Why Do Animals Need Government Protection?

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (02-06-2023) #816A: Wayne Pacelle, President of Animal Wellness Action, discusses the intersection of the government and animal welfare and how changing laws is often the only way to really protect voiceless animals. MP3 Audio [18 MB]DownloadShow URL

Really, Australia? You’re Still Poisoning Feral Cats?

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (01-30-2023) #815A: Andrew Rowan, President of Wellbeing International, talks about an article that was recently in their magazine about the Australian government’s history and continued use of randomized and cruel poisoning of free-roaming feral cats, known to be ineffectual with decades of proof of the man-made ecological imbalances across their […]

Good News for Animals

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (01-16-2023) #813B: Wayne Pacelle (former head of the Humane Society of the United States) is President of the nonprofit organizations Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy. He talks about the challenges of protecting animals through legislation in their favor. MP3 Audio [18 MB]DownloadShow URL

“Glass Frogs” Finally Got Protection as an Endangered Species

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (01-09-2023) #813C: Jeff Flocken, President of the Humane Society International (HSI) reports to Tracie about his recent trip to Panama for the CITES meeting, where decisions are made by multiple countries about what creatures will be put on the endangered species list this year. Jeff discusses the “politics” of elephant […]

How the Bidens Failed Their Dog Major

Good Dogs! (03-17-2021) #6079: Tracie and her cohost, Carol Borden (founder of Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs and a veteran dog trainer, particularly of German Shepherds) discuss the various ways the President and his wife, Jill, seemed not to have considered the stress on their dogs of moving into the Whtie House. There were warning […]