Common Bonds Podcast

Laura Nafe obtained her DVM from the University of Missouri in 2009. She then went on to complete a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at North Carolina State University before completing a residency in small animal internal medicine at the University of Missouri in 2013. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine at Oklahoma State University. Her clinical and research interests include respiratory disease, vector-borne disease, and immune-mediated disease.

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Jeff Cook is the vice president of Lab Rescue Oklahoma and sits on the steering committee of Common Bonds. Jeff shares his life journey that brought him to animal rescue and how his commitment to animals saved his life.

CommonBondsRadio Dec2019 by Kelly Burley

Episode Two features a conversation with the Executive Director of an Oklahoma shelter that focuses on dog transport and a spay-neuter clinic. And author Kate Strum explores the common bond of our love of animals through her short story "The Dog I Need".

Common Bonds Radio is a monthly podcast that explores the Collective Impact initiative supporting humane outcomes for cats and dogs in Oklahoma. Each episode will include a brief roundup of what's happening in the world of animals, a conversation about animal well-being and short stories about our experiences with the pets we love. Episode One features a conversation with the Executive Director of the Kirkpatrick Foundation about the origins of the Common Bonds initiative and the Foundation's role as the backbone support organization, as well as a short story by Oklahoma author Teresa Miller from a literary collection about our animals.