All posts tagged H. H. German

Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers, plant-based doctor

By | November 2, 2022 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers–who runs a medical practice in Chattanooga, Tenn. called The Essence of Health Wellness Clinic—describes growing up in the South (Atlanta), where dishes like fried chicken and mac and cheese were common to family meals and larger celebrations. Read more…

Ellen Quinlan, executive director of the Darbster Foundation

By | December 29, 2021 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Ellen Quinlan—executive director of the Darbster Foundation (& Darbster Rescue), whose chief mission involves plucking cats and dogs from crowded south Florida shelters, and finding homes for them in the adoption-friendly New England area, with that process including arranging interstate transportation for these animals—recounts growing up in a family that lived with cats and dogs, sometimes other pets, and in what may constitute a pivotal part of the Quinlan, and Darbster, narrative, notes that she stopped eating meat at age 12. Read more…

Sam Anderson, author of The New York Times Magazine story, “The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth”

By | January 13, 2021 | Authors, General, Mammals | No comments

Sam Anderson—a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, whose latest piece (the cover story) is “The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth,” an account of the week Anderson spent in Kenya with the only two Northern white rhinos still alive: Najin, and her daughter, Fatu, though the story is about much more than that—discusses the genesis of the article, deciding to write a profile of sorts on the two remaining animals of a species nearing extinction. Read more…