Andrea McHugh
 Andrea McHugh is the author of several dog care books, including Your Child's Dog: How to Help Your Kids Care for Their Pets. Andrea is a freelance journalist specializing in pets and pet care. She is pictured here with her daughter. .....more»
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| 2009-01-23:
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Parents, Your Child Really Can Help You Care For That Dog! |
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Anitra Frazier
 Anitra Frazier is the executive director of Anitra’s Natural Cat, a house call service providing holistic health care and grooming to the “furry-purrys” of New York City, as well as worldwide telephone consultations. She also heads Fluff City, New York’s feline health spa and hospice. Anitra\'s clients have included hundreds of brilliant and influential cats, some of whom have shared their lives with luminaries from the worlds of film, theater, fashion and classical music. She is the author o .....more»
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Ann Allums
Ann Allums, certified pet dog trainer for Dogtown, began work at Best Friends in 2004. Her job includes assessing the dogs for temperament and behavior and creating a training plan for each dog to help them reach their potential. Her ultimate goal is to make each dog more adoptable and help give them the best life possible while living at the sanctuary. She also educates dog caregivers in training techniques and advises people adopting dogs from Best Friends. Ann has been volunteering at hum .....more»
Best Friends' Dogtown Website
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| 2010-01-15:
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Rescued Dogs and Rescuing gardens from dogs. |
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Anna Schloff
Anna Schloff started dancing with her dog Lacey back in 1996 as the first freestyler from Michigan. She became a member of the famous Puperoni freestylers and went on to become one of the founding members of the Freestyle Fanatics that is a World Canine Freestyle Organzation Club One of the first board members for World Canine Freestyle Organization, she helped founder Patie Ventre create the now world wide titling organization for freestyle. She is a WCFO Judge, a Proficiency Judge and K9 Dr .....more»
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| 2009-10-30:
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Cats Can Be Trained - Even to do Acrobatics - Find out How! |
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Bob Hilger
Bob Hilger has been a volunteer member of the Chicago Herpetological Society for many years. He specializes in educating the public about snakes and the pros and cons of owning reptiles as pets. .....more»
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| 2009-05-22:
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Owning Reptiles - What you Need to Know |
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Bob Whalen
Bob and Evon Whalen, Vice President and President of Pet Loader, A'WEGO Enterprises, Inc, are both originally from Pittsburgh PA. They moved to Chicago in 1987. Bob is a former airline pilot for a major airlines and Evon ran a successful business as an Orthodontic Lab Manufacturer. As a usual pet family, they had 2 lovable Labradors, KC and Murphy. When KC was 2.5 years old, she tore her left knee out playing soccer with the kids. 6 months later she lost the right knee. After two surgeries, KC, .....more»
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| 2009-11-13:
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Is Natural or Raw Pet Food Really Better? |
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Dan Nathan
Dan Nathan has been a volunteer member of the Chicago Herpetological Society since the 1980's. His passion for reptiles started as a child and he has 25 years of experience with Green Iguanas. He speaks and shows his Iguanas at the Peggy Notebaert Museum in Chicago, Illinois and at the Chicago Herpetological Society's Reptilefest, which is the nations largest reptile show. He won Best Exhibit at this show in 2007 and 2008. .....more»
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| 2009-05-22:
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Owning Reptiles - What you Need to Know |
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David Mizejewski
 David Mizejewski has been fascinated with wild creatures for as long as he can remember. He spent his youth romping in suburban woods, fields and marshes, observing and learning about the surprising diversity of wildlife that inhabit those areas. As a high school student studying ecology, Mizejewski began to see firsthand the clear connection between native plant communities and wildlife populations, and his passion for wildlife-friendly gardening was born.In addition to hosting Animal Planet's .....more»
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| 2009-10-02:
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It's a Great Time to See Wildlife - Learn Where and How to Watch. |
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David Taylor
