Talking Animals

Greg Murray—an animal photographer and rescue/pit bull advocate director, whose new book is “Pit Bull Heroes: 49 Underdogs with Resilience and Heart”—recalls his earliest experiences with dogs, growing up as a tyke with one named Muffet. Murray explains that his affection and passion for pit bull-type dogs truly began when he and his wife adopted a pit mix named Leo. They subsequently adopted a second pit mix, Kensie. He discusses the way pit bulls are often maligned, how they can become a highly-charged, polarizing topic, and the way pit bull opponents often express criticisms of the dogs propelled by myths and misconceptions. Given that backdrop, I raise the possibility that he had to expect that “Pit Bull Heroes” would generate some backlash or outright attacks, and Murray responds that indeed he does have that expectation, including having to hire a policeman to be present at a forthcoming book event. This discussion of the perceptions of pit bull-type dogs, and the riled-up contingent, dovetails with a conversation about breed specific legislation (BSL)/breed discriminatory legislation (BDL), laws that ban or restrict certain types of dogs based simply on their appearance—which most often applies to pit bull-type dogs. We touch on Charlie, one of the dogs highlighted in Murray’s new book, whose saga helped ignite the effort to fight, and ultimately, repeal BSL ban on pit bulls in Lakewood, Ohio. We also discuss Apollo, an abandoned, about-to-be-euthanized pittie who became a hotshot drug-sniffing dog for a Washington police department. Randomly talking about canines included in the book, we also talk about Chango, aka Instagram sensation “Chango The Handsome Pittie,” something of a dandy who wears stylish clothes and shades. We mention a deal that Murray’s publisher is offering until the book’s publishing date, Sept 3: For each instance of someone pre-ordering the book, the publisher, Gibbs Smith Publishing, will donate $1 to pit bull-oriented rescues or other organization mentioned in the book—the organizations will be selected at random, and the donated money will be shared. (http://www.gmurrayphoto.com, https://www.facebook.com/gmurrayphoto, https://www.instagram.com/thegregmurray/, https://www.instagram.com/changothehandsomepittie/?hl=en)

ALSO: I spoke with Brian Brown, director of the Official Animal Rights March—Tampa Bay, slated to happen on Aug. 17, part of a collective of like-minded marches taking place across the world on that day. Brown outlines the history of the March, launched by Surge in the U.K., noting that in 2018 there were 28,000 attendees in 25 cities. This year, the March has expanded to 38 cities, Brown explains. He also explains how the Tampa Bay March will work, actually taking place in St. Petersburg, meeting at 10 a.m. in North Straub Park, and marching in a loop around the bayside area. He also points out that folks interested in joining the March can just turn up at North Straub Park that morning, and either fashion your own signs and placards, or March organizers can provide you with those. Those and other details are presented on the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/319120038730899/

COMEDY CORNER: Bill Burr’s “Pit Bull”  (https://billburr.com)

MUSIC: Rebekah Pulley’s “Talking Animals Theme,” instrumentals

NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE:  Peter Gabriel’s “Schock den Affen (Shock the Monkey)”

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Amy Shever— founder and executive director of 2nd Chance 4 Pets, which encourages (and helps) pet owners to make plans for their animals’ ongoing care, recognizing that if something happens, in the absence of such plans, those pets can end up in a shelter (or worse)—recounts how her passion for volunteering at animal shelters began. This was decades ago, she explains, when shelters operated quite differently, and the one she volunteered at was high-kill, which meant, among other things that when animals arrived there—as a result of their owners’ death or incapacitation, sans any instructions for their care—they’d typically be euthanized. Shever traces those grim shelter experiences and the cataclysmic losses experienced in 9/11–how 800 of those who died were said to be pet owners–as the central catalyst for forming 2ndChance 4 Pets in 2003. She discusses the ways that the organization seeks to raise awareness about the importance of pet owners articulating their wishes for long-term care of their animals, and provides literature, including estate planning forms to help these owners do so. Shever and her 2ndChance 4 Pets colleagues—everyone is a volunteer—also offer information and guidance in other forms, including presenting workshops at veterinarian symposiums and animal welfare conferences. They also deliver webinars, including one slated for Aug. 28 at 12pm ET, “Lifetime Care for Pets: Planning for the Possibility that Pets Might Outlive Their Human Companions,’ part of Best Friends Animal Society’s webinar program. In outlining these 2ndChance 4 Pets offerings, Shever notes that the more detailed, written instructions that pet owners can supply for the care of their animals, the better—while also noting that anywritten directive is better than none, and helps increase the odds that those pets will be well looked after, as opposed to inevitably meeting a dark fate. The website offers a wealth of information, including literature and forms that can be downloaded. Shever adds that anyone who can’t find the resources they’re seeking on the website or otherwise has questions, can email [email protected]   (https://www.2ndchance4pets.org, https://www.facebook.com/2ndChance4Pets/)

