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Podcast: Food Chain Radio Podcast with Michael Olson
Episode: A Nation of Pets!
Description: Mark Cushing, CEO of Animal Policy Group and author of Pet Nation
On a recent flight from New Orleans, my wife pointed to four companion animals that were visible from where we were seated.  And when one is buckled into a seat on an airplane one’s vision is pretty limited.  There must have been more animals aboard that flight!Â
Holy Smokes!!! Our pets are now flying with us! Â
In the past two decades the population of pets in the United States has nearly doubled.  During this same period of time the birth rate of the...