Steve Garvey Celebrates the 4th at Animal Radio®
Dodger Legend Steve Garvey joins us for the All-American holiday weekend to celebrate pets everywhere. Garvey says he's the opening act for 'Tillman the Skateboarding Dog' at his new job as spokesperson for Natural Balance Pet Food. When Natural Balance asked if Garvey would skateboard alongside the dog, he replied "absolutely not unless you strap me on and put cement around my ankles." The baseball-guru will be hosting "Dog Days" at several baseball games across the country. He said there's nothing more American than pets at a baseball game. And despite 500 or so dogs inside an arena, it all goes smoothly. "Ironically the dogs are very quiet during the game until the fans start cheering."
BP Hires IBRRC For Bird Cleanup
Jay Holcomb of the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) responds to oil spills to cleanup birds. He doesn't have great things to say about the company that hired him to clean the birds in the gulf spill. He predicts a big hurricane force storm will end up making the spill worse. Holcomb says "the oil sitting on the water will be whipped into a frenzy and cover all these little birds, probably by the thousands."
AP Releases First Pet
The Associated Press has compiled photos and stories of all the animals that have lived in the white house. While cats and dogs are common, you probably couldn't imagine all the different species under the Kennedy administration. Editor Chuck Zoeller joins us for some non-partisan conversation about the First Pets.