by Duncan | Oct 2, 2024 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, Legislation
Melissa Zepeda–an attorney and accomplished animal rights advocate, with a notable breadth of interests and topics that have animated her activism—recalls growing up in family that revered animals, then being stopped in her tracks when a fellow high school...
by Duncan | Sep 18, 2024 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Legislation
Marion Gwizdala, CEO of Advocates for Service Animal Partners Inc. (ASAP)—a Tampa-based national nonprofit dedicated to securing, protecting, and advancing the rights and responsibilities of service animal handlers and the businesses they patronize—recalls receiving...
by Duncan | Nov 7, 2018 | Advocates, General, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Wildlife
Keith Wilkins and Melissa Dollard—the Director of Operations and Hospital Supervisor, respectively, at the Seaside Seabird Sanctuary, in Indian Shores, FL that rescues and rehabilitates sick, injured and orphaned wild birds—explain the brief history of the sactuary,...