DANIEL DICRISCIO Animal Chat
that I “need” to interview her on the animals. I decided to send her a “pitch” and the rest is history. Her famous curls have been replaced by sleek straightened tresses... but her heart is still as big as ever! I learned Elayne isn’t shy about professing her choice of animals over people, her true thoughts on some of the “Big” animal organizations, and how important her pets are,and have been to her, throughout her life. During our phone conversation, I found common ground we both stood on. Elayne and I agreed that it can be overwhelming to people who would like to start helping animals; considering you hear about the endless rescues, so many sad cases, spending huge amounts of money, etc..
So the question becomes: “Where do I start?”, “How can I help?”. Of course, volunteering is always a great way to start but, and this is where we both agreed, that if a person could help one animal a day, you wouldn’t believe the progress that could be made! When we finally met in person in Beverly Hills at the photo-shoot for this story, we hit it off, and she was wearing the cutest shoes with cats on them! After reading Tails of Joy’s bio, their cause is quite clear and here is a sample; “Since 1996, Elayne has been involved in hands-on animal rescue and advocacy, and in 2001, she founded, and runs, her own nationwide and beyond, all-species animal rescue and advocacy non-profit organization, (Elayne Boosler’s) Tails of Joy at; www.tailsofjoy.net . Tails of Joy has saved thousands of animals, made life better for thousands more, and advocates for better treatment of all animals throughout the world.” Elayne has really made a name for herself in the animal world, a respected name. I decided for our Q & A to throw in some fun questions, considering she is the Queen of Funny, but she also sheds some serious light in some of her answers, too!
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