Shanti Zinzi is an experienced holistic feline behavior therapist with a diverse background that spans decades in veterinary practices, animal shelters, sanctuaries and wild lands. From graduate school programs, to the Himalayan mountains, and sacred woodlands, her studies encompassed natural and ancient medicine, human and feline psychology and behavior, as well as independent planetary stewardship. Her therapeutic modalities include acupuncture, Traditional and Classical Chinese Medicine (TCM), plant kin medicine, developmental and behavioral psychology, sacred animal hospice, energetic properties, and behavioral modification. The AdvoCat/Nature of the Beast challenges reductionist, Cartesian paradigms and narratives. Throughout her extensive career, she has employed natural paradigms to rehabilitate hundreds of animals that were slated for medical or behavioral euthanasia.