 

ALSO: I spoke with Susan Hartzler, campaign manager for Seven The Dog, who’s running for President of the United States. A member of The Puppy Party, Seven’s platform includes his strong belief that every dog should have a home and every dog should have a bone. We discuss with Hartzler a piece in The Los Angeles Times that served as a round-up of the numerous folks—mostly long shots, I think it’s fair to say—who have filed papers to run for President, very much including Seven and his quixotic candidacy. (https://luvmy.dog,  https://www.instagram.com/seven_for_president)

COMEDY CORNER: Donnell Rawlings’  “Wild Whale”  (portion) (http://www.donnellrawlings.com)

MUSIC: Rebekah Pulley’s “Talking Animals Theme,” instrumentals

NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE:  Pink Floyd’s “Dogs”

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Cathy Unruh—a co-founder of MEOW Now (the acronym stands for Managing & Ending Overpopulation Wisely), which is devoted to helping reduce the community cat population in Pinellas County—addresses the impetus for Unruh and her co-founders launching, in 2014, an organization with such a specialized focus. Unruh notes that, employing a long-trusted formula devised by Best Friends Animal Society, there’s a staggering number of community cats in Pinellas County that need to be spayed or neutered, and the daunting task of MEOW Now handling that, which is primarily done by way of TNVR (Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return). She mentions the organizations that MEOW Now is affiliated with, including Friends of Strays, Humane Society Pinellas, and Humane Society of Tampa Bay, chiefly in providing the community cats they trap with spay/neuter services. Unruh outlines how, exactly, TNVR works, walking us through the process of what MEOW Now volunteers do in that regard—bringing the cat to one of those affiliated organizations—then returning the animal to the colony it was plucked from. She speaks to how MEOW Now is funded (strictly donations, at the moment), and talks openly about the crisis that the organization experienced recently, that threatened its very existence, noting that she and her co-founders (who had retired or otherwise reduced its involvement) returned more directly to steer it back on track. I acknowledge that a primary reason for conducting this interview now is that MEOW Now has been enormously transparent about its struggles—and its plan to turn things around, notably including two unvarnished, detailed posts on its website. Unruh concurs with that assessment, and expresses great optimism about MEOW Now’s future. (https://meownowfl.org, https://www.facebook.com/MEOW-Now-621035224645282/)

 

ALSO: I spoke with Michael Lloret, a wildlife biologist and crocodile specialist affiliated with Florida Power and Light (FPL) who’s a key member of a team that nurtures and studies American crocodile hatchlings that are born and at least initially live near FPL’s Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station—in other words, a nuclear power plant—in Homestead, Florida. Lloret explains that the crocs are drawn to south Florida for the warmer temperatures (versus more northern parts of the state), and what he and his colleagues do with the hatchlings, including microchip them, partly to monitor their movements. Lloret recalls one croc had traveled as far as Tampa, which is unusual, and notes the animal would’ve need to move south at some point to avoid a problem in an area that’s cooler than the Homestead headquarters. Lloret says the data they collect is then made available to an array of scientists and other who study crocodiles.

