Stacey Thomas and Sue Roenbeck–founders of Healing Animals with Love Organization (H.A.L.O.), a St. Petersburg, FL-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to create an ongoing network of medical care providers, rescue and other services and various resources equipped to respond to animal emergencies around the clock–discuss the incident that spurred the creation of H.A.L.O.; 
the relationships already forged with animal rescue organizations, veterinarians, city agencies and others; the first responder and other training they plan to offer H.A.L.O. volunteers; how H.A.L.O.’s services will complement those provided by–and likely lighten the load of–other emergency response agencies; how other local organizations have reacted to H.A.L.O. arriving on the scene; ambitions over time to widen the network well beyond the St. Petersburg/Tampa/Clearwater area, and more. [www.HaloPlanet.org]
Listen Online Now:
COMEDY CORNER: Mitch Hedberg’s “Koalas” (snippet) (www.MitchHedberg.net)
MUSIC: David Grisman’s “Dawg Bull,” The Dead Weather’s “I Cut Like A Buffalo,” instrumentals
NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: Marvin Gaye’s “I’ll Be Doggone”
