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Scott Hardy, co-founder of Hardy Hayes Refuge

Duncan — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 05:00:50 +0000

Scott Hardy—co-founder of Hardy Hayes Refuge, a mom-and-pop rescue-rehab operation with sizable ambitions, and accomplishments to match—outlines his lifelong love of animals, describing a childhood where the insights gleaned from trying to treat a locust as a pet helped shape his sensibilities more than the family’s beloved beagle. Hardy (the “mom” to his “pop” is […]

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Mariesa & Chris Hughes, founders of The Mr. Mo Project

Duncan — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 04:00:22 +0000

Mariesa and Chris Hughes — co-founders of the Mr. Mo Project, which places senior shelter dogs, who are sometimes also ill (and therefore often strong candidates to be euthanized) into ongoing foster homes, underwriting the dogs’ medical and food costs for the foster families—each discuss their long history with rescue dogs, extending back to early childhood. […]

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Brean Cunningham & Douglas Seirup, co-directors of “Dogs On The Inside”

Duncan — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 05:00:19 +0000

Brean Cunningham and Douglas Seirup—co-directors of “Dogs On The Inside,” a feature-length documentary that examines a program whereby prison inmates at North Central Correctional Institution in Gardner, MA foster neglected & abused stray dogs—discuss what drew them to this realm and, specifically, the “Don’t Throw Us Away” program to be explored as a documentary, and […]

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Call-in Guest Special

Duncan — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:00:43 +0000

Our guests were people calling in to tout their favorite animal organizations. In an effort to continue experimenting with different approaches to presenting guests and information on “Talking Animals”–and a parallel desire to give voice to a broader array of animal organizations and leaders–we tried something new on this show. We invited people to call […]

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Pioneering comedian Elayne Boosler, who’s also founder of non-profit animal organization, Tails of Joy

Duncan — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:00:39 +0000

Elayne Boosler–who’s been a touring comedian since the 1970s, and was slated to perform locally two days later–discusses the circumstances that led to founding her own non-profit animal organization, Tails of Joy, in 2001. She also describes how Tails of Joy functions, and the enormous, international scope of rescues and other animal organizations that it […]

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Sherry Silk and Cathy Bellatin, from The Humane Society of Tampa Bay

Duncan — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:00:15 +0000

Sherry Silk–executive director of The Humane Society of Tampa Bay (HSTB)–discusses how the animal welfare/rescue landscape has shifted in the 2 1/2 years since our last interview, including the effect the economic climate has had on donations & adoptions, as well as newer wrinkles and trends, like the growing impact and value of Facebook. […]

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Sue Martino, The Pet Project, Executive Director

Duncan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:29:20 +0000

Sue Martino, Executive Director of The Pet Project, an Oakland Park, FL-based organization that helps serve the needs of pet owners who are living with HIV/AIDS, have a terminal illness, are disabled, or seniors on low, fixed incomes–discusses the history of The Pet Project and its specific focus in the earliest days. She describes the […]

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Sybil Erden–director of The Oasis Sanctuary

libby — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:00:46 +0000

Sybil Erden–director of The Oasis Sanctuary, a rescue and retirement facility for exotic and endangered birds–discusses the history and operation of this 71-acre sanctuary in Southeastern Arizona, some of the fundamental instinctive and behavioral traits of parrots and other birds that people commonly bring into the home as companion animals, and how those traits and […]

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