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Jo-Anne McArthur, photojournalist with new book, “Captive”

Duncan — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 04:00:36 +0000

Jo-Anne McArthur—the acclaimed photojournalist who specializes in documenting animals and their stories—explains how her work, compared with that of most other photographers with similar specialties, is informed by more than just a love for animals, but a profound concern for them. As part of this distinction, McArthur discusses how, just as she sees animals differently, […]

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Thomas French, Journalist-Author

Duncan — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:14:03 +0000

Thomas French–a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, formerly with The St. Petersburg Times, and the author, most recently, of “Zoo Story: Life In The Garden Of Captives”–discusses when and how, in the course of writing articles about Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo for the newspaper, he decided he had the makings of a book. He recounts […]

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Alan Rabinowitz, Zoologist-Conservationist-Author

Duncan — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:22:01 +0000

Alan Rabinowitz–the world-renowned zoologist, conservationist and field biologist, whose latest book, “Life In The Valley Of Death: The Fight To Save Tigers In A Land Of Guns, Gold And Greed” will be issued in paperback Sept. 7– discusses his dim view of zoos (lifelong, even as The Bronx Zoo played a pivotal, somewhat soothing role […]

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Carol Buckley–Co-founder and executive director of The Elephant Sanctuary

libby — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:00:09 +0000

Co-founder and executive director of The Elephant Sanctuary, Carol Buckley discusses her nearly 30 years with Tarra (the Asian elephant she started working with as a college student) and how those experiences & stages of development with Tarra–while traveling extensively, working in circuses, zoos & elsewhere, etc.–led to realizing that Tarra & others like her […]

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