Center For Great Apes Founder Patti Ragan on "Talking Animals"

Talking Animals Mar 10 2010 11:30AM Add to Calendar

My guest on "Talking Animals" March 10 will be PATTI RAGAN, founder of the Center For Great Apes, a sprawling 100-+ acre sanctuary in Wauchula, FL, which not only houses a number of chimpanzees (including Michael Jackson's old pal, Bubbles), but also offers refuge to the country's largest gathering of orangutans.

A former teacher and business woman, Ragan founded the Center in 1997 and is considered a top expert on chimpanzees and other great apes in entertainment.

One Center resident, a chimp named Roger, was at the center of the recent book "The Wauchula Woods Accord," by Charles Siebert, who periodically writes New York Times Magazine cover stories about animals & animal issues (and is a past "Talking Animals" guest).

Patti Ragan will speak with us live on March 10, and listeners are invited to participate in the conversation by calling (813-239-9663) or e-mailing (DJ@wmnf.org).

http://www.centerforgreatapes.org/

http://www.talkinganimals.net/

Thanks~Duncan