John Moyles
Founder and Director of J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue, Wisconsin's exotic pet rescue organization that has rehomed over 11,000 animals since 2020.
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Jun 16, 2026
JoshHOST
And then, so how did you get into the rescue business? Like, how did you get into that? Like, what was the impetus for starting that?
John MoylesGUEST
So while my professional career has been in the pet industry, my educational background is environmental studies and natural resources management.
John MoylesGUEST
And I sat down with people from Sea Grant, Tim Campbell from University of Wisconsin Sea Grant.
John MoylesGUEST
And we like brainstormed reasons people were dumping their pets and you know, like why that was and what we could do about it.
John MoylesGUEST
And basically what we decided was that there's really no pound for fish, right? You have a cat that you don't want anymore.
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JoshHOST
Yeah, yeah, yeah.