The Animal House from WAMU 88.5

A new dog adoption effort in San Francisco that pairs dogs with formerly homeless residents is making headlines and shaking up the status quo in a city that already has more dogs than children. The program, called WOOF, is run by San Francisco Animal Care and Control, and agency director Rebecca Katz tells Sam Litzinger how it works.

The world’s busiest explorer, Jeff Corwin, takes some rare down time to talk with Sam Litzinger about how his mother’s encouragement and a love of snakes influenced his current work with wildlife and nature conservation. Then, Justin Goodman of PETA talks about recent accusations of animal cruelty against the U.S.

Host Sam Litzinger talks about his experience at an emergency veterinary hospital, where he decided to put down his beagle, Ella. A young beagle is afraid of new people and inanimate objects in and around her home. The owner of a Australian Shepherd worries about his dog’s aggression after the dog bit his young nephew. A leopard gecko has a swollen front right paw and hasn’t been eating as much.

The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution was intended to abolish domestic slavery and involuntary servitude. The authors would probably be surprised to learn 146 years later that same mandate is being used to justify constitutional rights for 5 killer whales who "perform" at Sea World in San Diego, CA and Orlando, FL.