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Dr. Jane Goodall

Duncan — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 04:00:13 +0000

Dr. Jane Goodall–the ethologist, activist, and conservationist who rose to international attention in the 1960s, propelled by her pioneering work studying chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania—offers her current impressions of young people’s attitudes about animals and the environment. She recalls the beginnings of Roots & Shoots, a youth program of the Jane Goodall Institute, launched in […]

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Michael Webber, director of “The Conservation Game”

Duncan — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 04:00:40 +0000

Michael Webber—director of the new documentary, “The Conservation Game,” which explores the realm of people who bring animals on late-night talk shows and morning news programs, and may be secretly participating in the exotic pet trade—discusses how his career (which included working on numerous studio features and other films, television shows and other projects) forever […]

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William Nimmo, founder of Tigers in America, assesses “Tiger King”

Duncan — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:00:51 +0000

Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the second program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida, and likely the way the broadcast will be assembled for the foreseeable future. William Nimmo—founder of Tigers in […]

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Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder & president of PETA

Duncan — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 05:00:31 +0000

Ingrid Newkirk—the co-founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and co-author (with Gene Stone) of “animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion”—recalls how she decided on the book’s format. Newkirk outlines some of the things she learned over the course of working on “animalkind. […]

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Carole Baskin, Founder, Big Cat Rescue

Duncan — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:00:49 +0000

In a return appearance to “Talking Animals,” Carole Baskin–founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue, the largest accredited sanctuary in the world dedicated entirely to abused and abandoned big cats–provides an overview of the sanctuary in 2012 (marking 20 years of rescuing big cats). She describes some of the 100+ cats and other animals living […]

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Carole Baskin–founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue

libby — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:30:57 +0000

Carole Baskin–founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, one of the world’s largest such sanctuaries, housing more 100 big cats (lions, tigers, leopards, cougars, servals, others) over 40-plus acres–discusses the history and evolution of the facility (including her admitted ignorance in the beginning about the pitfalls of having an exotic cat as a […]

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