Animal Radio® Episode 652

Published: June 1, 2012, 5:03 p.m.

Sheena Easton on Animal Radio®Pop Diva Sheena Easton Guests
There is nobody more "into" her cats than singer Sheena Easton. She tells us all about her "gangstas" of fur! Even her kids thinks she'll be the proverbial "old cat lady."

Get Paid To Watch Videos
Members of the nonprofit Farm Animal Rights Movement are offering people $1 to watch a short video that shows gruesome scenes of slaughter and abuse of chickens, pigs and cows at unidentified farming operations. The images they will watch on video are graphic enough, organizers hope, that people will turn away and stop eating meat.

What your dog doesn't want you to knowThings Your Dog Doesn't Want You To Know
Why is it dogs turn in circles before they lay down? Why must they roll in the smelliest thing around? How come they hog the bed? These questions and more answered by 11 canines via Hy Conrad and Jeff Johnson.

KNUXMan Spends $60,000 In Custody Battle For Dog
Craig Dershowitz tells NBC's "Today" show he's already racked up $60,000 in legal bills trying to win custody of Knuckles after his ex kidnapped the dog and took him across the country. Dershowitz has started a website to raise funds for his legal efforts. He's offering a "Free Knux" t-shirt for $25 and a $250 game of fetch with Knuckles when the dog "hopefully" returns.

It's The Food Recall That Just Wont End – Now It's The Cat Food
From the recall of a single batch of its "Diamond Naturals" dry dog food on April 6 for possible salmonella contamination, Diamond Pet Foods has expanded the recall on eight separate occasions, endured a week-long inspection of one of its plants by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which criticized its practices, and most recently acknowledged that cats are also at risk.

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