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Gene Baur, president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary

Duncan — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:08:40 +0000

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, incorporating (also at my request!) where the Grateful Dead figures into the narrative, partly in a nod to […]

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Hannah Shaw, “Kitten Lady,” new book: “Cats Of The World”

Duncan — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:00:33 +0000

Hannah Shaw–recognized as an influential humane educator, her specialty is providing instruction in caring for neonatal kittens; she’s also a NYT bestselling author whose latest book “Cats Of The World,” is a collaboration with her husband, photographer Andrew Marttila—recounts how she developed the expertise in caring for neonatal kittens and, along the way, built a humongous […]

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Melissa Zepeda, attorney, animal rights advocate, Amendment 2 foe

Duncan — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 04:00:14 +0000

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 debate-club member asked her how Zepeda could love her dog yet eat a hamburger. Zepeda not […]

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