 Dr. David Taylor is a veterinarian, Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. He has worked with the full spectrum of animal life from Gorillas to Komodo Dragons, Killer Whales to Giant Pandas and, of course dogs and cats. A cat fanatic, he shares his bedroom with five magnificent Birman Cats. In 1969 he founded the International Zoo Veterinary Group which continues to consult on cases of animal sickness across the world. He is a Founding .....more»
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| 2009-03-13:
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Your Old Dog Can Learn New Tricks |
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Deanna Iris Sava
 Deanna Iris Sava, MS, OTR/L , received her Bachelor's degree in Communications in 1984 from Dominican University , River Forest , IL . In 1993, she obtained her Master's degree in Occupational Therapy from Rush University, IL
She worked on an adult inpatient physical rehabilitation unit for three years, and has worked in pediatrics in the school setting since 1996. She is certified in sensory integration, therapeutic listening, and assistive technology. She is active on several pediatric occupa .....more»
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| 2008-10-31:
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Unusual Causes and Answers for Pet Behavior Problems |
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Diana Henry
 Diana Henry, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, has specialized in the area of sensory integration and sensory processing for over 30 years. She is the president of Henry Occupational Therapy Services, Inc., studied with Lorna Jean King beginning in 1975, and then together founded what is now called the Children's Center in Arizona . Diana opened her clinic specializing in sensory integration (SI) in 1984 and developed programs for various Arizona schools. She earned the 1997 Outstanding Occupational Therapist A .....more»
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| 2008-10-31:
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Unusual Causes and Answers for Pet Behavior Problems |
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Diane Morgan
 Diane Morgan is an assistant professor of philosophy and religion at Wilson College, Chambersburg , Pennsylvania . She is also an award-winning writer who has authored numerous books on canine care and nutrition (including The Living Well Guide for Senior Dogs) as well as many breed books, horse books, and books on Eastern philosophy and religion. In her spare time, Diane is an avid gardener (and writes about that, too). She lives in Williamsport , Maryland , with her human and animal family. .....more»
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| 2009-07-31:
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Answers for Allergic Cat Lovers |
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Dr. Barbara Royal
 Dr. Barbara Royal, DVM graduated with high honors from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in 1995. Initially, Dr. Royal, like most veterinarians, was skeptical of alternative medicine, but she found conventional medicine to be inadequate to fully meet the needs of her patients.
After witnessing the effectiveness of acupuncture and herbal medicines, Dr. Royal decided to become as competent and confident with alternative medicine as she was with conventional medicine and to .....more»
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| 2008-11-14:
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Alternative Medicine for Pets? |
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Dr. Betty Dresser
 Dr. Betsy L. Dresser , a reproductive physiologist who founded the Cincinnati Zoo Center for Reproduction of Endangered Wildlife (CREW), joined Audubon Nature Institute in 1995 to lead the new Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species. She directed the design and construction of the Research Center and began hiring scientists in early 1996 with expertise in domestic animal reproduction research and development of the latest technologies in this field. Knowledge gained through research .....more»
ACRES Website
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| 2010-02-26:
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Futuristic Science That Is Saving Endangered Animals |
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Dr. Irene Pepperberg
 Irene Pepperberg, Ph.D., FAAS, FAPS, FAPA, FABS is founder and president of The Alex Foundation. She is also Research Associate, Harvard University and Adjunct Associate Professor, Brandeis University. Irene is a scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition, particularly in relation to parrots. She is well known for her comparative studies into the cognitive fundamentals of language and communication, and was one of the first to try to extend work on language learning in animals other tha .....more»
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| 2009-12-04:
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African Gray Parrots are smarter than you think! |
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Dr. Stanley Gehrt
 Dr. Stanley D. Gehrt is the author of The Cook County, Illinois, Coyote Project. He is an Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at Ohio State University and a Senior Scientist at the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation near Chicago, Illinois.
