by Duncan | Jul 12, 2023 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Health & Behavior, Horses, Pets, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Spay/Neuter
Susan Hanus–executive director of Cat Depot, a unique feline-only shelter in Sarasota—recalls when she first became a cat person. Hanus has remained staunchly feline-friendly ever since, though, she explains, she stopped living with them when it turned out one...
by Duncan | Aug 4, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Dogs, Educators, Horses, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Melanie Sue Bowles—founder and director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary, who alongside her husband, Jim, has shepherded the sanctuary through nearly 30 years of challenges, changes, and relocations, in service of rescuing horses and providing them refuge—recalls...
by Duncan | Nov 25, 2015 | Advocates, Authors, General, Horses, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Melanie Sue Bowles— founder-director of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary and the author of three books—provides a brief overview of the work she’s done at the sanctuary for nearly 25 years, as a prelude for discussing a momentous Facebook she had recently written. That...
by Duncan | Sep 24, 2014 | Advocates, Horses, Legislation, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Glenda Smith—founder and president of Equestrian Inc. Horse Rescue—discusses becoming besotted with horses as a little girl, starting to ride at age five. She recalls how, as an adult, she underwrote her horse habit—which soon became her horse rescue habit—by working...
