Animal Magnet Pet Radio - 11/09/10

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Do you know which Founding Father had the most pets? Politicians and their choice of pet ; do you think they picked pets just like themselves or did they pick their opposite? Obama and his Portuguese water dog or Clinton and his cat; are they opposites or alike? What about the Bushes or Churchill? Deborah tells us a story about Gerald Ford in his bathrobe that makes him a good guy as a pet owner regardless of your politics. Abuse of animals and children and family violence is interconnected in alarming ways. Deborah supplies some statistics and advice from the A.S.P.C.A and H.S.U.S. while interviewing Marci Kladnik from Alley Cat Rescue and Catalyst for cats.( Check out the archived show for 05/04/10 to hear more about managing wild cats in our cities.) Marci has the on the scenes knowledge from her in the trenches, under the stairs and behind the back alley cat rescue work in California with managed stray populations and she has seen first hand dogs, horses and cats neglected and abused by both adults and kids/teens. Did you know that in 68% of the battered women cases in Wisconsin, pets were also abused and 75% of the time the cruelty to the animals occurred in front of the children. Pet abuse goes hand in hand with family abuse and can be used as a powerful tool by the abuser against the weaker members of the family. Together Deborah and Marci tell you how you can keep your family and neighborhood safe from this plague.
Reader Comments (1)
I am not associated with Alley Cat Rescue, just Catalyst for Cats, Inc. Would someone please correct the show synopsis? I think the word "work" is also missing in the sentence reading, "...from her [work] in the trenches,...".
No need to post this. Thanks!