“Talking Animals” marks its 10th anniversary in mid-June—I launched the program at KUCI in Irvine, CA on June 13 2003—and to celebrate, we’re having a party of sorts on the June 19th show, a live broadcast of animal songs performed by notable musicians from the Tampa music scene.
This all happens on June 19th, between 9 and 10am . There’s your early-bird special! Read more…
Richard Martin—Co-Director of Lutheran Church Charities’ K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry, which in recent months, has deployed comfort dogs to Moore, OK after the tornado, to Boston after the bombing, and to Newtown, CT, after the Sandy Hook shooting—discusses the history of the Ministry since it was launched in 2008, and how it’s evolved into upwards of 60 dogs across eight states. Read more…
Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers–co-authors of “Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human And Animal Health,” a New York Times bestseller recently issued in paperback—discuss the genesis of the “zoobiquity” philosophy and the term itself. Read more…
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, then getting hired as a staffer, ultimately ascending to Deputy Chief Animal Services. Read more…
Paul Shapiro—Vice President, Farm Animal Protection, at The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)—recounts his formative years as an animal lover and advocate, including launching Compassion Over Killing and how that organization’s undercover video investigations in the pre-Internet age served as an important precursor to the more sophisticated ones later undertaken by HSUS, Mercy For Animals, PETA and others. Read more…
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