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Kim Skrovanek, founder of The Humane Education Connection

Duncan — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 04:00:14 +0000

Kim Skrovanek—founder of The Humane Education Connection—recounts growing up as a passionate animal lover, tending to all the sick and injured animals that she spotted in her North Florida neighborhood. (“Yes, I was that kid.”). That passion, Skrovanek explains, extended into adulthood, though there was an extended detour pursuing an acting career in Southern California. […]

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Cheri Thompson, founder of Healing Species

Duncan — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 04:00:35 +0000

Cheri Thompson–founder of Healing Species, a South Carolina-based program that plucks rescue dogs from shelters and places them in a school program designed to reduce aggression and bullying, while increasing empathy in those classrooms—discusses her formative years as an animal lover and being that kid who tended to sick or injured animals that turned up […]

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JD Whitaker & Rhonda Reynolds, Sidecar Dog Riders

Duncan — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 04:00:37 +0000

JD Whitaker and Rhonda Reynolds —motorcyclists with sidecars who ride with their dogs in their sidecars, and two of the 18 such folks featured in “Sit Stay Ride: The Story of America’s Sidecar Dogs,” an extraordinary documentary WMNF was slated to screen July 28 (info here)—recall what first prompted them to get a sidecar. Turns […]

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Eric Ristau, co-director of “Sit Stay Ride”

Duncan — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:00:14 +0000

Eric Ristau—co-director with his wife, Geneva, of “Sit Stay Ride: The Story of America’s Sidecar Dogs,” a documentary about motorcyclists with sidecars, and the dogs who ride in ‘em—discusses the genesis of the film, which came about by happenstance, how at first they were thinking the topic probably constituted a short, but in conducting more […]

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Shari Duval, founder of K9s for Warriors

Duncan — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 04:00:31 +0000

Shari Duval—founder and president of K9s for Warriors, which pairs veterans who suffer from PTSD and other wounds of war with rescue dogs who’ve been specially trained as service dogs to help these veterans function more effectively in civilian life—recounts how concern over profound changes in her son, Brett Simon, after he returned from two […]

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John Homans, author of “What’s A Dog For?”

Duncan — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:00:55 +0000

John Homans–the longtime executive editor of New York magazine who published his first book, “What’s A Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man’s Best Friend”–discusses how he decided “What’s A Dog For” would represent his first foray into writing books. He also addresses the way he approached writing the book, propelled primarily by his […]

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Hershey and Trace–Federally-certified mold detection dogs

libby — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:00:18 +0000

Hershey and Trace–federally-certified mold detection dogs (chocolate lab & black lab, respectively), these rescue dogs have been specially trained to detect mold in homes and offices that otherwise undetected could endanger the health of those who live or work in those buildings–and their human colleagues, Celeste and Jack Clausen, who discuss the perils of mold, […]

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