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  • Turtle Doves Drives Up Cost of the 12 Days of Christmas - Actress Tippi Hedren

    Turtle Doves Drives Up Cost of the 12 Days of Christmas - Actress Tippi Hedren
    Dec 11 2025
    The Big Cat Is Back
    Actress and Animal Activist Tippi Hedren (The Birds - Shambala) returns to Animal Radio to talk about life living with Lions, Tigers and Ligers, oh my. She rescues tigers that were purchased as pets and outgrew their home. She's also forged legislation that outlaws exotic animals as pets. Animal Radio will hook you up with her autobiography, Tippi.
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    Turtle Doves Drives Up Cost
    The faltering U.S. economy may be responsible for the increasing costs of the 12 Days of Christmas. The price of two turtle-doves has jumped from $290 last year to $375. But the partridge in the pear tree, which has actually become cheaper, has offset the total cost.
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    Signs of Holiday Stress in Dogs
    The holidays can be stressful for everyone, both humans and our pets. While some dogs enjoy the increase in activity and new experiences that come with holidays, there are lots of others who are not fans of change and all the chaos that can come with it. Lori Brooks will help you recognize signs of stress in your pet, so you can remove them from dangerous situations and help them relax.
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    Rising Pet Health Care Costs
    Pet owners may shell out as much, or more, money for their pet's health care as they do for their own health care, and it's mostly because of pricey new technologies and more advanced treatment options. Healthy Paws Pet Insurance's most expensive insurance claim was for a 3-year-old female French Bulldog diagnosed with intervertebral disc disease, with a final bill of $44,296.
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    Parrot Only Witness In Murder Case
    Court proceedings are underway in Newaygo County, Michigan, where a preliminary hearing has been held for a woman accused of murdering her husband, and their parrot is the only apparent witness. The couple's pet, an African Gray parrot, apparently witnessed the shooting and began repeating words from the victim just moments before his death. The parrot has been recorded as saying, "Don't F*#&ing shoot."
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  • #OpossumLivesMatter - 57% of Households Have a Pet - Pet Hoarding on the Rise

    #OpossumLivesMatter - 57% of Households Have a Pet - Pet Hoarding on the Rise
    Dec 6 2025
    #OpossumLivesMatter
    Opossum guardian and advocate Lea Murray is mother to several opossums, including Kricket, the Fruit Loop-eating marsupial in this viral video. Lea is outraged about an Inside Edition broadcast that painted Opossums as a typhus vehicle. She says the much-maligned and misunderstood critter is actually good for humankind.
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    AVMA Releases Latest Stats on Pet Ownership
    Pet ownership is on the rise, with dogs leading the way and large increases in the number of less traditional pets like chickens and lizards. 57% of all U.S. households have a pet. The state with the honor of having the most pets is...drum roll please...Wyoming.
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    No Chainmail Gauntlets Needed
    Trimming your cat's nails may not be your favorite activity, but it's truly important for their health. Joey Villani has tips to make it a little easier and less bloody. It doesn't need to be a big deal for you or your cat.
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    What It's Like To Be Bitten By A Pit Bull
    Denise James loves animals. She also loves talking about them.... a lot! Her love for dogs was not soured when she was bit in the face by a pit-bull. She'll tell us what went wrong and how to avoid being a dog treat.
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    Pet Hoarding On The Rise
    A new study, published in the journal Psychiatry Research, takes a look at the motivations of people who hoard animals. This latest study suggests that animal hoarding should be classified as an independent disorder with the hope of developing specialized treatments to help these people cope with the compulsion to collect critters. Animal hoarders acquire and live with dozens or even hundreds of creatures in their homes, causing suffering for both the hoarder and the animals. In the United States, authorities discover between 900 and 2,000 cases of animal hoarding every year.
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  • Talk To Your Cat About Gun Safety - Drive Thru Restaurant For Dogs

