Humane Society of Pinellas | Talking Animals

Cathryn Michon, author of “I’m Still Here: A Dog’s Purpose Forever”

Duncan — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 04:00:49 +0000

Cathryn Michon–the showbiz hyphenate who co-wrote with husband W. Bruce Cameron “A Dog’s Purpose,” the film adaptation of Cameron’s New York Times bestselling novel, considered the most popular live-action dog movie of all time—reflects on the dizzying number of dog books (including children’s books) and films that constitute the collective Michon/Cameron juggernaut. She goes on to […]

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Ann Paul, an organizer of the 2023 Florida Birding and Nature Festival

Duncan — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:00:29 +0000

Ann Paul–an organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival, a multifaceted, multi-day extravaganza, scheduled to take place Oct. 12-15, in and around Apollo Beach, Florida—revisits, at my request, the story of her first real foray into birding, and how arriving late at that outing proved fortuitous. She spotted a black and white warbler, and […]

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Ann Paul, an organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival

Duncan — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 04:00:38 +0000

Ann Paul, an organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival, outlines some of the Festival's field trips, seminars, and lectures.

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Rick Chaboudy, co-founder of Suncoast Animal League

Duncan — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 05:00:39 +0000

Rick Chaboudy—the co-founder and executive director of Suncoast Animal League, the Palm Harbor-based animal welfare organization/shelter that is distinct by virtue of caring for both domestic animals and wildlife—traces the history of his long career working in animal welfare in the Tampa Bay area, going back even before he spent 20-plus years as executive director […]

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Margaret Winslow, author of “Smart Ass: How a Donkey Challenged Me to Accept His True Nature and Rediscover My Own”

Duncan — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 05:00:54 +0000

Margaret Winslow—professor emerita of earth sciences at the City College of New York and author, most recently, of “Smart Ass: How a Donkey Challenged Me to Accept His True Nature and Rediscover My Own”—recounts her experiences with animals growing up, where the family had dogs, cats were forbidden by her father, and she was one […]

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Dr. Jillian Johnson, chiropractor for humans and animals

Duncan — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 04:00:33 +0000

Dr. Jillian Johnson—a chiropractor and owner of Farmhouse Chiropractic, a Tampa-based mobile practice that involves treating humans and animals (her slogan is “chiropractic care for you and the horse you rode in on”)—recalls being a fervent animal lover since she was a kid, first getting on a horse at age 2, and how crucial animals […]

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Ellen Jaffe Jones, vegan author and speaker

Duncan — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:00:30 +0000

In an unusual edition of “Talking Animals,” Ellen Jaffe Jones—the running coach, speaker and author of such books as the bestselling “Eat Vegan on $4 A Day” and “Kitchen Divided: Vegan Dishes For Semi-Vegan Households”—discusses her own kitchen divided and the ensuing unraveling of her marriage, chiefly tied to growing philosophical differences around her husband […]

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