COMEDY CORNER: Paula Poundstone’s  “Cats Puff Up”  (http://www.paulapoundstone.com)

MUSIC: Rebekah Pulley’s “Talking Animals Theme,” instrumentals

NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE:  Elton John’s  “Crocodile Rock”

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John Doe—singer/songwriter/co-founder of the band X and author, most recently of “More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk”—conducts this live interview from the Austin horse barn, where his horses Red and Sugar had just received a trim from the farrier. This provides a natural jumping off point to explore the current realm of the Bureau of Land Management’s wild horse and burro roundup program, and his continuing support, including financial, of the horse advocacy organization, Protect Mustangs. We spend quite a bit of time discussing “More Fun in the New World,” like its 2016 predecessor, is co-authored by Tom DeSavia and features potent, often poignant contributions from 20 or so denizens of the late-70s/early-80s punk scene, including Henry Rollings, Social Distortion’s Mike Ness, The Go-Gos’ Jane Wiedlin, Dave Alvin, and such aficionados of that scene as filmmaker Allison Anders and actor Tim Robbins. We touch on essays by The Go-Gos’ Charlotte Caffey (about being in the grip of a lengthy, severe drug addiction and breaking free of that addiction), and Doe’s revelatory, fascinating, and timely conversation with some members of Fishbone. Doe also addresses a number of other topics, including his move to Austin (and investing in a bar there, The Long Play Lounge), new material that X has recorded (first time back in the studio in 30-plus years), and spending time earlier this year in St. Augustine, Florida, shooting a remake of the film noir, “D.O.A.,” in which Doe is the lead. Red and Sugar generally stayed still and quiet during the conversation, apparently listening intently throughout.  (http://www.theejohndoe.com, https://www.xtheband.com, https://www.thelongplaylounge.com/)

ALSO: I spoke with Allison McCulloch, who brings a distinctive wrinkle to the film reviews she writes for the movie-minded social networking platform Letterboxd: She laces her critiques with so-called “vegan alerts,” tips intended to caution fellow vegans to scenes or elements of scenes they may find upsetting or offensive. She discusses the inspiration for adding these alerts, along with her supreme passion for movies, which in earlier years might involve seeing seven films on a weekend day. McCulloch notes that she’s now down to a measly four flicks on those days. She says her vegan alerts have drawn a wide array of responses from Letterboxd readers. (https://letterboxd.com/, https://www.facebook.com/veganmoviereviews/)

 

COMEDY CORNER: Eddie Izzard’s “Horse Whisperer”  (https://www.eddieizzard.com/en)

MUSIC: Rebekah Pulley’s “Talking Animals Theme,” instrumentals

NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE:  John Doe’s  “There’s A Black Horse”

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Teo Alfero—founder and CEO of the Wolf Connection sanctuary, which specializes in rescuing domesticated wolves and dogs with varying degrees of wolf content, and author of “The Wolf Connection: What Wolves Can Teach Us About Being Human”—outlines three traits of wolves most people wouldn’t know that make them special animals. Alfero agrees with the observation that “The Wolf Connection” amounts to a medley of books—a memoir, a history of the sanctuary, a spiritual guide, and self-help tome—and describes the decision-making that preceded including all those sometimes-disparate elements. He discusses the history and evolution of the sanctuary, and what distinguishes The Wolf Connection from the other 15-20 wolf sanctuaries across the United States. He also shares information about the background of the 35 wolves currently residing at the sanctuary, among them three sisters—Annie, Bella, and Charlee—who were part of a group of 15 wolfdogs that were rescued. Alfero explains the tenets of WolfTherapy, a program he created, through recounting the way a visiting teenage girl, who was struggling with challenges beyond the usual adolescent travails (including suicidal impulses) experienced a transformation by way of time spent with wolves at the sanctuary. WolfTherapy tends to be most frequently provided to at-risk youth, as well as veterans with PTSD, among others. He also touches on plans to expand the capacity of The Wolf Connection—which occupies a 165-acre parcel of land in Acton, California, ultimately to accommodate as many as 90 wolves. (https://wolfconnection.org, https://www.teoalfero.com)

