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Radio Free Rescue: Marcelo Cacciola, Soi Dog Foundation - Online Broadcast

The Irving-based online radio show hosts Marcelo Cacciola, the Miami-based communications director for the Soi Dog Foundation, a nonprofit based in Phuket, Thailand. The organization was founded by a couple of English tourists who were so shocked by the massive stray dog problem in Phuket that they decided to partner with a fellow expatriate to open spay/neuter clinics throughout the region.

The group has since spayed and neutered more 51,000 dogs and cats in both Phuket and Bangkok and have expanded their mission to include an extensive lobbying effort against the illegal dog meat trade that plagues the Thai-Vietnamese border.

Radio Free Rescue: Dr. Lori Marino - Internet Broadcast

The Irving-based animal welfare radio show features Dr. Lori Marino this week, a marine mammal expert.

Dr. Marino is the founder and executive director of the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy, Inc. A neuroscientist and expert in animal behavior and intelligence, she is internationally known for her work on the evolution of brain and intelligence in dolphins and whales.

She has also published numerous empirical and review papers on human-nonhuman animal relationships, including the psychological and philosophical bases of animal exploitation and, more specifically, critiques of dolphin assisted therapy and other captivity issues.

Dr. Marino also serves as the science director for the Nonhuman Rights Project.

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