lions | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:17:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 lions | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Patrick Craig, founder of The Wild Animal Sanctuary https://talkinganimals.net/2020/08/patrick-craig-founder-of-the-wild-animal-sanctuary/ https://talkinganimals.net/2020/08/patrick-craig-founder-of-the-wild-animal-sanctuary/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2020 04:00:53 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=8324 Patrick Craig—founder of The Wild Animal Sanctuary, launched in 1980, located in Keenesburg, Colorado, and devoted to housing lions, tigers, bears, wolves and other carnivores—recounts what spurred him, at age 19, to start the Sanctuary, and the initial steps he took. Craig figures the unusual, precocious compassion and empathy propelling his desire to help what […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2020/08/patrick-craig-founder-of-the-wild-animal-sanctuary/feed/ 0 8324 Dr. Tim Caro, professor at UC Davis, wildlife biologist, author of “Zebra Stripes” https://talkinganimals.net/2017/02/dr-tim-caro-professor-at-uc-davis-wildlife-biologist-author-of-zebra-stripes/ https://talkinganimals.net/2017/02/dr-tim-caro-professor-at-uc-davis-wildlife-biologist-author-of-zebra-stripes/#respond Wed, 01 Feb 2017 05:00:40 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=5965 Dr. Tim Caro —a professor at UC Davis and wildlife biologist whose new book is “Zebra Stripes”—traces some of the arc of his academic career, including how he became interested in researching animal coloration. Caro goes on to explain how this focus led to examining, as thoroughly documented in his new book, the purpose of […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2017/02/dr-tim-caro-professor-at-uc-davis-wildlife-biologist-author-of-zebra-stripes/feed/ 0 5965 Carole Baskin–founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue https://talkinganimals.net/2006/11/carole-baskin-founder-and-ceo-of-big-cat-rescue/ https://talkinganimals.net/2006/11/carole-baskin-founder-and-ceo-of-big-cat-rescue/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:30:57 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=1895 Carole Baskin–founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, one of the world’s largest such sanctuaries, housing more 100 big cats (lions, tigers, leopards, cougars, servals, others) over 40-plus acres–discusses the history and evolution of the facility (including her admitted ignorance in the beginning about the pitfalls of having an exotic cat as a […]

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