Phil Arkow is a co-founder of the National Link Coalition, the non-profit national resource center on the link between animal abuse and human violence. Animal abuse is a sentinel indicator that something is clearly wrong, so if animals are abused likely there’s additional violence in the home.  Arkow explains why people are reluctant to leave domestic violence situations if they have nowhere to shelter with pets.

Legendary WGN Radio broadcaster Max Armstrong talks about his most recent book, More Stories from the Heartland as Told by One of America’s Favorite Farm Broadcasters. He calls this his “book of Thanksgiving,” and it includes many stories about his pets, including Toby a larger-than-life Jack Russell Terrier. And say he swears this dog used obscenities if he missed the ball.