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announced a tune for cinema counting the eighties with Rich McGlinchy coming up next way Now, the Sonoma County Public Information Office presents Cinema County in the eighties with your host Rich McGlinchy. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome

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to another edition of Sonoma County in the eighties. I think you'll find this a very interesting program. We're gonna be talking about something. We all well, animals that we should love that mawr because many of them were mistreated. You're going to find that, too. However, we're

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going to be talking to Jan Brewer or the right of your screen, the executive director of human society. And it's nice to have a nice to nice to be here rich. We should have been talking about a long time before we got tonight and on the

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left of your screen. Linda Van Tessler And she is the educational coordinator. It's nice to see you. Uh we're going to talk about the main society and learn more about it. What they dio later we're going to see some examples. Some actual live animals. Uh, Jan.

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First of all, for the audiences take what is Humane Society? The Humane Society is a non profit private corporation that is formed to protect animals. And we're also the S p c A, which is a society for the prevention of cruelty. What is that called Society

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for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. So that's one of the someone in the same. Yes. Where is it located? We're on Highway 12. So vast pool road, about a mile and 1/2 east of Sebastian pool. And we've been there for over 50 years, right? And

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once again quickly, they'll give us what's the basic purpose over the society. You gave it a few words. Well, it's for the Society, for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals. In other words, we were there to protect animals rights, their care, that type of thing. OK,

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what services do you basically offer the public? Well, we offered a variety of services that are surrounding the humane treatment of animals, cruelty investigation Abuse adoption program, finding new homes for animals that have been lost and not claimed by their owners. Um, we have an education

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program rescue program. We respond to sick and injured animals, animals in distress, those types of things. There is a lot of either purposeful or in most cases, I suppose, on purposeful but Catellus. Abuse of animals. I've seen animals left in cars, you know, with the windows

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up together. You know, this is Tara tragic. I know whenever I have seen that sort of thing in life, I've gone to somebody there and said, You got to do something about that poor animal in distress. But I suppose that's really about more widespread than just

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in occasional cases. Unfortunately, yes. And of course, most of the time it's done out of lack of attention or paying paying attention to what's going on. People think they're only gonna be a few minutes in a store parking. A parking lot don't roll the windows down.

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And, of course, the heat builds up extremely fast. Way over 90 or 100 degrees in a car was terrible like that. All right now, what about the other cities and you know, you're located between here and basketball. But what about the other studies in Sonoma County?

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Uh, let's say Rohnert Park, Uh, Petaluma Sanoma. Cloverdale. Okay, Those were incorporated cities and under the state law 597 of the penal code, they perform their own services within their own city limits the police department. Or they may employ an animal control agency or an animal

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control person. But they are responsible for taking care of sick and injured stray animals inside their own city limits. And those that that's only for the incorporated cities. And that is that true of all incorporated cities? Yes. In the state of California? Yes. Okay, Now I

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know the answer to this, but I didn't make public. What agency provides animal control within Cinema county? Well, other than the incorporated cities of the Sonoma County, animal Regulation performs animal control services in the unincorporated area. And then for the incorporated area of City of Santa

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Rosa. We perform those services. How many persons do you are involved in your operation? In our operation, we have approximately 25 employees. Okay? Do you have kosher people that are among in your actual organization? to have volunteers helping it. Yes, we have just initiated a volunteer

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program, so we're quite anxious to get that started. Yeah, that trip thievery should. That should be very effective for the Humane Society, because certainly there a lot of people that want a volunteer and for something they have time and want devoted to something leather. In addition

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to that, they love animals. So I think that should be a natural time. Yes, definitely. And we really need to help a lot to do. I can't believe it. How many calls to get it to the shelter on? That's the animal abuse on a monthly average

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on a monthly average, 8200 were handling well over 1000 a year. And, of course, that changes throughout the year, some months or heavier than others. But 80 to 100 is normal. That's a lot. It's a cruise course. Some of them are not. Not valid. Complaints are

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really have no substance to them. Some people are not totally informed as to what really an animal, how it's being abused or if it's being starved. And in fact it isn't so. Some of those cases are not don't have any foundation. What are some of the?

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I guess you'd say the causes for cruelty towards animals. Well, I'd say there's really only two causes. One is deliberate and the other is, uh, ignorance, lack of understanding or education on how to care for animals. What give an example of the two, so to speak.

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Well, a deliberate case would be way had one situation where a horse was starved. Um, it was right outside the kitchen window of the family's home, and it ate all the grass in its pan and all the grass that it could reach just outside the pen.

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And when that was gone, they didn't bother to supply any more food, and the horse literally laid down and starved to death in front of them. What a lot of grass. A minute. And I'll ask an opinion. What on earth possesses someone to do this? That's

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a good question. I don't know that we've ever found the answer to the reason people take on the responsibilities of animals. Whether it be a cat dog cow horse. Um, without thinking about and understanding what all is involved, I can't I find that dunner impossible to

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believe, and I know very well that it happens. I mean, I'm not that naive, but I I really wonder what possesses you. If you're one of them to do such a thing. I don't think many of you that are viewing us tonight ever do a thing

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like that. I can't understand it. With the increase in the population, it's no account. Jan. Is the increase an increase in the animal population? I would imagine that definitely, in fact, probably a greater ratio increased as you had north of the Bay Area than there is

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in some of the larger cities. Because a lot of people moved to Sonoma County because it's country, there's room to move land. They're buying large pieces of property or ranches. And one of their intentions, of course, is to have animals. So, um, I think we see

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a larger ratio of increase of animals as people move into Cinema County. If that's the case and more people coming in all the time, you and you say you know your problems are obviously you're multiplying. Getting volunteers to help you are the plans for a larger

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shelter somewhere. That's our top priority right now, we're working on those lands. Of course, our facility is not. I don't know that there's ever a facility that's large enough to handle all the animals because there's such an overpopulation problem. However, um, there's a certain percentage that

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we know that we're going to be working with, and we're planning on expanding our present facility and possibly adding satellite facilities throughout the county to make it easier for people to bring their animals in or bring in stray animals. But that is our top priority right

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now is to expand our holding facility. That seems like that would be a very excellent idea if you have not only that, the main facility and enlarge it if you can but have satellite facilities. Yes, there's a lot of distance in this town mechanic, 1674 square

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miles, right? And some of it is not easy access. And actually, our shelter is very close to the center of the county. However, access wise, it's not that easy. You know there is a good distance. It's my understanding that you have a lost and found service.

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Yes. How does that operate? What is it all about? Well, which we try to be the central or nucleus of agency for people to contact when they have lost or found an animal. And, of course, our intent is to reunite those that are lost. And, uh,

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with the people who have found animals. Um, our shelters open six days a week, so we're receiving stray animals 24 hours a day. And so people who have lost their animals can come in and look through the shelter. We have a recording that runs 24 hours

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a day of found animals. Um, we have an ad in the press Democrat every morning of all the animals that have been received at the shelter. Eso it's we try to like you said Getting the information out and connecting the people is what's difficult. And, I

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might add one of the biggest problems in getting dogs back home and cats is theory lack of identification. Okay, that's something you want to talk about. I'm sure. What is your adoption program? Our adoption program entails animals that air turned in by their owners by people

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who can't keep them any longer for various reasons and the stray animals, the animals that are not claimed by their owners. As long as they appear to be in good health and there's no behavior problem, we'd like to find him a new home. What is the

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busiest time of the year for humane society? We used to have a quiet time, and we're not seeing that anymore. However, ah, springtime and summertime is is definitely the busiest time. In addition to it being a puppy season, it is cat season and all the female

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cats. Aaron Spade, Female cats in, uh, the county are having kittens in the spring, and so it's were receiving anywhere from 2 to 300 cats a week. Okay, the that spaying program is really very, very important because they didn't multiply rapidly. And that's great. Give me

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future plans. You like this year momentarily where we'd like to expand our facility. Um, we'd like to expand our programs and implement some new programs that will assist people in understanding, uh, how animals fit into our life in our environment. And I think more so today

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than ever before with our surged to grow and expand our human world are animal World is being crowded out, and it's it's a very deep concern for us. Okay, We're gonna pause here for a moment. That station. Bring our audience a public service announcement. We're back

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and we want to talk to an event testing over here. And I know she's been involved or been your educational coordinator and has done a lot with animals. And we've got something we're going to see. We talked. Ladies and gentlemen would be back right after this

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P. I see is the local organization, one of 500 across the United States that is responsible for utilizing federal funds to assist disadvantaged and jobless county residents in qualifying for in finding jobs in private business. If you're interested in learning a job skill or are an

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employer in need of skilled workers, contact the Private Industry Council Message Center in Sebastian Pool at a 291882 and employers make sure to ask about the potential state and federal tax credits. Again, the message Center number to call is 8 to 91882 Uh huh. Thanks. Welcome

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back to a special edition of Sonoma County. The unions were talking about something that I think everybody loves. Unfortunately, that's a Nen correct statement. Some people, apparently once in a while, do not love animals, but most of us do, and we're very concerned with our pet.

