When Adam Roberts was working to end the trade in big cats in the United States, he came up against a vexing problem: how do you know where you can send rescued animals where they will truly have a “good home”? Fast-forward to 2007, when Roberts and others formed the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. With […]
Since its establishment in 1997, the Fauna Foundation has fought to end chimpanzee research and provided sanctuary to ex-research chimps. Founder Gloria Grow tells us about the early years of the sanctuary, from her first meeting with some of the chimps at a lab in New York, to her last moments with her beloved Pepper […]
Admit it: you’ve dreamed about opening an animal sanctuary. What animal lover hasn’t? Seven years ago, Jenny Brown and Doug Abel opened the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary near Woodstock, New York. In her new book, The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals, Jenny recounts — in candid and often hilarious style — her journey from […]
Diana Goodrich tells us about her journey from starting out as a psychology student studying human-chimpanzee communication to her current role as Director of Outreach for Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. She introduces us to the seven residents of the sanctuary, describing the day she met them in the dark basement of a research facility in northern […]
Animal Voices is happy to welcome back Amanda Lollar, founder and president of Bat World Sanctuary, a non-profit, volunteer run organization which has also built a network of Bat Rescue and Education Centers all over the US. Founded in 1994, Bat World Sanctuary has been a permanent refuge for bats used in research, “retired” from zoos, orphaned, permanently injured or confiscated from […]
Have some land? Thinking about offering a foster home to a rescued farm animal? CockadoodleMoo co-founder and activist, Mark Robison, says go for it! We talk this week with Robison, who, along with his wife, Dianne, founded CockadoodleMoo Farm Animal Sanctuary, just north of Reno Nevada. Mark talks with us about how he went about […]
Sometimes animal advocates who become volunteers with welfare/protection organizations are faced with the stark realization that the group they have chosen to dedicate their time to is not as good as they thought. Though the intentions of certain animal protection organizations might be good, how they put those intentions into practice can be deeply problematic, […]
Please join us for this special episode of Animal Voices where we hear a lecture by Dr. Erika Sullivan on the subject of elephant protection and welfare in Thailand. Presented by Dr. Sullivan in conjunction with the Animal Alliance of Canada, we get a glimpse into the general picture of the issues that elephants face […]
Join us on this week’s Animal Voices as we speak with Save The Chimps’ Jen Feuerstein. As Shelter Director, Jen is responsible for overseeing the operations of the STC shelters in Alamogordo, New Mexico and Fort Pierce, Florida, and for the “Great Chimp Migration,” which seeks to move the chimps currently housed at Alamogordo to […]
Cockfighting is major news in the United States these days, with almost weekly reports of police raids on the illegal fighting and gambling operations. What happens after the raids, rescue and relocation? On this week’s program, we catch up with Miriam Jones from the Eastern Shore Sanctuary who tells us about the politics and practice […]
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