In the photo, Stan Gehrt holds a female coyote temporarily captured in the Chicago metro area, as part of his ecological study. (Photo courtesy of Stan Gehrt) .....more»
Learn More about the Cook Country Coyote Project
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| 2008-11-07:
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Wild Coyotes in the Cities. True or false: A danger to pets? |
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Frans De Waal De Waal
 Dr. Frans B. M. de Waal is a Dutch-born ethologist/biologist known for his work on the social intelligence of primates. His first book, Chimpanzee Politics (1982) compared the schmoozing and scheming of chimpanzees involved in power struggles with that of human politicians. Ever since, de Waal has drawn parallels between primate and human behavior, from peacemaking and morality to culture. His scientific work has been published in hundreds of technical articles in journals such as Science, Natur .....more»
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| 2009-04-10:
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Little Known Wild Animals: Heard about Bonobos? |
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James Rollins
 James Rollins is the author of six thrillers in the bestselling Sigma Force series (Sandstorm, Map of Bones, Black Order, The Judas Strain, The Last Oracle, and The Doomsday Key); the blockbuster movie novelization, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; and five individual adventure thrillers. Publication date for his sixth individual adventure, Altar of Eden, is December 29, 2009. Rollins is also writing the Jake Ransom series for kids and adults. The first volume, Jake Ransom and .....more»
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| 2010-01-08:
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Genetic Experimentation on Animals - The Stuff of Science Thriller Fiction or Fact? |
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Joe Camp
 Joe Camp, film writer, producer, and director, author, passionate speaker, and the man behind the canine superstar Benji, has become one of the nation's most respected and most inspirational voices for responsibility in the media. Joe believes that anything is possible if you work hard enough and have faith in yourself. He was told by industry experts not to bother with the original Benji film; that it wouldn't work. He proved the experts wrong and now he's at it again with his new best selling .....more»
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Johnny O
 With his “Clark Kent” glasses and ski cap, Johnny O’s look is best described as “coffeehouse biker.” A former personal bodyguard, he loves the martial arts, reflected in his tattoos of symbolic Chinese animals, from a fiery dragon to a contemplative crane. Like all the guys, Johnny O is a pit-bull advocate – he owns two, look-alikes named Lucy and Chuck – and he educates about their undeservedly bad rap every chance he gets. .....more»
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| 2009-10-23:
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An Animal Rescue Group Unlike Any Other - Rescue Ink |
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Karen Pryor
 Karen Pryor is a scientist with an international reputation in two fields—marine mammal biology and behavioral psychology. Through her work with dolphins in the 1960s she pioneered modern, force-free animal training methods.
Karen is the author of many scientific papers and monographs, as well as seven books. She is a founder and leading proponent of clicker training, the worldwide movement involving new ways to communicate positively with pets and other animals. The founder and CEO of .....more»
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| 2009-06-26:
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Positive, Fast, Training For Your Pet: Just a Click Away |
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Karin Winegar
 Karin Winegar was born horse crazy in Albert Lea, Minnesota and her family allowed her to have dogs, hamsters and parakeets, and she was always bringing home birds, rabbits, frogs, salamanders and snakes that she assumed needed rescuing. A former reporter at the Minneapolis Star (later the Star Tribune), she freelances for publications ranging from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal to PEOPLE, EQUUS, Practical Horseman, and others. .....more»
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| 2009-05-08:
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Rescuing Animals - Healing Goes Both Ways |
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Kathleen Borgmeyer
 Kathleen Borgmeyer and Brigitte Rhinehart are co-owners of several Greater Swiss Mountain dogs and their litters. Kathleen's kennel is Landhof Swissys and Brigette Rhineharts's kennel is Brush Creek Farm. Kathleen has been a breeder for eight years and she shows both her own and Brigitte's dogs - earning over 15 championships. She and her husband live on a farm. Both kennels are located in Missouri. .....more»
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| 2009-03-06:
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I've Gone to the Dogs - And You Can Too! |
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Ken Scarnegie
In 1989, Ken Scarnegie founded the Classic K9 Show and has been producing and announcing the show for more than 20 years. We have over 14,000 members (Dog Sport Trainers) from across the USA and Canada. This equates to more than 55,000 Classic K9 All-Stars throughout North America! Together, we produce the Classic K9 Show which is a sort of 'Olympics' for dogs. Agility, High Jumping, Relay Racing and Barrel Racing are only a few of the events that make up the show. More than 17 different do .....more»
