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Elizabeth Lo, Director of (who also produced, filmed & edited) “Stray”

By | March 3, 2021 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Dogs, Educators, Health & Behavior, Mammals | No comments

Elizabeth Lo—an award-winning filmmaker who directed “Stray,” a wildly-inventive documentary about the stray dogs who roam freely in Turkey (by law, no one there may hold captive or euthanize a stray dog)—discusses her lifelong love of dogs, spurred by her childhood dog, Mikey; “Stray”’s end credits note the film is “In memory of Mikey.” Read more…

Ashley Bell, director of “Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story”

By | June 20, 2018 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Elephants, General | No comments

Ashley Bell—the actress perhaps best known for her acclaimed work in such top horror films as “The Last Exorcism” and “Psychopath”—discusses the elements and interests that led her to directing “Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story,” a documentary chronicling the rescue in Thailand of a 70-year-old partially blind Asian elephant, and the ensuing 480-mile trek to a sanctuary and new life. Read more…

Wayne Pacelle, President & CEO of The Humane Society of The United States–and author

By | May 4, 2011 | Authors | No comments

Wayne Pacelle–The President & CEO of The Humane Society Of The United States (HSUS), the country’s largest animal protection organization, with upwards of 11 million members–discusses his new book, “The Bond: Our Kinship With Animals, Our Call To Defend Them.”  Read more…

Wayne Pacelle, HSUS President & CEO

By | September 9, 2009 | Factory Farming, Legislation, Rescue, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Wayne Pacelle–the President and CEO of The Humane Society Of The United States, the country’s largest animal protection organization, with upwards of 11 million members–discusses what he views as the three most important hallmarks of his tenure as CEO, at the five-year mark; his decision to have HSUS team with Michael Vick for educational efforts on dogfighting, and how that decision (and reaction to it) speaks to the intricacies and challenges of leadership at that level; how animal welfare has evolved as a social movement and how certain organizations have kept pace with that evolution and some, like PETA, may not have; the increasing premium he has placed on cultivating and passing legislation; what sorts of political posts he imagines could lure him away from running HSUS, and more.
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Michael Mountain of Best Friends Animal Society–Special, Show 2

By | July 8, 2008 | Sanctuaries | No comments

This represents a special one-hour edition of “Talking Animals” that aired on July 9 at 1pm, in addition to the regularly-scheduled half-hour edition that aired earlier in the day at 11:30am… Read more…

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