witnessing their transformation | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:56:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 witnessing their transformation | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Tanya Smith, founder & president of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge https://talkinganimals.net/2025/06/tanya-smith-founder-president-of-turpentine-creek-wildlife-refuge/ https://talkinganimals.net/2025/06/tanya-smith-founder-president-of-turpentine-creek-wildlife-refuge/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:06:18 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=11831 Tanya Smith–Founder and President of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, a 459-acre sanctuary in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, chiefly housing abused, abandoned, and neglected big cats—recalls a precocious first foray into big cat rescue…at age 11. She explains that this was the outgrowth of her parents—inveterate animal lovers—intervening in an odd, colorful situation where a lion cub […]

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