 

ALSO: I spoke with Hunter Miller, of Oceana about Barks For Sharks, an event taking place July 26 at the Dog Bar in St. Pete, through a partnership with Oceana and Pet Pal Animal Shelter. Something of a kick-off for Shark Week, the evening promises to include a wide array of elements, including a reminder of important pending legislation (the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act H.R. 737) and shark advocacy. But, Miller says, there’s a number of far lighter, more entertaining activities planned for that night, including a Dog-Shark costume contest, shark photo booth, shark drink specials (sales of which benefit Pet Pal Animals Shelter), music provided by a DJ, and more. (https://www.facebook.com/events/422311495278708/,https://ocean.org, http://www.dogbarstpete.com, https://petpalanimalshelter.com)

COMEDY CORNER: Mac Takemiya’s “Punch A Shark In The Face”

MUSIC: Rebekah Pulley’s “Talking Animals Theme,” instrumentals

NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE:  Los Lobos’  “Will The Wolf Survive”

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Jasmine Leyva—a filmmaker and actress, who directed, and appears in, “The Invisible Vegan,” a new documentary that explores various cultural challenges and implications within the black community when some decide to go vegan, or contemplate doing so—recalls her background growing up in Washington, D.C. and her early interest in the entertainment industry. This prompted her to relocate to Los Angeles for college, studying television and film, going on to get a master’s degree. She discusses her assortment of early showbiz jobs, including working on such TV programs as “My Black Is Beautiful,” noting that through stints on multiple documentary series, she saw up close how those programs got streamlined—invaluable experience, later, when fashioning “The Invisible Vegan.” Leyva cites some of the docs about going vegan she watched in preparation for making her own, and which ones affected and impressed her the most. She also addresses the rationale for deciding she would serve as an onscreen presence in the film—kind of narrator-meets-interviewee—acknowledging that she felt her story was emblematic of the overall narrative she wanted her film to deliver. Leyva touches on the attitude, not uncommon in the black community that going vegan is a “white people thing,” an attitude she admits film she wasn’t immune to—and the attendant lack of understanding of the cultural heritage inherent to that position. Leyva talks about the array of physicians (including Dr. Milton Mills), and nutrition experts who appear in “The Invisible Vegan,” as well as high-profile figures like Cedric The Entertainer, Stic Man of Dead Prez, and former NBA star John Salley, and how she secured their participation. She also notes the various avenues through which people can watch the film, most of which are detailed on the website. (https://www.theinvisiblevegan.com)

 

COMEDY CORNER: Wanda Sykes’  “Cooking Dinner” (https://www.wandasykes.com)

MUSIC: Rebekah Pulley’s “Talking Animals Theme,”  Dead Prez’s “Be Healthy” (portion), Aloe Blacc’s “Femme Fatale,”  instrumentals

NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE:  Rufus Thomas’ “Walking The Dog”

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Rick Kriseman—the mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, who, a year ago, signed a proclamation declaring St. Petersburg a pet-friendly city—recounts growing up loving animals, dogs in particular. Mayor Kriseman describes how he and his family got started as puppy raisers for Southeastern Guide Dogs, bringing home their first assigned puppy, Jim, when he was 12 weeks old, and returning him at 14 months. The process worked out pretty well for the family, Mayor Kriseman, notes, in that, not long ago, they welcomed their 10thpuppy to raise. Mainly, though, Mayor Kriseman joined us to discuss his proclamation and the initiative—St. Pete PAWS—he has since unfurled. He recalls that the idea for taking these steps was spurred by discussions while attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors, yet Mayor  Kriseman believes he and St. Petersburg were the first nationwide to introduce such a program. He outlines some of the key tenets of the St. Pete PAWS, including reducing pet homelessness in the city (and what measures are in place in order to achieve that), encouraging business to become more pet-friendly (ditto), among others. We also address a related art exhibit, “Woof, Meow, Chirp, and Slither: Artists Interpret The World of Pets,” which opened in early June at Florida CraftArt in St. Petersburg, and is on view there through Aug. 10 (and where Mayor Kriseman was due to give a talk the day after our interview.) Mayor Kriseman also fielded a handful of listener questions and comments via phone calls, emails, and texts. (http://StPete.org/PAWS, https://floridacraftart.org)

The interview with Mayor Kriseman streamed on Facebook Live. See below.

