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Animals Today April 14, 2013. Dr. Leslie Irvine and Steve Hindi

on April 15, 2013 in 2013 show archive, Africa, Companion animals, Dogs, General Information, Wild animals

This show featured two wonderful guests. First, Peter welcomed Dr. Leslie Irvine, who teaches Sociology at University of Colorado, Boulder. She authored a fascinating book titled, My Dog Always Eats First – Homeless People and their Dogs. She gave of numerous first-hand accounts form her research into the lives of homeless and their animals. Highly [...]

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Animals Today March 3, 2013 – Brenda Peterson and Bobbi Brink

on March 9, 2013 in Animal Sanctuary, General Information, whales, Wild animals

This show featured two remarkable guests. First, novelist, investigative reporter and advocate for sea mammals, Brenda Peterson joined Lori. The use of extremely loud sonar by the US Navy not only disrupts the communication (and thus the behavior) of whales and dolphins, but can kill them. Clear evidence is accumulating that the exercises and tests [...]

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Animals Today August 5 2012: David Casselman and the Lawsuit against the LA Zoo

on August 6, 2012 in General Information, Law, Legal, Sanctuary, Wild animals, Zoo

Listen to the show here. Also make sure to visit Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary – this is also covered in the show and is yet another incredible project led by Mr. Casselman. And here is David’s profile from his law firm website.

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Animals Today March 4, 2012 – On Location at Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary

on March 8, 2012 in Animal behavior/ ethology, Animal Sanctuary, General Information, Primates, Wild animals

On this week’s show, Peter ventured down to the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary in Texas to meet with Director Tim Ajax (and more than 500 monkeys). They discussed the history of the sanctuary, why it is needed, and how they are preparing to receive more than one hundred new residents. The sanctuary is closed [...]

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Animals Today – December 18, 2011 – O’Regan and Hunter

on December 19, 2011 in Books, General Information, Wild animals

This week, Peter interviewed Fred O’Regan, President and CEO of International Fund for Animal Welfare, IFAW. Fred is a great leader and spokesperson for this large organization and they discussed elephants, seal hunting and the EU ban on seal products, whale hunting, and marine mammal strandings.   Then, Dr. Luke Hunter joined Peter to discuss [...]

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Animals Today – Oct 23, 2011 Hoffman And Roberts

on October 24, 2011 in Animal Sanctuary, Religion, Wild animals

On this show we spoke with Frank Hoffman, from the Frank T and Mary L Hoffman Foundation. The Foundation hosts a very large series of websites concerning religion, animal rights and veganism. Frank is a former Jewish-United Methodist Pastor, who contends that traditional churches and temples do not take issues of animal welfare seriously. We [...]

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