by Duncan | Jan 18, 2023 | Advocates, Legislation
April Goodwin—an attorney and founder of Largo-based The Goodwin Firm, a law firm specializing in pet law services—recalls what animals meant to her growing up in a small town in Western Ohio. Goodwin remembers feeling protective of animals back then, which may have...
by Duncan | Sep 25, 2019 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, Dogs, General, Legislation
Arin Greenwood is a “Talking Animals” favorite and a friend of the show. She’s also currently Senior Writer at the Animal Legal Defense Fund, formerly animal journalist extraordinaire—she was the animal welfare editor at The Huffington Post, and a regular contributor...
by Duncan | Aug 14, 2019 | Advocates, Authors, Dogs
Greg Murray—an animal photographer and rescue/pit bull advocate director, whose new book is “Pit Bull Heroes: 49 Underdogs with Resilience and Heart”—recalls his earliest experiences with dogs, growing up as a tyke with one named Muffet. Murray explains that his...
by Duncan | May 10, 2017 | Authors, Dogs, General, Legislation
W. Bruce Cameron — the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including “A Dog’s Purpose,” made into a feature film starring Dennis Quaid —discusses how he decided to make Breed Specific Legislation, or BSL (in this case, Denver’s ban...
by Duncan | Aug 6, 2014 | Authors, Dogs, Legislation, Sanctuaries
Tom Junod—two-time National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Esquire writer-at-large—discusses the impetus for writing “The State Of The American Dog,” his extended examination of the plight and perception of the pit bull that appears in the August issue of...