Elliott Garber | Creatures

Creatures: Where Animal People Talk Business

Business EN ↓ 4 episodes

Creatures: Where Animal People Talk Business The podcast for breeders, rescue founders, sanctuary operators, conservationists, and anyone else building something meaningful around animals. Whether you raise highland cattle, run a dog rescue, manage a wildlife sanctuary, or lead a breed registry, this show is for you. Every episode, host Elliott Garber sits down with someone in the animal world who's figured out how to grow, market, and sustain their operation, whether it's for-profit or nonprofit. No dancing around the business side. No pretending money doesn't matter. Just honest conversation...

Author

Elliott Garber | Creatures

Episodes

Lindsey Daugherty with the Real Numbers on Mini Cattle & Multi-Species Farming 08.05.2026 1:01:05

Lindsey Daugherty is the founder of Seven Daugherty Farm in South Carolina, where she breeds miniature Highland-cross cattle, Nigerian Dwarf goats, pasture-raised chickens, and Siberian cats imported from Russia. She also works full-time in senior living tech and partners with Family Circle Farms on a shared mini cattle operation. Coming up Mother's Day weekend, she's hosting her first multi-farm...

Tara Pilonero on Wooly Miniature Donkeys, $30K Sales, and the Online Auction Playbook 21.04.2026 49:23

Tara Pilonero is the owner of Stay A While Farm in Hinton, West Virginia, and one of the leading breeders of wooly miniature donkeys in the country. She has grown her herd to 60 donkeys over the last 20 years, shifted to online auctions in 2023, and nearly doubled her revenue two years running. In this conversation we get into the economics, the marketing, the genetics, and the myths. In this epis...

From Trace Adkins' Drummer to the Texas Camel Corps: Doug Baum on the Modern Camel Business 16.04.2026 58:16

"Literally every dime I make is derived from camels." That's Doug Baum, who left a career drumming for country star Trace Adkins and opening for Brooks & Dunn to create a life and business centered around camels that has endured for decades. In this episode, Doug breaks down what it actually costs to keep a camel ($300 to $350 per month), what schools pay, how film work lands in the tens of th...

A Podcast for Animal People Who Take the Business Side Seriously 28.03.2026 1:36

Creatures: Where Animal People Talk Business is a new podcast for breeders, farmers, breed associations, animal nonprofits, conservation organizations, and anyone building something around animals. We're not afraid to talk about money, what things actually cost, what animals sell for, and what it takes to make the numbers work. We'll also dig into the topics many people avoid: controversial breedi...