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After 30 ‘Bizarro’ Years, Dan Piraro Is Going…Somewhere Else…Maybe…Who Knows? Talking Animals

After 30 ‘Bizarro’ Years, Dan Piraro Is Going…Somewhere Else…Maybe…Who Knows?

After 30 years, DAN PIRARO is retiring his popular syndicated comic 'Bizarro,' which has often reflected his interest…
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It’s All Too Beautiful: Nellie McKay Sounds Off on…Everything Talking Animals

It’s All Too Beautiful: Nellie McKay Sounds Off on…Everything

NELLIE MCKAY is never at a loss for words--about animals, the '60s, her new album (MY WEEKLY READER)--and…
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John W. James: Grief Guru to Bereaved Pet Owners Talking Animals

John W. James: Grief Guru to Bereaved Pet Owners

Lessons learned from the loss of a son inspired JOHN W. JAMES to develop a method of…
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Pandemonium’s Michele Raffin: A Real Bird Brain Talking Animals

Pandemonium’s Michele Raffin: A Real Bird Brain

A chance meeting with an injured bird changed the course of MICHELE RAFFIN's life. Now the founder of…
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Everybody Loves Vint! Talking Animals

Everybody Loves Vint!

In his acclaimed book The Soul of All Living Creatures, DR. VINT VIRGA offers a spiritual-oriented examination of…
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Swinging the Pendulum on Pit Bulls Talking Animals

Swinging the Pendulum on Pit Bulls

Esquire writer-at-large TOM JUNOD is among those leading the charge to change public perceptions about pit bulls. TALKING…
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Jackson Galaxy: Feline Miracle Worker Talking Animals

Jackson Galaxy: Feline Miracle Worker

An exclusive interview with JACKSON GALAXY, the feline miracle worker and host of Animal Planet's popular 'MY CAT…
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‘She Proves to Me That Every Life is a Gift’: The Zen of Dillie the Deer Talking Animals

‘She Proves to Me That Every Life is a Gift’: The Zen of Dillie the Deer

Born blind, rejected by her mother, Dillie the Deer has found a home with veterinarian Dr. Melanie Butera…
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Lily Tomlin & The Elephants In the Room (and On the Planet) Talking Animals

Lily Tomlin & The Elephants In the Room (and On the Planet)

A few years ago LILY TOMLIN became engrossed in an effort to move two elephants from the L.A.…
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It’s a Giraffe! It’s a Horse! It’s a Zebra! No, It’s an Okapi, the Odd Duck of the Congo Talking Animals

It’s a Giraffe! It’s a Horse! It’s a Zebra! <br />No, It’s an Okapi, the Odd Duck of the Congo

A giraffe head plopped on a dark brown horse body with the rump and legs of a zebra--not…
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