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WRITER, WILDLIFE EXPERT, ENVIRONMENTALIST
Gary Bogue writes a daily column on pets, wildlife and environmental issues for Contra Costa Newspapers, Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa Times, West County Times, San Ramon Valley Times, Valley Times). He has written his column in the Times for 29 years. Bogue also writes a nationally-syndicated weekly column on pets and wildlife for the New York Times Feature Syndicate and he has a regular Saturday segment ("Backyard Wildlife") on the popular weekend Daybreak Show on KRON-TV Channel 4 (San Francisco).
In the past, Bogue has been Executive Director of Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation and a director of WILD SYSTEMS Consultants. He helped design and supervised construction of the state-of-the-art George Whittell Wildlife Rescue Center in Monterey. Probably the most demanding stint of his career was as Museum Curator (1967-1979) for the internationally known Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek. While responsible for care of the museum's 150-plus native wild exhibit animals, he also supervised the staff and hundreds of volunteers.
Gary Bogue has published four books: It's a Wild Life (a series of essays on his adventures with animals, both wild and tame), Isis (a collection of hilarious illustrated tales about his beloved pet Siamese cat), A Christmas Story (children's book about a mother mouse on Christmas Eve) and Raptor Rehabilitation (a textbook).
Bogue lives in Benicia with his wife, who is also a writer, and her teen-age son. Their pets have them well trained to play fetch for them - a cat, Tut, a parrot, Nikki and cockatoo, Lottie. Click here to see Gary's bio.
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