Amy Rowland—co-founder and co-director of Dogma Pet Rescue, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization based in Riverview, FL—recalls traveling the path from growing up dog-less, to adopting her first dog, Frankie, and then shortly thereafter, launching Dogma with co-founder Ann-Marie Pearson. Read more…
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Scott Trebatoski, Director of The Pet Resources Division of Hillsborough County
We reconfigured the format for today’s program, truncating the Comedy Corner, altogether jettisoning most other segments. These changes were implemented so as to create as much airtime as possible to speak with Scott Trebatoski, Director of The Pet Resources Division of Hillsborough County— Read more…
Ian Hallett, Director of Hillsborough County Animal Services
Ian Hallett—Director of Hillsborough County Animal Services—discusses his formative years in Riverview, the sort of animals he grew up with and around, including becoming a staff vet tech at 16. He explains how his educational path took him to Austin, where he began volunteering at the animal shelter there, taking on various volunteer roles, then getting hired as a staffer, ultimately ascending to Deputy Chief Animal Services. Read more…
Jack Talman, founder of Fostering Is Cool
Jack Talman–founder of Fostering Is Cool, a Tampa organization that promotes the fostering of cats and dogs, with an emphasis on on the animals saved from a grim fate by rescue groups–discusses his background as a lifelong animal lover, and how after retiring (he owned a transportation company), he had the time and inclination to work directly on behalf of animal welfare. Read more…
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In Memoriam
Otis McGarr
(Nov. 1989 – Jan. 4, 2006)
John Taylor
(Sept. 29, 1961-Aug. 20, 2011)
