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....
by Duncan | May 5, 2010 | Adoption, Rescue
Shelley Thayer–Executive Director of Sarasota’s Cat Depot, one of the largest non-profit, no-kill feline rescue and adoption centers in the country based in Kingston, Canada–discusses some of the traits that distinguish the organization, including...
