Alison Gianotto–expert on animal abuse & cruelty

Alison Gianotto–an expert on animal abuse & cruelty who created pet-abuse.com, a web site that seeks to reduce animal abuse through providing education & information, including a data base of animal abuse cases across the country–discusses the impetus for launching the site (an awful attack on her neighbor’s cat Bert), how the site operates, the frequent correlation between those who abuse animals and have abusive relationships with humans, the importance of early & careful intervention whenever children are abusing animals, and more. [www.pet-abuse.com]

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COMEDY CORNER: Bob Newhart’s “The Siamese Cat”
MUSIC: Medeski, Martin & Wood’s “Midnight Poppies/Crooked Birds”,” The Pixies’ “Caribou,”   instrumentals
NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: U2’s “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses”