—explains what estate planning is, […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2020/08/peggy-hoyt-attorney-specializing-in-estate-planning-including-for-pets/feed/ 0 8336 Page Ulrey, an attorney and pioneer in the use of courthouse dogs https://talkinganimals.net/2011/11/page-ulrey-an-attorney-and-pioneer-in-the-use-of-courthouse-dogs/ https://talkinganimals.net/2011/11/page-ulrey-an-attorney-and-pioneer-in-the-use-of-courthouse-dogs/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:00:20 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=712 Page Ulrey–a senior deputy prosecuting attorney in Seattle’s King County–discusses the genesis of courthouse dogs, which are used to make children and others more comfortable when testifying or being interviewed about sexual assaults or other emotionally upsetting crimes: Based on experience with her son’s service dog, a colleague thought service dogs could provide comfort to […]

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