To celebrate Animal Control Officer (ACO) Appreciation Week, HASS is joining the National Animal Care & Control Association (NACA) in honoring field service officers. Join our special guest, Jerrica Owen, executive director of NACA, to learn more about the real role field officers play for our community and how they are often the first line of defense for preserving the human-animal bond.  Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn ..read more

This guest is not only an accomplished author, adventurer, and nano-mechanics professional but someone who faced a life-altering injury that led him to found the Moment Foundation, an aviation-based organization with a mission to curate life-enhancing, perspective-shifting experiential positivity for both people and animals. Learn more about Grant Korgan and his incredible journey in this episode. Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn ..read more

While farm animals are not our usual topic of conversation on People, Pets, and Purpose, we think you’ll love this program that helps people heal. Jamie Tanner is the founder of  Simple Sparrow Care Farm, a nonprofit organization based near Austin, TX that truly understands the power of community and the human-animal bond. Now, what is a care farm, and how did this one start? Listen to this episode of People, Pets, and Purpose to find out. Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn ..read more

Have you ever seen the videos of pets of people experiencing homelessness treated on the streets of Los Angeles? Well, it may have been due to Dr. Kwane Stewart’s incredible work. Dr. Stewart has dedicated himself to preventing the separation of pets from people who love them. He is the co-founder and Board President of Project Street Vet, which started primarily on Skid Row in Los Angeles and now has 6 different locations across the country. And in case you haven’t heard, just recently, Dr. Stewart was recognized with the 2023 CNN Hero of the Year award. Learn more about his story in this epi ..read more

Have you heard the stories of cats and dogs being airlifted out of the Middle East to be reunited with a service member who loves them? Well, meet the person behind those stories! Lori Kalef travels all over the world to help animals affected by war, natural disasters, the dog meat trade, and more, so they can be reunited with the people who love them. Hear her stories, what motivates her, and more in this captivating episode. Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn ..read more

Stephen Knight is the founder of Dogs Matter, a nonprofit that provides foster care placement and supportive services for the pets of addicts who are seeking treatment or entering recovery. Stephen’s compassion and care for both people and pets is apparent in this episode, where he discusses his own experience with addiction and recovery and the role pets play in helping people heal.  Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn ..read more

We’ve spoken with so many incredible guests during the first year of People, Pets, and Purpose! In the last episode of the year, we’re taking you back through some of our favorite moments. These episodes include philosophers, entrepreneurs, influencers, animal welfare professionals, fellow podcast hosts, and people who have been impacted deeply by their pets. It’s been a great year of celebrating and exploring the human-animal bond, and what really matters — and we’re so grateful to our guests and you, our audience, for being on this journey with us. Cheers to the first year of PPP! Find Huma ..read more

Ethics are a large part of most conversations in animal welfare, and in this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with two philosophers who explored exactly that. Dr. Kristin Voigt, associate professor at McGill University, and Dr. Angie Pepper, lecturer at the University of Roehampton, are two of the philosophers who set out to understand animal shelters and how ethical decisions are made where time, space, and resources are limited, and the stakes are literally life and death. The fascinating book that came from this project is The Ethics of Animal Shelters, which they talk about in thi ..read more

Steven Mornelli was doing quite well for himself in the financial services field when he learned that about half a million pets lose their lives every year because of what's called "economic euthanasia." Setting out for change, Steven founded the nonprofit Waggle as a platform where pet owners could raise money to pay for their pets' medical care. Waggle also works with animal shelters, veterinarians, and is even collaborating with the HASS project. Listen in to learn more about Waggle and their work with Human Animal Support Services. Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website ..read more

Maya Higa is the founder of a sanctuary for wildlife rescued from the exotic animal trade — and is one of the world's most watched livestreamers, with hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitch and other streaming platforms. Listen to learn how at just 25 years old, Maya is using her large platform and deep passion to bring awareness about animal welfare and conservation to a younger generation. Find Human Animal Support Services Online: HASS Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn ..read more