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Certified as an EARS and CHAART volunteer, she serves as an animal advocate, ambassador and rescuer. She also donates her time as an Animal Communicator to assist animal welfare organizations such as Big Cat Rescue to help animals that have been abused, abandoned, neglected, rescued from fur farms or who were former “pets” adjust to captivity.

KATHRYN MILES - Can you learn everything you need to know about nature from a dog? Kathryn Miles thinks so. Her book, Adventures with Ari, lovingly chronicles the year she spent in the wilderness with her dog, Ari. Once some basic ground rules are set, Kathryn takes the leash off her dog and the blinders off her own eyes. A new world soon emerges: She and Ari explore a backyard landscape of grass, mud, snow, trees, and the occasional fox. They find the scent of a northern wind, the footprints of a startled raccoon, and other secrets of the natural world. The puppy’s free-spirited outlook teaches Kathryn to see more when she might otherwise have seen less, while adding a certain excitement and clarity of vision. Soon, Kathryn begins to give up control and know the world as Ari learns it.

DEBORAH HOWARD - President & Founder of Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS), the only national non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals from cruelty in Puppy Mills and Pet Shops. CAPS actively addresses the abuse and suffering of pet shop and puppy mill dogs through investigations, education, media relations, legislative involvement, puppy mill dog rescues, consumer assistance and pet industry employee relations.