Show No. 57, 6/30/09: 4th of July Companion Animal Safety

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Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

Tips on keeping your animals safe on 4th of July:

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/summer_care_tips_for_you_and_your_pets/keep_your_pet_safe_on_july_4th.html

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/our_pets_for_life_program/dog_behavior_tip_sheets/fear_of_thunder_and_other_noises.html

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/our_pets_for_life_program/dog_behavior_tip_sheets/escaping.html

Summaries on Beef and Pork production:

http://www.farmsanctuary.org/issues/factoryfarming/pork/

http://www.farmsanctuary.org/issues/factoryfarming/beef/

Show No. 56, 6/23/09: Keeping your companions safe in the summer

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Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

Here are some great websites with tips on how to keep your companion animals safe and healthy during the sweltering summer months:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12709038

http://www.awla.org/summer-heat.shtml

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2008021378_pettipsheat28.html

http://www.sheknows.com/articles/2211.htm

http://www.cvma.net/doc.asp?ID=2974

Traveling with pets:

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/caring_for_pets_when_you_travel/

Traveling without pets:

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/choosing_a_pet_sitter/

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/choosing_a_boarding_kennel.html

Show No. 55, 6/16/09: Honey, and why vegans avoid it

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Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

http://www.vegetus.org/honey/honey.htm

http://www.friendsofanimals.org/actionline/fall-2004/is-honey-vegan.html

Show No. 54, 6/9/09: The Dairy Industry

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Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

News: http://www.thedailygreen.com/print-this/environmental-news/latest/hormone-free-milk-47060404#

http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/what_about_milk.html

http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_cows_dairy.asp (Note: within this site are links to numerous other pages with more and more information. Instead of posting all the links here, I’ll let you find them.

This calf is taken from his mother within minutes of being born, a standard industry practice:

Another video featuring the calves being ripped from their mothers:

Dealing in Downers:

Show No. 53, 6/2/09: News and Class B Dealers

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Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

First, a couple of news stories:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/27/AR2009052701798.html

http://www.salisburypost.com/Area/053009-Harwood-sentenced-in-petting-barn-fire

http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=1016505122009

http://www.examiner.com/x-7468-Providence-Pet-Health-Examiner~y2009m5d22-Nutro-pet-food-recall

Information on Class B Dealers:

http://www.hsus.org/animals_in_research/animals_in_research_news/Class_B_Dealers.html

http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_dog_theft.htm

Show No. 52, 5/26/09: Disaster Preparedness and Your Companion Animals

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Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

Below are some great websites with tips on how to keep your companion animals safe in case of emergency or natural disaster.

First a news story relating to animals left behind:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-10-05-rescue-pets-cover_x.htm

http://www.animaldisaster.org/

http://www.animaldisaster.org/Prepare/Be%20ready%20when%20disaster%20strikes!.pdf

http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/Animalevacuation.pdf

Show No. 51, 5/19/09: Keeping Companion Animals Safe in the Heat and During Travel Season

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Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

Here are some great websites with tips on how to keep your companion animals safe and healthy during the sweltering summer months:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12709038

http://www.awla.org/summer-heat.shtml

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2008021378_pettipsheat28.html

http://www.sheknows.com/articles/2211.htm

http://www.cvma.net/doc.asp?ID=2974

Traveling with pets:

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/caring_for_pets_when_you_travel/

Traveling without pets:

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/choosing_a_pet_sitter/

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/choosing_a_boarding_kennel.html

Show No. 50, 5/12/09: Industrial Pig Farming and Swine Flu

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Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

This is the video that changed my life:

Where I obtained the information for today\’s program:

http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_pigs_farms.asp

http://farmsanctuary.org/issues/factoryfarming/pork/

CDC Info on Swine Flu:

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/key_facts.htm

Egypt begins the slaughter of 300,000 pigs:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_swine_flu/print

Rolling Stone Magazine: Pork’s Dirty Secret:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12840743/porks_dirty_secret_the_nations_top_hog_producer_is_also_one_of_americas_worst_polluters

http://www.humanesociety.org/farm/news/ournews/swine_flu_virus_origin_1998_042909.html?print=t

This link was sent to me and I just had to share it. I never really thought about how female farmed animals are treated more brutally males, but overall, it’s true! Read this! http://www.easyvegan.info/2009/02/25/horizontal-women/

Show No. 49, 5/5/09: Michael Vick and Dog Fighting

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Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

Michael Vick in talks to become PETA spokesperson:

http://adage.com/article?article_id=136403

Vick Timeline:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2983141

Dog Fighting FAQ:

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/dog-fighting/dog-fighting-faq.html

Updates on Vick’s Dogs:

http://network.bestfriends.org/stopbsl/news/22534.html

Show No. 48: 4/28/09: Int’l Respect for Chickens Day

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Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.

These are the sites in which I obtained my information for today’s program:

Battery Egg Hens:

The Egg Industry: http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_chickens_egg.asp

Factory Egg Production: http://www.farmsanctuary.org/issues/factoryfarming/eggs/

Eggs and Your Health: http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2005nl/march/050300pueastereggs.htm

Egg Production and the Environment: http://www.upc-online.org/fouling.html

Egg replacers: http://www.vegcooking.com/vegcooking-eggreplace.asp

Broiler Chickens:

http://www.cok.net/magazine/16/02.php

http://www.hsus.org/farm/resources/research/welfare/broiler_industry.html

http://www.vegsoc.org/info/broiler.html

And in the news …

http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/0409/614255.html