Profiles and Interviews

By Ardi C. Whalen I’d like to tell you about some special animals that were part of my growing up. You will meet baby chicks, three horses, a gentle white pig, a bull calf, and a mischievous cow. One of my earliest memories of baby chicks involves my two-year-old sister. It was a beautiful summer day and my sister sat outside on the bottom step of the entrance to our house, snacking on some graham crackers. We had free range chickens that did just that, ranging freely, and one mother hen decided to investigate the cute, curly haired blond...

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By Ardi Whalen That quotation above is Suzanne Trevino’s favorite. She and her husband, Sam, swing back and forth between being family and being staff when dealing with their pets: two dogs and one cat, and they love every minute of it. (The quotation sometimes reads, “Dogs have owners, cats have staff.”) Sam Trevino picked up their first pet, a homeless, hungry, little cat roaming around the streets when they were stationed in Crete with the U.S. Air Force. When they returned to the United  States, the little cat came with them. No mean feat, since this meant dealing...

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