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In fact, pets play a very, very important part in the lives of people, especially older people. I noticed for effect. We've been talking to Jan Brewer a little while ago. She's executive director of the Cinema County Humane Society. And I'm gonna talk to Linda Van Test

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launch, Easy in education coordinator, Humane Society and nice to see you here. And you have some special people with you. But we got a question that you want to watch first. What is the education coordinator do for humans? Well, I go to the different schools, all

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the schools, and talk about our organization and being kind to animals and what I'm trying to, what we're trying to do is take this image of way of the human society just being called a dogcatcher. I goto grades, kindergarten. Going up. Uh, I think you've done

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a very good job, Your educational programs working well, your little ads in the paper, Thank you have had some originality, and I think, and I think they probably been very effective. I hope they have your case. I've certainly been impressed by them. Do you take any

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animal friends with you? When you when you go out on your talks? Yes, I do. Numerous. It's like Noah's Ark. Unfortunately, I was going to try to bring my dog NASCAR, who's a great Pierre and use who I did get that shelter. But she's She's got

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a very, very thick coat, and I think with the studio lights would be too warm for But I did bring some other animal friends with me that it is better including the education program. This is what we've been saying that you brought some animal friends along

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and I will see them. Great. Okay, this is, uh, the's air, my two little cockatiels and they go with me to the schools because a lot of times I feel like kids should grow up with animals and if their parents they have a place where they

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can't keep a dog or cat. Thes small critters are really Neto pits, and I'm just gonna bring one out. And this is our little star. This is Harley. And he, uh he goes to the schools with me. He also does a wolf whistle. Uh, this Harley

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and the other one is Molly. Julie. And they love to be very friendly. Very affectionate animals. He does. The roof was Yes, he does. He doesn't talk. He just does the whistle. Unfortunately, that's, you know, put him back. And who's the other friend? That's Molly. That's

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that's his friends is beautiful. Charlie and Molly, you're just team television debut of Charlie and Molly. Now you have with This is my friend Oreo and she's a guinea pig. And you could see the reason why I named your Oreo casino because of the color, ever

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as she was abandoned right in front of our shelter in a cage without any food and water and no information. So this is another friend I take with me to the school's Oreo like the Oreo cookie. You're a little cookie, huh? So are you. Hey, beautiful.

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I was Auriol. We've had all these beautiful TV did. Did you? And this is Here's another star. This is Elvira. She was a stray, some nice lady Stark trying to cross the street and picked her up and brought her to the shelter. And Jan had mentioned

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before how we do advertise lost animals and press Democrat. We list other animals besides dogs and cats. And she was listed in our lost at is a box turtle. And no one claimed there. No one said they lost. How about three people? Young animals you've shown

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us now so far available for adoption. No, they're not. They belong to the education Department. But no one said they had lost a box Turtle of the time. Elvira, I need your Elvira. Elvira, Are you Elvira? How are you doing, huh? Every well, Glad to see

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you. Very, very, very nice pats. Very interesting. Elvira Aureole, Charlie and Molly's before. And look, who have we here? This is my new education animal. And this is gizmo and gizmos. A chin chila. They bite, you know, has some. Well, he's very friendly. Softly is this

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is who his name is. Gizmo. Gizmo How are you? It's nice to have you here today. Okay. Nice. You could visit with Gizmo. I like that. That's great. We had gizmo. And with the turtle is Elvira Elvira and the Burgess Harley. And then the guinea pig

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was Ariel. Really? And then Molly and, uh, and mascot the dog. Charlie. Charlie, remember, you gotta keep their names now. These are animals that you use in your education of coordination. You will you go to schools a lot? Yes. I go to the schools and I

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don't need schools, but also give talks to service clubs. Do you? Yes. To everything in charge of this? Yes, they dio. Yes, because again, a lot of times people think that humane society, anything that we do handle is his dogs and cats. And we as Jansen.

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Before we rescue, we have rescue service and we rescue all different types of animals. And in my program, I do show slides of that. How I know Well, if you go out to schools and you discuss animals amenable cares, you know the response to how to

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be a responsible pet owner to the youngsters Now, what cost lives do you show What do you use when you're I show slides? In fact, I have a If I have a picture I show slides of of animal abuse of before and after, which ways That

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we could get this in there. This really does show shows a real story. That and this is, uh there's a story behind the stock. And then this. We named Max and he was brought into the shelter, and he was he was straight. You have start. And

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this is the happy ending. This is that something. And this is what I, uh would I showed to the sculpture and and two adults that there is still a lot of cruelty and abuse to animals. And this is the way we like to see this end

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result. Happy ending, ruinous, emaciated looking thing there. That's just shows little care can do. Yes, a little care. And, ah, lot of TLC, as we called it. Uh, I'm sure as a result of the program and and your talk this evening that there will be schools

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or organizations that might want Teoh see these terrific animals and you know what you have to say about him. So how can you be contacted for educational programs, they can call the education. Can I get the phone number out? The phone number is 5 to 66905

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Or they can call our shelter. And they could get the phone number from six. Yes. Number the shelter number, which is 54 to 0 82 54 to 0 80 Yes. Either way, I contacted the way they would probably they would reach someone. Right? Okay. Now you

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said I think you've answered this question, but I won't ask you. You don't limit your talk to schools only know what are some of the other groups that you went to? The service club service clubs. Uh, and I also we also have in my program. We

