Pet Person

It’s been two years since I published Why Do People Have Pets?, a collection of 75 newspaper columns I wrote for the Daytona Beach News-Journal and Seniors Today. During that time, I had written over 100 columns about animal welfare and caring for pets. Fans of the book kept asking when the next book of columns would be available. Since publishing the last book, I have written over 100 columns. I have selected 64 of the columns I consider the best of the best, and those are included in this latest book, Why Do Pets Have People?

"Maizes's debut novel is brought to life by Devon Sorvari's engaging narration. Her delivery is well matched to the story's short declarative sentences as she makes listeners care about La La in spite of her bad choices." -- AudioFile Magazine R.L. Maizes's Other People’s Pets examines the gap...

Why Do People Have Pets, is written by Barry KuKes, Community Outreach Director of Halifax Humane Society located in Daytona Beach, FL. The book consists of 76 columns written between 2017 and 2020 for the Daytona Beach News-Journal and Seniors Today Magazine.

Introducing The Critter Chronicles: Lighthearted Breaking News Stories of Pets, People, and Critters! Get ready for a rib-tickling adventure where critters, pets, and people collide in the quirkiest ways. Laugh along as a mischievous wolf masquerades as a domesticated dog to score fresh farm food. Witness a parrot blackmailing his owner’s girlfriend, and dogs and cats reacting to human trends in ways you’ve never seen before.