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| 2009-10-23:
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An Animal Rescue Group Unlike Any Other - Rescue Ink |
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Kim Saunders
 Kim was an attorney with a passion for animal rescue. In 1998, she left her law practice after witnessing firsthand how Petfinder.com doubled the adoptions of the foster-based rescue group for which she volunteered. Petfinder.com is the first, largest and most successful homeless pet network on the Internet, offering shelters and placement groups a free website and the ability to advertise their adoptable pets in a searchable database. As director of shelter outreach and public relations at Petf .....more»
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| 2009-10-16:
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How to Care For and Train Your Adopted Shelter or Rescue Dog |
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Kim Levin
 Kim Levin started her photography career as a pet portrait artist. In 1996 she created "Bark & Smile Pet Portraits" - a full service photography business committed to capturing the essence and unique personality of each animal photographed. Kim Levin has published fifteen books, including the best-selling "Why We Love Dogs" and "Cattitude." Her other pet portrait books, include "Pawfiles", "Caternal Instincts", "Dogma" and "Working Dogs." Her books have been published in eight different language .....more»
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| 2009-11-20:
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Taking Great Photos of Your Dog |
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Kymythy Schultze
 After recovering from a crippling illness through improved nutrition, Kymythy R. Schultze began an intense study in species-appropriate nutrition and holistic modalities. Now, almost two decades later, as a Clinical Nutritionist and Animal Health Instructor, she's considered a trail- blazer in the field of human, dog and cat nutrition, and her recommendations are endorsed by health professionals worldwide.
Kymythy is the author of Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats: The Ultimate Diet, .....more»
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| 2009-02-06:
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The Need-to-Know Facts About Your Cat's Pet Food |
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Lee Hansen
 Lee Hansen is the Facility Manager at Emily Oaks Nature Center in Skokie Illinois, where she has overseen the programming and operations of this 13-acre natural oasis for over 20 years. As a student in the Fisheries and Wildlife Biology program at Iowa State University, she earned the nickname, Ranger Lee. While she took every "-ology class" imaginable - entomology, ichthyology, ornithology and mammalogy, among others - her true passion lies in sharing the wonders of the natural world with peopl .....more»
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| 2008-12-05:
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Wild Animals in our Backyards |
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Lee Harrison
Lee Harrison is the director of "Illinois Vest-a-Dog" a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the lives of K-9 police dogs through the purchase and donation of bullet and stab resistant vests. Lee and Xavier are retired Postal inspectors. After over 30 years of service and observing many police dogs who responded to suspicious parcels for drugs or suspected mail bombs, they decided to go into the business of obtaining protective vests for police dogs. After 6 years and 359 vests, the n .....more»
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| 2009-11-13:
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Is Natural or Raw Pet Food Really Better? |
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Linda Anderson
 Linda Anderson is an internationally recognized bestselling author with her husband Allen Anderson. The Andersons have written a series of eleven popular pet books and are inspirational speakers about the benefits and complexities of human-animal companionship. Linda uses her professional experiences as a small business owner, educator, consultant, and media specialist to inspire readers and audiences with stories and information about the needs, interests, and priorities of millions of people w .....more»
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| 2009-07-10:
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Mission Accomplished: Thanks to the Dog! |
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Lisa Proshaka
 Lisa Proshaka grew up in a household that was always filled with animals big and small. When she was younger she wanted to be a vet. Lisa always had animals around her and used to foster some for a local shelter. When her own 2 cats passed from cancer, she started to research more and more into the pet food industry. Discovering how unhealthy dog and cat food can be, she researched the ingredients and learned what the differences between them were. When she and her husband brought Bentley, .....more»
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| 2009-11-13:
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Is Natural or Raw Pet Food Really Better? |
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Mark Bekoff
 Marc Bekoff is Professor of Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, and recipient of their Exemplar Award for outstanding contributions to the field of animal behavior. He is co-founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: Citizens for Responsible Animal Behavior Studies. Marc is on the Board of Directors of The Fauna Sanctuary, The Cougar Fund, the Skyline Sanctuary and Education Center, and the Prairie Preservat .....more»
