by Duncan | Aug 2, 2023 | General
Kim Caswell–president of the Skyway Cats Inc., a nonprofit operated by a cadre of volunteers who feed and care for a feral cat colony in a distinctive location, the South Skyway Fishing Pier, in Tampa Bay—notes that, as a longtime cat lover, the first time she...
by Duncan | Apr 14, 2021 | Advocates, Authors, Cats, Educators, Health & Behavior, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter, Vegetarian/Vegan
Peter J. Wolf—who works for Best Friends Animal Society as cat initiatives analyst, which involves helping the organization shape its community cat policies, and has overseen some of its national cat programs—starts the conversation by answering the almost-inevitable...
by Duncan | Dec 4, 2019 | Advocates, Cats, Educators, General, Pets, Spay/Neuter
Sterling Davis—also known as “Trap King,” reflecting his prowess with the humane traps used in the commission of Trap Neuter Return (TNR) of community cats, previously called feral cats—recounts his unlikely path into cat rescue and TNR, and the budding career he...
by Duncan | Mar 12, 2014 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Spay/Neuter
Francis Battista—a co-founder of Best Friends Animal Society, who helped form a coalition of 70 L.A. organizations in 2012, working with Los Angeles Animal Services, launching NKLA, or No-Kill Los Angeles—discusses the history of the city’s shelter landscape. He...
by Duncan | May 15, 2013 | Adoption, Cats, Dogs, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
Ian Hallett—Director of Hillsborough County Animal Services—discusses his formative years in Riverview, the sort of animals he grew up with and around, including becoming a staff vet tech at 16. He explains how his educational path took him to Austin, where he...