    Talk To Your Cat About Gun Safety - Drive Thru Restaurant For Dogs
    Nov 26 2025
    Talk To Your Cat About Gun Safety
    Zachary Auburn is on the show to deliver an important message. He wants you to know how to talk to your cat about gun safety, abstinence, drugs, Satanism, and other dangers that threaten their nine lives. Zach believes we can make our cats - and America - great again.
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    Music for Cats Topping Charts
    A special music album created just for cats is being lapped up by humans too, and has topped two classical music charts on Amazon and iTunes. Despite being allergic to cats, American cellist David Teie released "Music for Cats," featuring five instrumental compositions, after raising more than $200,000 on Kickstarter. On the album, bird chirping accompanies his cello playing, along with purring noises based on his theory, which he researched for two years, that mammals have an intuitive response to sounds present in their early development.
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    Drive-Thru Restaurant For Dogs
    Bane and Vader are a couple of gentle, barrel-shaped bulldogs. They're also the namesakes of a unique new business in Easton, Pennsylvania, "Bane and Vader's Drive-Thru Restaurant," exclusively for dogs. Pull up and order a FreshPet meal with your choice of add-ins, including fruits, vegetables, eggs, and peanut butter. You might even want to take home some doggie ice cream for dessert. Their mom, 30-year-old Amanda Brown, left her job as a pharmaceutical sales representative, but she's back to work making what she calls Yappy Meals and Bow-Wow Bowls for motorists who want to treat the pooches to something special. Her idea came from a survey that found one in six restaurant drive-thru customers pick up something for a dog, too. While some restaurants offer special menu items for dogs, In-N-Out Burger has a special unseasoned Pup Patty served in a doggy bag, and Starbucks offers a small cup of whipped cream called a Puppuccino. Bane & Vader's is strictly for the dogs. It has no special menu items for humans.
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    Airport Hires Therapy Dogs
    With the crowds and the lines, flying can be stressful. So, the Albuquerque, New Mexico, airport has come up with a way to calm you down when you travel. More than a dozen therapy dogs are joining the thousands of passengers at the airport. One of them is known as "Turbo," and he loves people. He especially loves to lick guys with beards. Turbo is one of 15 certified therapy dogs and K-9 ambassadors now giving peace to stressed-out travelers. Thanks to the 70 volunteers who handle the dogs, the program will soon expand the number of therapy dogs.
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  • The Raw Debate with Dog Chef Kevyn Metthews - Mercury In Your Pet Food

    The Raw Debate with Dog Chef Kevyn Metthews - Mercury In Your Pet Food
    Nov 20 2025
    The Raw Debate
    Chef Kevyn Matthews, also known as the Dog Chef (Dogs 101/DOG-TV) is doing a booming business cooking for dogs in the Northeast. He prepares nutritious meals focused on healing specific ailments. He'll debate the pros and cons of a raw diet with Dr. Debbie.
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    Mercury In Your Pet Food
    Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Sarrah Dunham-Cheatham randomly sampled 100 pet foods. 16 of those samples had mercury concentrations that were well above the maximum tolerable limit. That's not the only thing she found.
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    Regulating Groomers
    Hot on the heels of fatal grooming incidents at Petsmart and Petco, legislators are fast-tracking groomer certification for the unregulated business. Animal Radio's very own groomer, Joey Villani, is helping to push this legislation through. He'll explain what is currently happening in New Jersey and how that will become a model for the nation.
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    When Are Puppies The Cutest?
    Everyone knows puppies are cute, but did you know that people find them at their cutest at eight weeks old? Experts at Arizona State University's canine-science laboratory now say they have discovered that Peak Puppy Cuteness serves important purposes and might even play a fundamental role in the bonding between a puppy and its adoptive owner.
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    Tesla Offering Unique Dog Friendly Features
    One of Tesla's new car features includes a computer program that stops the car's interior from exceeding a certain temperature. A future update may include a special 'Dog Mode' that displays a message warning passers-by not to panic if they see a pet inside a parked vehicle. That future update could also include a display of the current interior temperature, so well-meaning strangers don't break the car's window to rescue your pup. The temperature-regulating feature is called Cabin Overheat.
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  • 14-Year-Old Pet Product Inventor - Buzzfeed's Beastmaster

    14-Year-Old Pet Product Inventor - Buzzfeed's Beastmaster
    Nov 12 2025
    14-Year-Old Pet Product Inventor
    Brooke Martin is only 14, but she sounds more intelligent than many adults. She is also the inventor of a device that allows you to have visual contact between you and your dog using a tablet or mobile phone. It also dispenses treats. Brooke believes this is an answer to separation anxiety.
    Listen Now New Worm Threat
    Imagine a 6-inch worm coming out of your pet's skin. Sounds like something out of the latest horror movie. Unfortunately, it's a real new worm that poses a threat to your pets. Parasitologist Araceli Lucio-Forster explains this new discovery.
    Listen Now Buzzfeed Beastmaster
    What the heck is a Beastmaster? Jack Shepard is a self-proclaimed Beastmaster at the Buzzfeed website. He gets paid to surf "animal-related" fodder and make it go viral on the incredibly popular website.
    Listen Now My Bionic Pet
    Amputee Jennifer Robinson worked at a prosthetic manufacturer. Now she's showing off how artificial limbs are being used on dogs, cats, birds, and even sea life. She's a part of a PBS show called My Bionic Pet.
    Listen Now Dog Sells for $2,000,000
    Only in China would a dog be sold to a 56-year-old property developer for a cool 2 mil. This isn't even the first time. The 200 lb. Tibetan Mastiff is treasured like the Panda in China. Some say it was all hype and that cash never actually changed hands.
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  • Fraudulent Service Dogs - 'Pets Only' Apartments - Actor Josh Duhamel Guests

