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Brigid Wasson, president of Mission Reunite

Duncan — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 04:00:14 +0000

Brigid Wasson—the president of Mission Reunite, a nonprofit organization that aims to assist pet owners whose animals are missing—describes her personal and professional involvement with animals, including growing up with cats (but not dogs), and her two stints working at Northern California shelters, the first, in San Mateo, starting as a teenager, the other, years […]

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Joel Rockey, executive director of One Last Treat

Duncan — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 04:00:05 +0000

Joel Rockey—executive director of One Last Treat, a nonprofit founded by a group of veterans whose mission (carried out by veterans who volunteer) is “to provide comfort, compassion, and one last treat to severely at-risk and soon-to-be-passing animals”—discusses his own history, including growing up with various animals, but at that point, being indifferent to them. […]

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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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Sue Wiese, founder of Operation Roger

Duncan — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:00:48 +0000

Sue Wiese–founder and director of Operation Roger, a nonprofit organization chiefly consisting of truckers who use their trucks to transport pets, who’d been in shelters, to new homes across the country–discusses her lifelong long of animals and how she became a truck driver as a second career in her 50s, based in Texas. She […]

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Kevin Nealon–Former “Saturday Night Live” star

libby — Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:00:26 +0000

Former “Saturday Night Live” star Kevin Nealon [www.KevinNealon.com], discussing animal organizations, animal rights & activism, shelters, veggie diets, etc. Also on the August 25th show: COMEDY CORNER: Stiller & Meara’s “The Whale.” MUSIC: My Morning Jacket’s “Cobra,” The Starlight Mints’ “Black Cat,” instrumentals. NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: Los Lobos’ “Will The Wolf Survive.”

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