You Can Stroke Me Here, But Not There

Cat Behaviorist Sarah Ellis has a pretty cool job. She does research on how and where cats like to be touched. Sarah found that there are certain parts of the cat’s body that are better than others when it comes to petting and stroking. She’ll reveal her results and explain why she thinks strangers have better luck petting cats than the cat’s owner.

Tick Talk

Only second to fleas, ticks are a fairly common pest. Some of the diseases that ticks carry can kill both human and pet. Doc Halligan will tell you the proper way to remove them. She says you need to avoid some of the ‘old wives-tales’ for removing ticks because they may actually do more harm.

Cloning Pets

The first pet to be cloned on American soil was a success. Many people are rushing to genetically preserve their pets DNA. We’ll be talking to the company that clones dogs and cats and find out how it’s done and why people want to clone their furry-companions.

Jon Stewart & Steven Colbert Together for the Animals

John Stewart and Steven Colbert joined forces again this month at the Montclair Film Festival where Stewart introduced the film “Unlocking the Cage.” The HBO documentary movie follows the story of lawyer Steven Wise, who aims to “break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans.”

Like A Good Neighbor

State Farm insurance has been sponsoring The Arson Dog Program since 1993! An accelerant detection canine, or arson dog, is a dog that has been trained to sniff out tiny traces of accelerants that may have been used to start a fire. The insurance giant has had a hand in placing over 350 arson dog teams in 44 states and three Canadian Provinces.