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| 2010-02-19:
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Time to Change How We View and Treat Animals |
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Marta Williams
 Marta Williams is a biologist and animal communicator. She is the author of several books on animal communication. She received a BA from the University of California at Berkeley in Resource Conservation and an MS from San Francisco State University in Biology. Marta worked for many years as a wildlife biologist and an environmental scientist before she began practicing as a professional animal communicator in 1991. Marta has written articles for the Whole Horse Journal, Natural Horse Magazine, .....more»
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| 2009-01-30:
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Communicating with Your Animals: What Do You Believe? |
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Milt Wilcox
 Milton Edward Wilcox was a pitcher who had a sixteen year career from 1970–1975, 1977–1986. He played for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs both of the National League and the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners all of the American League. He won a World Series title with the Tigers in 1984. With Detroit, he was a reliable and effective third starter in the rotation for years, consistently giving his team six and more innings each start. This kept the Tigers well into each .....more»
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| 2009-11-06:
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How to Ensure Animals Have A Good Mental Life |
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Molly Brandenburg
 Writer/illustrator/animal lover Molly Brandenburg has had her work published in the alternative press as well as national publications and major corporate media. Also a comedy performer, Ms. Brandenburg is known to cabaret audiences for her acclaimed one-woman show, The Peggy Judy Comeback Tour. Everyday Cat Excuses was inspired by her weight-challenged tuxedo cat, Frankie, and by the memory of two other unforgettable black and white felines, Boots and Seymour. Ms. Brandenburg ( .....more»
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Nona Kilgore Bauer
 A 15-time Dog Writers Association of America nominee and frequent winner, Nona Kilgore Bauer has authored nearly two dozen books on canine subjects. She was the recipient of the Vern Bower Humanitarian Award from theGolden Retriever Club of America. A breeder and trainer of Golden Retrievers for the past 30 years, Nona has excelled with her dogs in field work, including hunt tests and field trials. She completed her first Filed Champion/Amateur Field Champion with her Labrador Retriever Schat .....more»
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| 2009-09-11:
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9/11 - Now, for the Stories of the Dog Heroes! |
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Patricia McConnell
 Patricia McConnell, Ph.D., a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, has made a lifelong commitment to improving the relationship between people and animals. Patricia is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She is the author of the much-acclaimed books The Other End of the Leash (published in 10 languages) and For the Love of A Dog: Understanding Emotions in You and Your Best Friend. Her self-published book and booklets o .....more»
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| 2009-02-13:
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Getting Along Better with Your Dog - It's Easy! Just Behave More Like a Canine Than a Human! |
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Paul Owens
 Dog Training Expert Paul Owens is a long-standing member of the APDT-Association of Pet Dog trainers, and is endorsed by The National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors. Paul has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including PBS's Pets: Part of the Family and the nationally syndicated Pet Files. His dog training articles and interviews have appeared in regional and national magazines and newspapers, including Life Mgazine, Animal Wellness Magazine, The Pet Press, The Clevel .....more»
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| 2009-12-11:
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Non-violent Dog Training with the "Original" Dog Whisperer |
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Paul Lisnek
 Dr. Paul M. Lisnek is nationally recognized for his work as a keynote speaker, communications and negotiation trainer, jury/trial consultant, television anchor and commentator and as an author. He anchors "Newsmakers" on CNN Headline News Channel and "Political Update with Paul Lisnek," and is the theatre correspondent for "Prime Time Chicago," all on CN100, the Comcast Network where he interviews leading political, social and entertainment figures. He is also the political analyst for WGN-TV, s .....more»
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| 2009-12-18:
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Performers, Pets and Politics: Attending the 2009 Great American Pet Expo in Chicago |
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Richard Rosen
 R.D. Rosen is the author of three nonfiction books, including Psychobabble, an examination of cult psychotherapies that was inspired by the term he invented in 1975, and the recent (2007) A Buffalo in the House: The True Story of a Man, an Animal, and the American West, whose main character, a bison named Charlie, was called by Publishers Weekly “one of the most memorable characters in recent nature writing.”
