St. Petersburg’s oldest no-kill animal shelter | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:13:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 St. Petersburg’s oldest no-kill animal shelter | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Max Chesnes, environment reporter for the Tampa Bay Times https://talkinganimals.net/2026/01/max-chesnes-environment-reporter-for-the-tampa-bay-times/ https://talkinganimals.net/2026/01/max-chesnes-environment-reporter-for-the-tampa-bay-times/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:11:42 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=12252 Max Chesnes–the award-winning environment reporter for the Tampa Bay Times—a lifelong Floridian, recalls growing up in Jupiter, where he developed an almost religious fervor for nature, spending endless days in (and on) the water, hiking across the terrific parks, and otherwise unwittingly building the foundation of becoming a masterly environment-minded writer. Indeed, in this conversation—I’m […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2026/01/max-chesnes-environment-reporter-for-the-tampa-bay-times/feed/ 0 12252 Katrina Shadix, founder of Bear Warriors United, advocate extraordinaire https://talkinganimals.net/2025/05/katrina-shadix-founder-of-bear-warriors-united-advocate-extraordinaire/ https://talkinganimals.net/2025/05/katrina-shadix-founder-of-bear-warriors-united-advocate-extraordinaire/#respond Wed, 14 May 2025 14:20:09 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=11795 Katrina Shadix–founder and executive director of Bear Warriors United (BWU), whose stated mission is to preserve and protect bears, and all of Florida’s natural resources and wildlife—recalls, as a second generation Floridian, the formative joys of growing up in rural Seminole County.Shadix explains how that experience forged a profound connection with Florida wildlife—very much including […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2025/05/katrina-shadix-founder-of-bear-warriors-united-advocate-extraordinaire/feed/ 0 11795 Dara Eckart, CEO of Friends of Strays https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/dara-eckart-ceo-of-friends-of-strays/ https://talkinganimals.net/2024/06/dara-eckart-ceo-of-friends-of-strays/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 04:00:12 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=11316 Dara Eckart–CEO of Friends of Strays, St. Petersburg’s oldest no-kill animal shelter, currently undergoing a significant transformation, including opening a cats-only adoption center, The Cat Box on July 1—outlines the shelter’s history, citing key milestones of the early years. Eckart explains that Friends of Strays began in 1978, when co-founder Jean Bomonti, who’d been volunteering […]

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