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have an information booth, which we had a snow my county fair, uh, and I provide way provide that just information about animals because that's what we're here for is to help the people with animals and with Thea schools. I'm also doing Ah, A lot of the

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students are coming to me with animal projects that they're doing in school, and I try to give him a smudge information as I can on that. This is such an extremely important job, Teoh conveyed to the public the need for being responsible. Pet owners are Sonoma

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County, and more regulation department has begun. I know I don't know this recent years or months, but trying to through our office, they have tried to put out releases indicating the necessity, the absolute necessity for being a responsible pet owner if the pet owner doesn't want

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to run afoul of the animal regulation of the Humane Society. But we're not caring for the animal property, But that's something. If you have an animal or if you take a pet on, it's a responsibility that you and I have and do its responsibility, you should

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accept, be willing to accept. We hope that by showing you these little animals that are used to show youngsters how beautiful animals are for one thing and how well cared for pits could be just a joint be around. We hope that this makes you a little

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bit better pet. Um, can students contact you for animal information? Let's say for a school project, Yes, uh, can. And I hope they do. And what do you do? Well, they can. They can call me up and make an appointment. And if they if they are

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doing some type of school project, please. I know. I know. When I was a student, it was always a last minute thing. My dad would be typing a term paper midnight if they could contact me a little bit ahead of time. I would really appreciate that,

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because that way I could get get the well, not I have had students come. Well, whatever. They're doing their deadline on their project. I've had students come to me are call and say I have a paper, a term paper that's doing I'm doing on, like, animal

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research. Uh, what what information can you give me? And I said, When do you need this information? They say by tomorrow. So so would be a little more convenient all around if they could just call me. And this is this, right? Right, Because I'm willing to

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give him that information, and she's a time factor. Then that's something that should be remembered by everybody out there, especially young search. If you do have a man in a project and you want some help for pity, say a assignment call, then they can help you

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do a beautiful job in assisting you with the project with window. Last minute. Even if they can help you with job is not gonna be that well done. You're great. Just gonna be that good. Um, I mentioned earlier to Jim about volunteers, and she said yes.

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You do have volunteers in your department. Already have been working with you way will be starting, which I'm really excited about because I have a lot of little projects that I do besides education. One of my favorite programs is pet therapy, where I visit the convalescent

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homes and I take my my animal friends with me. And I have another picture here about your photo here. Oh, you look and this is this was if you can see real cause Harley is is on. Her name is Rosie. And this is this is from

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Creek Side. And, uh, this was also the front page of the press Democrat. That's that's hardly Harley. Yes, you. And this is where the volunteers would be very helpful because sometimes I visit the convalescent homes and usually they try Teoh, give me help with the animals

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but sometimes with him 45 animals with me, and I need people to help me with that. I hope the audience recognizes, realizes how extremely valuable pets are older people. They become almost their life. I have seen many, many occasions in last year's where someone of stricken

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in years has had a pet had probably for for many years. And that pet dies or is lost, was killed, and that person goes to as equally his greatest shock as they would if they lost a child. So the value of a pet to an older

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person, I don't think could be overestimated. Also rich if you maybe sometime you could be able to go with me and see the response of the of the patients and senior citizens by stroking a cat or are holding, uh, the guinea pig or even petting petting

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my dog, Um, you see a smile on their face. I It's pet therapy for them, but it's also pit there b for me because I enjoy it so much. It's because a lot of these people did have pets before. Uh, what? I don't know. Sure, you've

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covered this. Now what is pet therapy pet therapy is, uh, what we call pet therapy. And it's a renowned all over the main societies, and all the different states is it's getting more and more popular. It's because the fact that when when a person strokes an

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animal, their heart rate goes down. It just There's all kinds of medical benefits that are positive from pet therapy by by stroking an animal. We're about a minute left. Did you have any final thoughts? Um, final thoughts serve. Um, I just hope Teoh really out there

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on that? Uh, just that I'm available and that we do have an education program and just number. It's 5 to 66905 is Education department and the shelters. 5420882 Okay, the man test Our thanks for the objective. Thank you. Yeah, it's really it's in Omagh County. And

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because I know of no subject that I personally would rather investigate and have you talk about this and I think showing our little friends there has brought it home. Ladies, John, I sincerely hope that you will be a little bit better. Pet owner as result of

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always. It's certainly for pity's sake, don't abuse your pet can take it called society and maybe they could find Final was Richmond TV program The cinema count in the eighties, probably with you next week in another member of county government. Family are important related agent such

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as Snow Mechanic, Humane Society. Until then, good luck, good health and good night. This program is being produced is a public service by Total Television of Santa Rosa for Channel 22. Be sure to join us next week.

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Same time, same channel for another edition of Sonoma County in the eighties.