Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, author, documentary scriptwriter, and radio commentator who writes for children as well as adults. Among her award-winning books are Journey of the Pink Dolphins, Spell of the Tiger, and Search for the Golden Moon Bear.

She has made four trips to Peru and Brazil to study the pink dolphins of the Amazon; and on other expeditions, she was chased by an angry silverback gorilla in Zaire; bitten by a vampire bat in Costa Rica; undressed by an orangutan in Borneo; and hunted by a tiger in India. She also worked in a pit crawling with eighteen thousand snakes in Manitoba; handled a wild tarantula in French Guiana; and swam with piranhas, electric eels, and dolphins in the Amazon. She lives in New Hampshire. Visit her website.

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One of the world's foremost experts on animal emotions, Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and co-founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals He has won many awards for his scientific research including a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is a prolific writer with more then 200 articles as well as two encyclopedias to his credit.

The author or editor of numerous books, including the Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, The Cognitive Animal: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on Animal Cognition, Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart and the Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. 

In 2005 Marc was presented with the Bank One Faculty Community Service Award for the work he had done with children, senior citizens and prisoners.

Visit his website and Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Citizens for Responsible Animal Behavior Studies .

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]]> Book Interviews Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:20:00 GMT http://petdoctorpodcasts.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=185711# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:35:45 animal rights, animal emotion, animal psychology, ethical treatment of animals, marc bekoff, animal cognition Deborah Harper Clean http://petdoctorpodcasts.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=182294# Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Stanley Coren, author of How Dogs Think: What the World Looks Like to Them and Why They Act the Way They Do published by Free Press.

Though best known to the public for his series of best-selling books on dogs, Stanley Coren is also a well-practiced 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 in Psychology at Stanford.

In the scientific area he has published many research related books, a widely used textbook on sensation and perception, and over 300 research reports in professional journals. His research has covered many areas in psychology, including human vision and hearing, neuropsychology, brain laterality, handedness, birth stress, sleep, behavior genetics and cognitive processing.

He is a prolific researcher and has published over 300 items, including research reports in well respected scientific journals including; Science, Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, British Journal of Medicine, Psychological Review and others. He has also published 14 books and monographs for professionals and students.

Coren's easy-going style of interacting with peope has made him popular with the media. In addition to his national TV program on the Life Network called "Good Dog!" he has also given numerous interviews, and has been the subject of many programs and articles. Visit his website.

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]]> Book Interviews Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:24:00 GMT http://petdoctorpodcasts.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=182286# deborah@psychjourney.com 00:58:33 dog personality, dog behavior, training dogs, dog training, dog psychologist, animal behavior, animal doctor, breeds of dogs Pet Doctor Podcasts A primer on the canine psyche Clean http://petdoctorpodcasts.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=177158# Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Nicholas H. Dodman, BVMS, MRCVS, author of If Only They Could Speak: Stories About Pets and Their People published by Norton.

Dr. Nicholas H. Dodman is one of the world's most noted and celebrated veterinary behaviorists. He grew up in England and trained to be a vet in Scotland.  At the age of 26, he became the youngest veterinary faculty member in Britan. It was at that time that Dr. Dodman began specializing in surgery and anesthesiology.

In 1981, Dr. Dodman immigrated to the United States where he became a faculty member of Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. Shortly after his arrival, Dr. Dodman became interested in behavioral pharmacology and the field of animal behavior.  After spending several years in this area of research, he founded the Animal Behavior Clinic- one of the first of its kind- at Tufts in 1986. He received an additional board certification in animal behavior from the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. Dr. Dodman began to see clinical cases in 1987 and since 1990, he has devoted all of this time to the speciality of animal behavior.

Since the mid 1990s, Dr. Dodman has written The Dog Who Loved Too Much, , The Cat Who Cried For Help, Dogs Behaving Badly, and If Only They Could Speak.  The newest book, Puppy's First Steps: Raising A Happy, Health, Well-Behaved Dog
by faculty of Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Tufts University, Lawrence Linder, and Nicholas H. Dodman, will be published by Houghton Mifflin in April 2007.

Dr. Dodman is internationally recognized and sought after as a leader in his field. In addition to his four trade books, he has authored two textbooks and more than 100 articles and contributions to scientific books and journals. He appears regularly on radio and television including 20/20, Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America and many others.

A former senior editor for PetPlace.com, Dr. Dodman is currently a columnist for the American Kennel Club's quarterly publication, AKC Family Dog, where his column was nominated for 2005 "Column of the Year." Additionally, he is Pet Expert for Time, Inc. and also writes a monthly "Expert Advice" column for Life Magazine that is read by twelve million people.  Visit his website.

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