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Kim Caswell, president of Skyway Cats, Inc.

Duncan — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 04:00:41 +0000

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 saw a colony, she recognized a problem that needed […]

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Peter J. Wolf, Best Friends Animal Society’s cat initiatives analyst

Duncan — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:22 +0000

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 question: How did he move from holding an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, and a master’s degree […]

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Sterling Davis–“Trap King”–Pioneering Expert on TNR and Community Cats

Duncan — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 05:00:41 +0000

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 turned his back on to travel this path. Living in Atlanta then and […]

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Francis Battista, Best Friends Co-Founder And NKLA Leader

Duncan — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 04:00:00 +0000

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 describes how Brenda Barnette’s arrival in 2010 as general manager of L.A. Department of Animal Services […]

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Ian Hallett, Director of Hillsborough County Animal Services

Duncan — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:44 +0000

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 began volunteering at the animal shelter there, taking on various volunteer roles, […]

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Becky Robinson, co-founder of Alley Cat Allies

Duncan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:38:03 +0000

Becky Robinson—co-founder and president of Alley Cat Allies, which bills itself the only national advocacy organization dedicated to the protection and human treatment of cats—recounts the incident and surrounding circumstances that led in 1990 to the launching of Alley Cat Allies. She also discusses the history, evolution and effectiveness of Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). Robinsons responds to […]

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Cathy Unruh, Author Of “Taming Me: Memoir Of A Clever Island Cat”

Duncan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:00:01 +0000

Cathy Unruh–author of “Taming Me: Memoir Of A Clever Island Cat,” longtime animal advocate and former TV journalist in Tampa (who still hosts programs on the Central Florida PBS affiliate)–discusses the factors that led to writing “Taming Me,” her first book. As part of this, Unruh addresses the decision to write the story in the […]

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Donald Tardy & Heather Wienker, the Metal Meowlisha

Duncan — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:00:25 +0000

Donald Tardy–drummer of pioneering death metal band Obituary, and a longtime, devoted rescuer and caretaker of feral cats in the Tampa area and his girlfriend, Heather Wienker, who together head up the Metal Meowlisha discuss how they began rescuing feral cats. They also explain how, after helping their first stray and deciding […]

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