by Duncan | Feb 4, 2026 | General
Gene Baur–president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, considered the world’s first farm animal sanctuary and advocacy organization, now marking its 40th anniversary—is nice enough, at my request, to recount the Sanctuary’s origin story for the umpteenth time,...
by Duncan | Oct 2, 2024 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, Legislation
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...
by Duncan | Jun 5, 2024 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter
Rhonda Eldridge–Executive Director of The Community Pet Project, which provides pet food and several other resources to homeless and at-risk communities throughout Hillsborough County—discusses the organization’s origin story, beginning in 2017 as an offshoot of...
by Duncan | Nov 8, 2023 | Adoption, Advocates, Authors, Cats, Dogs, Educators, General, Legislation, Pets, Rescue
Carey Theil, executive director of GREY2K USA Worldwide, the largest greyhound protection organization in the world, and Rory Goree, who for many years ran the largest industry-funded greyhound adoption group, Greyhound Pets of America, explain how–as former...
by Duncan | Mar 1, 2023 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Dogs, Educators, General, Mammals
Amy P. Kight–executive director of Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, a multifaceted operation in Jupiter, Florida serving as wildlife refuge, veterinary hospital, rehabilitation facility, and education center—discusses the recent deadly alligator attack in Fort Pierce....