 

 

 

ALSO: I spoke with Dr. Jennifer Conrad, veterinarian and founder of The Paw Project, which played a pivotal role in the momentous news recently that New York lawmakers had passed a ban on declawing cats. If Governor Cuomo signs the bill, New York will become the first state to outlaw the procedure. If you’ve tracked this issue for a few years—I first interviewed Dr. Conrad about it on “Talking Animals” in 2005—you know that nothing of consequence gets done legislatively to ban cat declaw surgery without her. New York state Assemblywoman Linda B. Rosenthal, at left with Dr. Conrad, sponsored this bill. (https://pawproject.org)

 

 

 

COMEDY CORNER: Greg Fitzsimmons’  “Adopting A Dog” (https://gregfitzsimmons.com)

MUSIC: Rebekah Pulley’s “Talking Animals Theme,” instrumentals

NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: We didn’t play “Name That Animal Tune” today.

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Sally Williams—founder and director of The Brodie Fund, which helps pay for the treatment of pets diagnosed with cancer, when their humans can’t afford it, provided the animals are patients at specific veterinary hospitals in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Colorado—acknowledges that she’s been a fervent feline lover all her life, going back to Sandy, the family cat before she was born. She elaborates, noting that she figures she’s lived with 11 cats over the course of her lifetime, and places the current population at four. She describes Brodie, the organization’s namesake, from first the first adopting him, to as a 12-year-old, how his sneezing at first seemed like it might be a garden-variety upper-respiratory ailment—until he began sneezing blood. This spurred further examination, and a cancer diagnosis, Williams says. Brodie underwent radiation, fared well, and lived another 13 months after treatment ended. But it was this process and the considerable costs involved, Williams recalls, that made her think that maybe she could help others navigating their way through similar challenges—and, maybe help with the often-significant expense of treatment. With those objectives in mind, she launched The Brodie Fund, starting first at a veterinary hospital in her home state of New Jersey. She’s slowly widened out to a few, select vet hospitals in Connecticut, New York, and Colorado (where, she says, she partnered with a like-mined organization there). Mentioning she’s embarked on this journey again with her cat Marlin, who’s nine months into chemo treatment, Williams explains that this purposefully gradual expansion has allowed The Brodie Fund to help many families, without capping the grants at a particular amount. (https://thebrodiefund.org)

ALSO: I spoke with Thomas Ponce, a guest on “Talking Animals” almost exactly three years ago, when he was 15—and already a veteran activist—and the founder, at 12, of Lobby For Animals, which reflects Ponce’s belief that lobbying is the most effective method to affect true, meaningful change for animal welfare.  He is at the center of a fundraiser, chiefly because his computer recently died, a development that prevents him from, among other things, doing his work for Lobby For Animals—including the software that tracks the status of various pieces of legislation.  (http://lobbyforanimals.org)

 

 

 

 

COMEDY CORNER: Erin Foley’s  “Three Cats” (https://erinkfoley.com)

MUSIC: Rebekah Pulley’s “Talking Animals Theme,” instrumentals

NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: We didn’t play “Name That Animal Tune” today.

