#865C: Dr. Maciej Parys, veterinarian from the University of Edinburgh is CEO of CanCan diagnostics where they created a blood test to monitor the progress of cancer in dogs or help diagnose it, without having to do biopsies.

#865B: Nina Jackel and her Lady Freethinker just won an award for exposing animal cruelty globally, whether in Thailand zoos or bringing dogs out of Ukraine to the U.S.

#865A: Paula Munier’s newest mystery “Home at Night” featuring Mercy Carr and her dog Elvis is really spooky!

#864C: Ever wondered who embraces rats as their pet-of-choice? Meet Maggie Herskowitz, newly graduated with a degree from the University of Edinburgh Vet School, celebrating with her five “ratties” wrapped around her neck!

#864B: Exotic animal veterinarian Dr. Doug Mader (the author of “The Vet at Noah’s Ark” and Tracie’s co-host on their show EXOTIC PETS) discusses how to navigate vet school, get the most out of it, and seek support for the psychological challenges that can come with it.

#864A: Wendall Thomas’s hilarious mystery “Lost Luggage” takes her Brooklyn-based travel agent heroine to Africa where she finds out what could happen to your lost luggage if it became a tool in the smuggling of endangered animals.

#863C: Jeanne Selander created a sanctuary called Rivers Wish for senior chihuahuas in Key West, where they have a loving home forever

#863B: Erica Messer created her pet loss grief support platform, Wolfies Wish, to help those struggling, as she did, with the death of their pet. Now she has designed “mindfulness” cards and messages for people anticipating their senior pet’s death while caring for them during the final stages of their life. 

#863A: Linda Rhodes, DVM PhD, created the nonprofit “Feather in Her Cap” to acknowledge the achievements of women in the animal health industry — something of which she is personally familiar with an impressive array of her own professional accomplishments.

#862C: Chelsea Barstow talks about the fun (for people, too!) activities she has created for people to do with their dogs in her book  “Happy Dog: 101 Easy Enrichment Activities for a Healthy, Happy, Well-Behaved Pup”