All posts tagged Stride For Strays

Kimberly Carroll, Toronto-based animal activist, leader, and consultant

By | July 13, 2022 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Educators, Factory Farming, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Vegetarian/Vegan, Veterinarians | No comments

Kimberly Carroll— a veteran Toronto-based animal activist, leader, and consultant—recalls growing up in Manitoba, a sensitive child with a precocious connection to animals, yet like her family members and most fellow Manitobans, she was also an enthusiastic meat eater. Read more…

Wayne Lynch, author & photographer of “Bears of the North: A Year Inside Their Worlds”

By | October 13, 2021 | Authors, Educators, General, Mammals | No comments

Wayne Lynch—science writer, photographer, and author of numerous books, most recently, “Bears of the North: A Year Inside Their Worlds,” a deep and thorough exploration of the four northern bears: American black bear, polar bear, brown bear, and Asiatic black bear—offers his perspective on what it is about bears that so many people find so enchanting. Read more…

Kathy Finelli, director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue

By | October 18, 2017 | Advocates, General, Mammals | No comments

Kathy Finelli—the director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue, a nonprofit founded by two university of Florida students nearly 20 years ago—recalls her first rabbit: someone’s pet bunny that somehow ended up in her backyard; she contacted Gainesville Rabbit Rescue (whose mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and adopt out rabbit, as well as to educate current and potential rabbit owners), and she ended up fostering him for three months, naming her temporary roomie Mr. Bunny. Read more…

Frank Hamilton & Ken Donofrio, of Animal Coalition of Tampa (ACT)

By | October 15, 2014 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Frank Hamilton and Ken Donofrio—co-founder and president of Animal Coalition of Tampa (ACT) and ACT’s marketing and events coordinator, respectively–discuss ACT’s history and evolution, the multiple challenges posed by its building being set on fire by an arsonist, as well as various aspects of its then-forthcoming major fundraiser, Stride For Strays. Read more…