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Animals Today November 6, 2011 – Galapagos Update

on November 13, 2011 in Cats, Dogs, Environment, General Information

On this week’s show we featured interviews with two fascinating guests representing different groups in the Galapagos Islands. We met up with them at the 2011 FARM animal rights conference. First, we spoke with Tod Emko, who is President of Darwin Animal Doctors. They bring qualified vets to the Galapagos to help all of the [...]

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Animals Today – September 25, 2011 Knaan and Balcombe

on September 25, 2011 in Animal behavior/ ethology, General Information, Law

On today’s show, Peter was first joined by Debbie Knaan, who serves as Deputy DA, Los Angeles County as Animal Cruelty Case Coordinator.  We discussed the successes and challenges in prosecuting cases of animal abuse and neglect, as well as community efforts to decrease animal abuse. Then, Jonathan Balcombe joined us in support of his [...]

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Animals Today, September 18, 2011 – Dodman and Davidson

on September 18, 2011 in Amphibians, Animal behavior/ ethology, Dogs, General Information

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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