Conversations with
Animal Heroes worldwide!
Podcasts & Interviews
CDs & Audiobooks
School Visits & Books!
Stories! Music! Fun!
Conversations with
Animal Heroes worldwide!
Podcasts & Interviews
CDs & Audiobooks
School Visits & Books!
Stories! Music! Fun!
Watch former street dog Lily's dramatic flight across India
to one of the best Forever Homes ever. Watch it here!
AnimalHero® and AnimalHero® Kids were established in 2005 when Laurel visited India. She met three young girls who took extraordinary measures to care for animals. They asked her to help spread the word that kindness to animals is important. Laurel promised the girls she would start an organization to connect and celebrate children and adults worldwide that help animals.
Welcome to our global conversation about animals and their people. We connect AnimalHero® friends and AnimalHero® Kids across six continents. We inspire and educate children and adults to be kind stewards.
Walking your dog on cold winter nights. Forgiving your cat who wakes you at 3 AM chasing shadows through the house.
In 2005 in India, three girls who helped homeless animals asked Laurel to help them encourage people to care. Laurel promised she would start an organization called AnimalHero to connect AnimalHero Kids around the world.
Listen here!Have you taken in a stray? Adopted from a shelter? Helped an animal in need? If so, you are an AnimalHero®.
ABC-TV 20/20 Barbara Walters Feature, 2000 (12:33) Service Dogs Trained by by Teens at Juvenile Detention Facility.
Plus, brief WTAE-TV report.
Joyful puppies in their school bus! Uplifting story of troubled teens training puppies to be service dogs. Dr. Bonnie Bergin invented the concept of the Service Dog for people with disabilities. Leader and researcher in human-canine bond. Laurel's service dog Dixon is featured in this story.
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The Story of Shanti (4:51) 2007
AnimalHero® Productions
Visiting India to interview health and yoga experts, Laurel Herman was thunderstruck by the plight of millions of homeless dogs and cats. She interviewed people who help. This preview reel briefly introduces extraordinary heroes and their stories.
Producer/photographer: Laurel HermanNarration: Dave CrawleyMusic: Nancy Galbraith
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The Dogs of India (10:38) 2008
Emmy Nominated | WQED-TV (PBS)
AnimalHero stories Laurel produced in India are expanded in this PBS-affiliated feature. Dramatic Indian rescue footage, mixed with USA video. Heartwarming.
TV feature by Dave Crawley
Music: Nancy Galbraith
Interview: Flying Lily to Forever Home (5:58) 2012 KDKA-TV (CBS) Dr. Chinny Krishna, Co-founder/Chair Blue Cross of India and Laurel Herman
Dr. Krishna and Laurel meet for the first time in the US. They recall how she flew Lily, a street dog, across India to Chinny's home. He is renowned in Asia for a life dedicated to animal welfare.
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