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Jan Creamer—president and co-founder of Animal Defenders International (ADI), which specializes in educational efforts and campaigns internationally that tend to focus on animals in entertainment and other realms—recounts growing up with assorted pets, and a light bulb moment in her younger years when she was handed a leaflet about beagles being used in smoking experiments. Creamer recalls working in various capacities for the organization responsible for that leaflet, The National Anti-Vivisection Society of the U.K., which, in a sense, evolved into the new entity that she launched with her husband, Tim Phillips, Animal Defenders International. She addresses the re-introduction to Congress the previous week of the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA)—a bipartisan federal bill that aim to end the use of wild and exotic animals in circuses and other entities that travel across the U.S. Creamer explains that TEAPSPA has been brought to Congress multiple times, and doesn’t particularly expect it to pass this time around, either, but aspires to attract more Congressional co-sponsors for the bill, and generally build more awareness of it. The current effort, she notes, is undertaken against the backdrop of New Jersey and Hawaii now having statewide bands of wild animals in circuses, while a similar ban is under consideration in California—while some 40+ countries have passed national prohibitions on using animals in circuses. For these reasons, and others, including the palpable momentum, Creamer speculated that TEAPSPA may well pass during the nextsession in which it’s re-introduced, especially if folks who care about animals email, call, or—best of all—meet with their congressional representatives, using contact information provided on the ADI website. (http://www.ad-international.org/adi_usa/)

ALSO: I spoke with Dr. Lincoln Parkes, a retired veterinarian, who is certainly not retired from his lifelong enterprise: building custom-made carts for paralyzed animals—a task he’s undertaken for more than 60 years. Now 92, Dr. Parkes described how he got started in this work, carts he’s created for some animals beyond the usual patients of dogs and cats—like chickens—and new cart designs he’s come up with that he hopes to execute soon with some help and/or investors. (http://www.k-9cart.com)

 

 

COMEDY CORNER: Eddie Pepitone’s “Dog Therapy” (https://eddiepepitone.com)

MUSIC: Rebekah Pulley’s “Talking Animals Theme,” instrumentals

NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: Bent Fabric’s “Alley Cat”

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Natasha Daly—a staff writer for the National Geographic, where she wrote the June cover story, “The Hidden Cost of Wildlife Tourism”—addresses her role as the magazine’s “wildlife crime reporter,” how she landed on that beat, and what sort of stories she’s written in that capacity. Daly outlines the approach that she and photojournalist Kirsten Luce followed, pursuing preordained animal encounters and countries, leaving enough slack in the game plan to improvise, veering off to report on new sorts of animal experiences they discovered/heard about. For example, Daly recalls that while in Russia, covering various attractions with bears and other animals they anticipated there, she and Luce got wind of an unexpected enterprise in that country: A traveling marine park of sorts—a pop-up aquarium constructed in an inflatable tent—featuring performances by beluga whales, caught in Russian waters, and trucked from one show location to the next. Daly also speaks about Meena, an elephant in Thailand who becomes a central character in her piece, in part because Meena has a spiked shacklewhen she’s chained, which her handler told Daly was to curtail her kicking and only applied during parts of the day, never at night. (Intrepid reporter that she is, Daly checked on Meena one night, and disproved that contention.) She also points out that, though rare, there are facilities that observe basic tenets of animal welfare, like Elephant EcoValley, where the animals are unchained and the human-pachyderm interaction is limited to snack time with a fence separating the participants. Daly also touches on a major theme of her article: the way travelers looking to post selfies and other pictures on their social media feeds have exacerbated the harsh conditions for countless animals across the globe that are part of the wildlife tourism trade. [Photos by Kirsten Luce/National Geographic]

 

ALSO: I played “Happiness,” a track from the new Rebekah Pulley album, “The Sea of Everything,” the sixth full-length studio recording by the Saint Petersburg-based singer-songwriter. Pulley is not only an exceptional, accomplished musical artist, she’s a notable and highly-appreciated denizen of the “Talking Animals” world.  That’s because Pulley composed and recorded the jaunty opening “Talking Animals” theme that kicks off the program each Wednesday morning.  (http://www.rebekahpulley.com)

COMEDY CORNER: Martha Kelly’s  “Animal Road Trip” (https://www.MarthaKelly.net)

MUSIC: Rebekah Pulley’s “Talking Animals Theme,” and her new song, “Happiness,” instrumentals

NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: We didn’t play “Name That Animal Tune” today.

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