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Alison Eastwood, actress-director-animal advocate

Duncan — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 05:00:24 +0000

Alison Eastwood —the actress, director and animal advocate whose Eastwood Ranch Foundation recently launched FosterFurkids.com, a website that connects rescue groups and animal shelters with a nationwide network of pet fosters and transporters—discusses a childhood growing up amidst an array of animals. But not so much the conventional critters, like dogs and cats—which her Dad […]

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Caitlin O’Connell, elephant researcher

Duncan — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 04:00:45 +0000

Caitlin O’Connell—one of the elephant experts featured in “Mind of a Giant,” a Nat Geo Wild documentary special premiering June 19—recalls how she did not grow up with a particular fascination or love for elephants, noting her earlier academic work was in entomology. But a research job with the Namibian government trying to help address an elephant […]

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Dr. Scott Sims, star of “Aloha Vet”

Duncan — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 04:00:05 +0000

Dr. Scott Sims—a veterinarian based on Kauai who travels across all the Hawaiian islands, treating a huge array of animals, often piloting his own plane to reach these clients, and is at the center of “Aloha Vet,” a new TV series on the Nat Geo Wild network—recounts what attracted him so potently to Kauai that […]

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