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Dawn Barbone, founder of Samadhi Wildlife

Duncan — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:10:03 +0000

Dawn Barbone–founder of Samadhi Wildlife, a nonprofit refuge in Ormond Beach that rehabilitates sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife native to Florida—explains that she hasn’t merely loved animals since she was a child, but has also loved healing them since then. It’s not uncommon in the animal welfare world to encounter someone who was that kid […]

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Adam Sugalski, veteran advocate opposing bear hunt

Duncan — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:16:35 +0000

Adam Sugalski–who leads the efforts of Bear Defenders, a coalition dedicated to ending bear hunting across the United States; their singular focus currently is opposing the bear hunt that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has proposed for 2025—recalls how information imparted in high school prompted some unexpected contemplation, and a life change, […]

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Dr. Holly Dutton, Medical Director VEG ER for Pets

Duncan — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:42:05 +0000

Dr. Holly Dutton, Medical Director at the Tampa and Clearwater locations of VEG ER for Pets–a national enterprise that specializes in providing around-the-clock emergency and critical care services for pets—flips the script on my mention of the countless guests who work with animals in some capacity, grew up wanting to be a veterinarian, but for […]

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Kelly McCormick and Glenn Maresca, co-founders of Florida Rescue Farm

Duncan — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:38:43 +0000

Kelly McCormick and Glenn Maresca–co-founders of Florida Rescue Farm, a sanctuary in Duette, FL, devoted to rescuing, rehabilitating, and housing pigs, goats, geese, chickens, ducks, cattle, other critters, and no less devoted to cultivating a strong educational presence—described the remote community of Duette, and what prompted them to settle there. They make clear their original […]

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Katherine McGill & Kate MacFall: discussing proposed changes to Florida’s trapping regulations

Duncan — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 04:00:41 +0000

Two experts on Florida wildlife, Katherine McGill and Kate MacFall, discuss proposed changes to the state's trapping regulations

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Spencer Conover, Assistant Director of Pasco County Animal Services

Duncan — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Spencer Conover— Assistant Director of Pasco County Animal Services (PCAS), whose work has received national acclaim, partly accounting for his being viewed as a rising star in the animal shelter world—recounts growing up in a conventional household regarding animals (they had a dog and a cat), but a pivotal memory was the family taking in […]

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Danielle Hall, wildlife ecologist

Duncan — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 04:00:34 +0000

Danielle Hall—a wildlife ecologist, who, drawing on her professional expertise and her longtime personal passion for animals, has stepped into an intense human-versus-animal battle that’s erupted over vultures in a Tampa neighborhood—explains what a wildlife ecologist is, and does. Hall recalls loving fauna of all types since early in her childhood, noting she was one […]

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