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Jill Horstmann, founder of Squirrelly AF Rescue

Duncan — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:34:27 +0000

Jill Horstmann–founder of Squirrelly AF Rescue, a squirrel-focused rescue and rehabilitation operation she runs at her St. Petersburg home—recalls growing up in Wisconsin, where she was that neighborhood kid who tended to injured or ill critters. But it’s hardly been a straight line from Jill Horstmann, Kid Animal Rescuer to Jill Horstmann, Adult Animal Rescuer—though […]

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Listeners Share Hurricane Irma Animal Stories

Duncan — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 04:00:59 +0000

For this edition of “Talking Animals,” we broke format and did something a little different: Setting aside our customary approach of a long-form guest interview and, often, a shorter second interview, I opened the phone lines and invited listeners to Call In To Discuss Hurricane Irma & Animals. I urged people to weigh in on […]

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Patti Ragan, founder of The Center For Great Apes

Duncan — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 04:00:24 +0000

Patti Ragan—the founder of The Center For Great Apes, a 120-acre sanctuary in Wauchula, FL that houses nearly 50 chimpanzees and orangutans—recalls how she first became interested in great apes. That history, Ragan explains, dates back to 1984, when he volunteered on a rehabilitation project for orangutans in the rain forests of Indonesian Borneo. That […]

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