He is also the author of five mystery novels, one of which, Strike Three You’re Dead, .....more»
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| 2009-09-04:
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How a Baby Buffalo Taught One Family About America and Their Hearts |
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Richard Pitcairn
 I graduated from veterinary school in 1965, from the University of California at Davis, California. My idea was to be a practitioner and that is what I did for the first few years. Starting in a mixed practice (small animals, farm animals, horses, circus animals) I saw a wide variety of health problems and also learned much more about the conditions of veterinary practice. I did not see the results that I expected to have using the treatments learned in veterinary school and this, to me, was a d .....more»
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| 2010-02-05:
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Natural Health Care for Your Dog and Cat |
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Rochelle Michalek
 When \"Charity Navigator\" ranked PAWS Chicago as one of the Top 10 charities in the nation this past December, it was no surprise to PAWS supporters who know the organization is managed more like a business than a not-for-profit. The woman behind the budgets and operations, Rochelle Michalek is so stranger to business.
After a 20-year tenure in the corporate world, 17 of them with Motorola, Michalek joined the PAWS team in early 2004 and has managed PAWS programs during the organization\'s inte .....more»
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| 2008-11-21:
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Do You Know About The Revolution In Animal Shelters? |
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Ruth Padel
 Ruth Padel is a prizewinning British poet, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Zoological Society of London and currently Resident Poet at Christ's College Cambridge. Her most recent poetry collection, Darwin - A Life in Poems, is a biography in poems of her great-great-grandfather Charles Darwin. She also writes a wide range of non-fiction. .....more»
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| 2009-07-24:
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In Search of the Last Wild Tigers |
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Samantha Martin
 Samantha Martin has been training animals for decades, beginning with her family dogs as a child and growing into a full time career and company located in Chicago. As owner and trainer for Amazing Animals by Samantha, Ms. Martin provides animals for award winning documentaries, short films and commercials. She has worked with a wide variety of animals ranging from wrangling a tarantula for a Megadeth music video to training chickens to perform natural behaviors on cue for The Natural History of .....more»
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| 2009-10-30:
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Cats Can Be Trained - Even to do Acrobatics - Find out How! |
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Sandy Woltman
 Sandy Woltman is the Wildlife Specialist at Willowbrook Wildlife Center, part of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. Willowbrook Wildlife Center is a rehabilitation facility that provides care and medical treatment for injured and orphaned animals that are native to northeastern Illinois. Willowbrook has over 100 non-releasable animals on display that are native to northern Illinois. The Center also accepts for treatment almost 8,000 animals a year that are injured, orphaned, or disea .....more»
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Sheri Randle
 Sheri Randle is the current president of the Feral Cat Coalition. She started volunteering for the organization in 2000 helping prep cats for surgery and has served on their board. She is a massage therapist having graduated as a Holistic Health Practitioner and is pursuing her small animal massage therapy license. She resides in San Diego with her husband and 7 felines, 3 of which are feral. .....more»
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Stanley Coren
 Though best known to the public for his series of best-selling books on dogs, Stanley Coren is also well respected scientist and Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania and completed his doctorate Psychology at Stanford. In the scientific area he has has published many research related books, a widely used textbook on sensation and perception, and over 300 research reports in professional journals. Coren has w .....more»
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Stephanie Touzalin
 Stephanie Touzalin is a staff assistant at the Willowbrook Wildlife Center. Primarily, this involves public service by admitting wildlife for treatment to the center, answering phone calls to provide wildlife information and assistance, and interacting with visitors to the center. Stephanie graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana in 2004 and received a Bachelors of Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Science with a focus on Fish and Wildlife Conservation. She esp .....more»
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| 2009-04-17:
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Time for New Spring Wildlife Babies |
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Steve Ross
 Steve Ross received his B.S. in zoology from the University of Guelph in his native Canada in 1993 and completed a master's from the University of Chicago in 2003. He has researched and published on a number of topics across of variety of taxa, including domestic pigs, free-ranging monkeys, wild dogs, lemurs, polar bears and small-clawed otters.
