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Host : Susan Frank

The Wild about Pets show presents interviews with leading authors, experts and personalities all revolving around the world of household pets and wild animals. There is no limit to the number of topics that will be discussed and the show will be punctuated with engaging mini features such as "Is that a fact" offering fun and often little known facts about animals.

This radio show is unusual in that it has a visual counterpart in the form of the WildAboutPets.net website. This allows visitors not only to listen but to also see photographs of the animals being spoken about and find recorded information and resources referenced in the show.

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Today's Episode

March 12, 2010 Military Working Dogs - Canines Who Help Our Soldiers Do you know about the military working dogs who have helped soldiers fight wars since World War I? For many of the wars we have fought, American families have donated their dogs to the military to aid our troops during wartime. Dogs, along with their human handlers are working in Iraq and Afghanistan right now performing a variety of tasks such scouting, tracking, and even mine detection in order to save lives. Susan's guest this week, is Ron Aielloof the United States War Dogs Association and he will tell us the stories of these brave canine companions that serve our country.

Upcoming Episodes

April 02, 2010 Chatting with Victoria Stilwell, Star of TV Show It's Me or the Dog Listen in on my conversation with the popular dog trainer and star of Animal Planet’s It's Me or the Dog. Victoria is also the author of the book It's Me or the Dog: How to have a Perfect Pet, and will share some of her most effective training tips. Call in with your questions about your own training issues. We'll hear about what goes on behind the scenes when the cameras are off on her popular and highly beneficial television show and find out what you really need to know about puppy mills and what to do if your dog came from one.

March 26, 2010 Tragedy to Triumph - The Story of the Largest Dog Care Franchise Camp Bow Wow is a $40 million dollar business and the largest dog care franchise in the United States. Susan's guest this week, is Heidi Ganahl, the founder and CEO of Camp Bow Wow and author of the book, Tales from the Bark Side: My Journey from Wayward Stray to Top Dog. This is a woman who truly had to recreate herself after personal tragedy and financial adversity and her story of how she did it is a true inspiration and guide book for many of us who find we are also facing personal and professional challenges.

Recent Episodes

March 05, 2010 The Rescue of Pets & Animals in Haiti There has been much news coverage of all the worldwide efforts to help the people that were affected in the Haiti earthquake. What happened to any pets or animals that were also caught or trapped in the debris? The Best Friends Animal Sanctuary along with The Animal Rescue Coalition for Haiti launched a rescue mission to help save the animals. Rich Crook, Rapid Response Manager of Best Friends, is back from Haiti now, with many photos you can see, and will tell us what it was like on-the-ground offering help for the animals they encountered.

February 26, 2010 Futuristic Science That Is Saving Endangered Animals Todays' show will feature the work done at the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species. At this most interesting and cutting edge scientific facility, they are doing in vitro fertilization and cloning to save endangered wild cats and sand hill cranes among others. No matter what you think of the practices, you'll want to hear about the work this center is doing. This center was featured in the fictional scientific thriller, "Altar of Eden", by best-selling author, James Rollins, who was a recent guest on the show.

February 19, 2010 Time to Change How We View and Treat Animals For many of us that spend time with animals, we commonly experience that they exhibit numerous emotions and behaviors that show empathy, cooperation and a sense of fairness. Susan's guest this week, is award-winning scientist, Marc Bekoff, who will talk about animal's emotions, their morality and the reasons it is time to change how we relate to the non-human creatures with which we share this planet. You won't want to miss this provocative and controversial conversation!
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WILD ABOUT PETS airs every Friday at 12 Noon Central Time on TalkZone!

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Watch an Animated Video about City Dwellers' Favorite Birds, Pigeons.

"Dog Town" from the Best Friends Animal Society.

Temple Grandin: about her book, "Animals Make Us Human"

Temple Grandin, Her Story: "The Woman Who Thinks Like A Cow" - Part 1

Samantha Martin and her star Acro cat, Tuna.

Samantha's Martin's Acro-Cats and the Rock Cats Perform

An Example of Dancing with Dogs. This is the famous duo, Carolyn Scott and Rookie, a Golden Retriever. Hear how these dogs are trained to dance from the World Canine Freestyle Organization on Susan's Oct. 30th episode.

Here's the Rescue Ink team, they'll be on with Susan this week!

Here's a Pigeon playing football with the Raiders. Watch the replay. That's when you can see the pigeon the best.

Dogs and Cats, Living Together! Now, There Are Rats, Too?

This is a video of a homeless man in Santa Barbara and his pets. The animals are pretty well fed and are mellow. They are a family. The man who owns them rigged up a harness for his cat so she wouldn't have to walk so much (like the dog and himself). At some juncture the rat came along, and as no one wanted to eat anyone else, the rat started riding with the cat and, often, on the cat! The dog will stand all day and let you talk to him and give him a few chin scratches. The Mayor of Santa Barbara reportedly filmed this clip and sent it out as a holiday card.