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Kelly Crandall, graduate student whose research yielded inadvertent, important results

By | February 8, 2023 | Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, Mammals | No comments

Kelly Crandall–a graduate student at Southern Illinois University (SIU) whose research focusing on one type of animal (raccoons and opossums) inadvertently yielded results about an entirely different animal: the Burmese python, a rampant invasive species in south Florida—recalls growing up in western New York, with a penchant for animals and nature. Read more…

Ellen Quinlan, executive director of the Darbster Foundation

By | December 29, 2021 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Ellen Quinlan—executive director of the Darbster Foundation (& Darbster Rescue), whose chief mission involves plucking cats and dogs from crowded south Florida shelters, and finding homes for them in the adoption-friendly New England area, with that process including arranging interstate transportation for these animals—recounts growing up in a family that lived with cats and dogs, sometimes other pets, and in what may constitute a pivotal part of the Quinlan, and Darbster, narrative, notes that she stopped eating meat at age 12. Read more…