    Fraudulent Service Dogs - 'Pets Only' Apartments - Actor Josh Duhamel Guests
    Nov 5 2025
    Faking It!
    A new trend is the unfortunate and fraudulent use of "Service Dog" credentials for owners wanting to bring their dogs into restaurants, airlines, and hotels. Pawtopia's Colleen Demling explains the problem and why the disabled suffer.
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    Aspirin and Pets
    Did you know that Aspirin can be toxic to your pet? Dr. Debbie dispels the myths about pain relief for your pet.
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    Josh Duhamel Guests
    Besides a flourishing acting career, Josh Duhamel spends a lot of time speaking for the animals. He has a web series and he's back to talk about it...and to flirt with the ladies.
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    A Shot To The Tail
    Don't be surprised if the next time your cat gets an injection, it's in the tail. Recent concerns have come up over treating rare but potentially deadly injection site sarcomas. Some vets then shifted the site to the hind legs, since an amputation, if necessary, would be easier and more successful.
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    Pet ONLY Apartments
    Octogenarian and Landlord Judy Guth only allows tenants with pets in her apartment complex. Is this discrimination? Judy doesn't care. And if one of her tenants loses their pet, she'll even take them out to dinner and then to the shelter to find another roommate.
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    Pet Spending At All Time High
    The American Pet Products Association reports we're shelling out nearly 60-Billion+ bucks a year on our animals. Research shows empty-nesters are now spending more on their four-legged children.
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  • Sharing Your Bed With Your Pet Leads to Bad Sleep Quality - Using High-Tech To Find Homes

    Sharing Your Bed With Your Pet Leads to Bad Sleep Quality - Using High-Tech To Find Homes
    Oct 31 2025
    Using High-Tech To Find Homes
    Adi Pinhas is using facial recognition technology in his new iPhone app. You'll upload a picture of the pet you want, and it'll tell you all the adoptable animals that look like the original picture. The Verge Magazine uploaded a picture of Lady Gaga and got back an adoptable hamster.
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    Pets In The Classroom
    New research says kids learn better when their classroom has a pet. Even truancy is down. We all remember the class pet. And if you were lucky, the teacher let you take the guinea pigs home for the summer. Brent Weinmann of the Pet Care Trust is making sure all kids get an opportunity to have pets in their classroom.
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    Cure For Parvo?
    Researchers may have literally stumbled on a way to treat the usually fatal Parvo virus. It happened when a pharmaceutical was looking for a way to save flocks of geese that were mysteriously dying. They discovered an antibody that's harvested from the yokes of goose eggs that can stop the Parvo virus in as little as two days.
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    Calf Gets Prosthetic Back Legs
    Kitty Martin loves her calf so much that she's put more than $40,000 into rescuing the steer after its back legs were amputated because of frostbite. She's the Hero Person this week with a great story to tell about the human-bovine connection.
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    Sharing Your Bed With Your Pet Leads to Bad Sleep Quality
    If you have a cat or dog, chances are they sleep with you in bed. But new research says that sharing your bed with your pet can lead to bad sleep quality. Recently, at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, data was presented that showed at least 30% of pet owners say their pets wake them up at least once per night.
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  • Are You Too Attached To Your Pets? - Parrots Helping Veterans with P.T.S.D.

    Are You Too Attached To Your Pets? - Parrots Helping Veterans with P.T.S.D.
    Oct 22 2025
    Parrots Helping Veterans with P.T.S.D.
    Dr. Lorin Lindner founded Serenity Park, a unique sanctuary on the grounds of the Los Angeles Veterans Administration Healthcare Center. She noticed that the veterans she treated as a clinical psychologist and the parrots she had taken in as a rescuer quickly formed bonds. Men and women who had been silent in therapy would share their stories and their feelings more easily with animals.
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    Are Americans Too Attached To Their Pets?
    Psychological Scientist Dr. Clay Routledge believes young adults may be bonding with animals at the expense of vital human relationships. While the Animal Radio team may be divided on the health aspects of loving your pet "too much," there is one empirical fact: some of us have trouble prioritizing humans over animals.
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    Gone to the Birds
    We often celebrate our cats and dogs, but today it'll be about the birds. We'll focus on bad bird behavior and training your parrot or cockatoo. Dr. Debbie breaks the myths about bird food and explains the nutritional value of seeds vs. pellets.
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