Ross joined Lincoln Park Zoo in 2000 as a research specialist and coordinated
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Steve Dale
 Steve Dale, pet expert and certified dog and cat behavior consultant, reaches more pet owners than any other pet journalist in America.
Steve writes a twice-weekly syndicated newspaper column (Tribune Media Services); he’s a contributing editor at USA Weekend and host of two nationally syndicated radio shows, Steve Dale’s Pet World and The Pet Minute, and Steve Dale’s Pet World at WLS Radio, Chicago. Steve’s a regular speaker at veterinary and animal welfare conferences, and has hosted many nati .....more»
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| 2009-12-18:
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Performers, Pets and Politics: Attending the 2009 Great American Pet Expo in Chicago |
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Susan McCarthy
 Susan McCarthy is the co-author of WhenElephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals and author of Becoming a Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the Wild. A science writer and a humor writer, she especially loves true stories that illuminate animal behavior, and give us hints of what goes on in their hearts and minds. .....more»
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Susie Gilbert
 She began volunteering at a raptor rehabilitation center in 1990 and in 2001 opened her home based bird rehabiliation organization, Flyaway, Inc. Suzie Gilbert lives in the Hudson Valley of New York with her husband and two children and is also the author of the children's book "Hawk Hill.” .....more»
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| 2009-03-27:
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One Wing at a Time - Caring for Wild Birds |
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Temple Grandin
 Temple Grandin is author of Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life For Animals. Dr. Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities and a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. She obtained her B.A. at Frankin Pierce College and her M.S. in Animal Science at Arizona State University. Dr. Grandin received her Ph.D in Animal Science from the University of Illinois in 1989. Today she teaches courses on livestock behavior and facility design at Colorado State Univers .....more»
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How to Ensure Animals Have A Good Mental Life |
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Thom Somes
 Thom Somes, “The Pet Safety Guy”, is the author of Knowing your Pet’s Health: A Guide for Optimal Wellness from Snout-to-Tail. .....more»
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Tom Cox
 Tom Cox is the author of five books - Nice Jumper, Educating Peter, The Lost Tribes Of Pop, Bring Me The Head Of Sergio Garcia and Under The Paw: Confessions Of A Cat Man. He is arguably the UK’s most inappropriate golf professional. His writing has appeared in The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, The Mail On Sunday, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Observer, Esquire, and many other publications. Tom lives in Norfolk with his wife and six duplicitous cats. .....more»
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Tom Barthel
 Tom Barthel was born and raised in Greenville, MI, where he first began studying his craft in the 3rd grade. A short story about the passing of the Midwestern seasons won him his first accolade as an “Outstanding Young Author” for the state of Michigan. It would be the beginning of a life-long obsession with the written word.
After working as a writer, editor, and photographer for his high school newspaper, Tom went on to earn a degree in Journalism from Eastern Michigan University, having con .....more»
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Rescued Dogs and Rescuing gardens from dogs. |
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Valerie Miller
 Valerie Miller is the Public Relations Director for the Feral Cat Coaltion in San Diego, CA. She first became aware of the organization when she herself found abandoned kittens living near her home. Since then she has trapped, socialized and found homes for hundreds of feral cats. As PR director she attends community events to educate the public and works the PR booth at the spay/neuter surgery clinics. She has written about trapping feral cats for the "San Diego Pet Magazine and her photographs .....more»
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