1171. The Truth Behind The Billion Dollar Pet Food Business
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The pet food industry is worth 29 BILLION dollars a year. With so much at stake, they’ve formed a lobbying group called Pet Food Institute. PFI’s Communications Director, Mary Emma Young joins us to tell you want they want you to know about pet food. Also, pet food advocate and director of the movie “Pet Fooled,” Kohl Harrington believes you are being lied to and manipulated by the major pet food manufacturers - all in the name of economics. Kohl shares the information he collected while producing the movie, including documentation that you’re being deceived into slowly killing your pets; and even paid hush money by pet food makers. You’ll want to hear this before you shop for pet food again! Also, Harper-Collins Publishers is now offering their employees “PAWternity leave” when they adopt a new pet, giving workers up to five working days of paid leave to settle in with their new animal friend. The publisher says it wants to encourage responsible adoption of animals as well as make life easier for their staff that choose to open their homes to furry friends. Also, volunteers at an overdose prevention site in Vancouver, Canada, say they saved the life of a pet rat named Snuggles after the little rodent overdosed on heroin it had eaten off a table. Also, for cat lovers and exercise enthusiasts, free yoga classes filled with feline friends sounds like a pretty good deal. But these classes are offered with a larger purpose in mind, as the cats need homes. The P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center in Camden, Maine, offers free monthly cat yoga classes as a way to introduce potential new pet owners to some kitties in need. Also, police in the town of Winkler, Manitoba, Canada, are asking people to be extra vigilant when buying anything online after three people were scammed out of hundreds of dollars when they bought dogs that they never received. The victims had all recently responded to online classified ads listing dogs for sale.
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