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Animals Today, September 18, 2011 – Dodman and Davidson

On this week’s show, we were first joined by Dr. Nicholas Dodman.  Nick is Professor, Section Head and Program Director of the Animal Behavior Department of Clinical Sciences at the Tufts Cummings school of Veterinary Medicine, book author, media personality and lecturer. He and his colleagues have made some groundbreaking discoveries into canine compulsive disorders, [...]

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Animals Today – September 11, 2011 Roberts and Crosby

On today’s show, Lori spoke to Adam Roberts with the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.  They discussed what constitutes an animal sanctuary and the benefits of accreditation. Adam was a great guest who is a true advocate for animals. Then Charlie Crosby from Noah’s Wish came on, and discussed how they respond during emergencies and [...]

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Animals Today August 28, 2011 Pet Pigs and Presidents’ Dogs

This week’s show began with a mini-rant about the missed opportunity by the Obamas to adopt a dog from a shelter. What an impact that could have had! Instead, Bo came from a breeder via the Kennedys. We are on that topic because the second guest in the hour was Presidential Dog expert, Kate Kelly. [...]

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Animals Today show of August 21 2011

On today’s show, we had a woman who refers to herself as the Penguin Lady, and a man who calls himself the Snake Man. First, we spoke with Dyan DeNapoli for 2 segments, about her book, The Great Penguin Rescue. It is a first hand account of the largest rescue of wild animals ever, which [...]

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Animals Today – August 14, 2011

Two great authors came on the show today.  First, author Dale Peterson covered a wide range of topics while talking about his book, The Moral Lives of Animals. It is a serious book, yet a real pleasure to savor, with numerous interesting stories and facts throughout. We are looking forward to reviewing his next work [...]

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Animals Today – Show of August 7 2011

This week’s show featured three wonderful guests. First, Reannon Branchesi appeared to tell us about Farm Sanctuary’s Walk for Farm Animals. Anyone can join in, and she will tell us how. Here is the link to information about the walks. We think everyone should visit a farmed animal sanctuary at least once! Then, Dr. Rebecca Johnson [...]

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Animals Today show of July 17, 2011

We had two great guests on today’s show. First, we meet whale advocate and former tennis pro Michael Fishbach. He is now with the Great Whale Conservancy, and we recently learned about his work when we viewed his amazing video here. Then, author Dean Koontz joins us to talk about A Big Little Life – [...]

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Animals Today Show of July 3, 2011

On today’s show, we feature the documentary film, Buck. Both its star, Buck Brannaman and the creator and director, Cindy Meehl, provide their perspectives on the making of  and the reaction to this Sundance award winning film. Plus we talk about horses and people. Here is the film’s site. This duo rarely does interview together [...]

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Animals Today Show of June 26 2011

On today’s show, Priscilla Feral joins us to speak about the wildlife sanctuary, Primarily Primates, where she is President of their Board of Directors. Here is the video describing Eagle Scout Joshua and Oliver, the blind chimp he helped. I was hoping to discuss this more but I am sure you will like this video. Bottom [...]

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America’s Family Pet Expo, Orange County, CA

Peter and I recently ventured to cover the 2011 America’s Family Pet Expo, in Costa Mesa California. We went partly out of curiosity, wanting to see what of interest to animal rights oriented people would be there. Of course, we also have pets so we are somewhat interested in the pet scene, though pets are [...]

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