Over the last three decades, photographer John Lund has captured some astounding animal antics. He can coerce a dog to skateboard like a pro. He can coax ordinary ducks to become seasoned synchronized swimmers. He’s even captured images of two swimsuit-clad feline sunbathing beauties. Meanwhile, the rest of us can’t even get our dogs to sit […]
Seeing the Pet Light With Memphis Photographer Jack Kenner
To call Jack Kenner a “pet photographer” would be like calling Jerry Seinfeld a sitcom actor—it’s true, but there is a lot more to the story. The Memphis native majored in film production in college and then studied photography at the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. He worked as a commercial photographer in New York […]
#SXSW Most Pet-Friendly Hotel : The Driskill – Austin, Texas
There’s going to be a stampede of vacationing pets and their parents visiting The Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas after the word gets out that Animal Fair’s readers have honored the historic establishment with the 2008 Cesar® Five Dog Bone Award for Pet-Friendliest Hotel. The Driskill, built in 1886 by a wealthy Texas cattle rancher, […]
Ask The Trainer With Legendary Broadway Trainer Bill Berloni!
“When I was 19, I was asked to train the original Sandy for the original production of Annie,” said Bill Berloni. We were in his dressing room at the Palace Theatre, where he was in rehearsals for Legally Blonde. The five dogs that are in the show had settled quickly around him or onto […]
Fetch your Funny Bone with Cartoonist Dan Reynolds
It’s a pre-historic game of dodgeball. It’s a pig who does great voice-overs. Now, it’s a magician getting his trick knee looked at by a physician. Whatever it is, it’s drawn by cartoonist Dan Reynolds and it’s bound to tickle anyone’s funny bone. Reynolds, boasted as one of Reader’s Digest‘s most published cartoonists, combines anything […]
Monkeying around with the natives in Panama!
Panama is passion. Pristine beauty. Palatial architecture. Panama is the place to experience a world of curiosity, a world of adventure and a world of absolute, natural beauty. As home of the Western Hemisphere’s largest rainforest outside of the Amazonian Basin, Panama is an undisturbed destination where true animal lovers and wildlife advocates can absorb […]