Known as the host of the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Caras was the author of more than 70 books, a veteran of network television programs including Nightline, ABC World News Tonight and 20/20 before devoting himself to work as president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
In 1950, he transferred to Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, but interrupted his education for military service again, this time in the Korean War from 1950 to 1952.
[3] During his Hollywood years, Caras also launched his writing career, contributing articles on animal and environmental issues to such periodicals as Audubon and publishing his first book, Antarctica: Land of Frozen Time, in 1962.
During his tenure, the ASPCA expanded its care, protection and education programs, and adopted a number of internal practices to improve its work.
In 2001, in the last year of his life, Caras shared his farm with 12 dogs (7 Greyhounds, 3 retrievers and 2 hounds), nine cats, all of mixed origin, five horses, two cows, a pair of alpacas and a llama.