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🗓️ 11 May 2025
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Tina was a sweet golden retriever, named after the legendary Tina Turner. Her passing led owner Niall Harbison down the path of a new personal mission: to rescue and rehabilitate abused street dogs in Thailand, his adopted country. Niall captures the story of Tina and his dog rescue journey in his new book "Tina: The Dog who Changed the World." Niall joins The Excerpt to discuss Tina’s legacy and what’s next in the fight to save even more dogs while bringing about a fix to this persistent global issue.
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0:00.0 | What if we could block a protein to stop runaway cell division? |
0:04.0 | Dana Farber laid the foundation for CDK-46 inhibitors, |
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0:12.0 | Learn more at Danafarber.org slash everywhere. |
0:19.0 | This sweet golden retriever is Tina, named after the legendary Tina Turner. |
0:25.0 | Thanks to her owner, Nile Harvison, she's an internet celebrity, |
0:29.0 | raising awareness of Nile's mission to rescue and rehabilitate abused dogs and street dogs in Thailand, his adopted country. |
0:40.3 | It's not a bad life, Tina, is it? It's not a bad life at all. |
0:43.3 | Hello, and welcome to the excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. |
0:49.3 | Today is Sunday, May 11, 2025. |
0:53.3 | Nile's new book, Tina, the dog who changed the world, is on bookshelves now. In it, he documents Tina's legacy and what's next in the fight to save even more dogs or bringing about a fix to this persistent global issue. Thanks for joining us on the excerpt, Nile. Thanks for having me. |
1:10.8 | Niall, you wrote about |
1:11.7 | hitting what's known as Rock Bottom as the entry point to your rescue work. Can you share more |
1:17.7 | about that turning point for you? Yeah, I mean, I started my life in the corporate world and I actually |
1:24.0 | escaped to Thailand when I sold my business. I wanted to sort of lie on the beach and relax. |
1:29.6 | But unfortunately, I actually was an alcoholic and I nearly drank myself to death. |
1:34.8 | So I ended up in ICU in hospital, really rock bottom, nearly nearly drank myself to death. |
1:42.7 | And I had to rethink my life completely |
1:45.0 | when I was lying in that hospital bed. And I decided that my mission would become to save dogs |
1:51.0 | if I was lucky enough to survive. And I did survive. And that's what I've gone on to do. |
1:55.8 | Let's turn to the namesake of your latest book. How did Tina come into your life and what was her rehabilitation |
2:03.0 | like? Then you say she started a movement. How did that come about? Well, when I got out of |
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