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Harry Hmura, composer of “I Am, I Am”

Duncan — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:22:53 +0000

Harry Hmura —musician-composer whose album “I Am, I Am” integrates original songs and instrumental pieces with the vocalizations of great apes—discusses his formative years as a musician, including a pivotal backstage meeting with B. B. King as a 15-year-old and becoming the guitarist in James Cotton’s touring band at 21. He recounts how a televised […]

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Andrew Westoll, the author, most recently, of “The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary”

Duncan — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:00:43 +0000

Andrew Westoll–the author, most recently, of “The Chimps Of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience And Recovery,” a gorgeously-written, often-poignant account of Westoll’s 10-week stint living as a volunteer at Fauna Foundation, a sanctuary just outside Montreal for chimpanzees retired from biomedical research–discusses he decided volunteering at Fauna had the makings of a book. […]

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Gloria Grow–co-founder of the Fauna Foundation

libby — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:30:47 +0000

Gloria Grow–co-founder of the Fauna Foundation, a Canadian animal sanctuary located outside of Montreal that began by rescuing and housing companion and farm animals, and subsequently broadened its efforts to also provide sanctuary for retired chimpanzees who had been used in biomedical research–discusses the history & evolution of the sanctuary, with particular emphasis on the […]

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