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

2009 June 23

by Sarah Downs

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