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Ron Kagan, Director and CEO of the Detroit Zoo

Duncan — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:00:39 +0000

Ron Kagan, who’s been Director of the Detroit Zoo for nearly 20 years, and whose career working for zoos has spanned 35 years–discusses the philosophy behind functioning as something of an iconoclast in the zoo industry, including how he arrived at the decision (with input from the community, among others) that it was no longer […]

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Charles Siebert–Writer-reporter-poet essayist

Duncan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:00:15 +0000

Writer-reporter-poet essayist Charles Siebert, the author, most recently, of “The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward A New Understanding Of Animals”–which chronicles his extended encounter with a retired circus chimp named Roger at The Center For Great Apes, a chimpanzee sanctuary in Wauchula, FL and widens out considerably from the personal reportage of that encounter, including incorporating […]

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Kristal Parks–a Denver-based veteran activist and elephant advocate

libby — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:00:46 +0000

Kristal Parks, a Denver-based veteran activist and elephant advocate–who last year mounted a 12-day hunger strike in Denver while the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus was performing there, to call attention to the suffering of circus elephants–discusses her background as an activist, when & how she decided to focus on elephants, details of […]

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