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“Jon and I
have been working together for many years. He plays a major role in the
development of the brand recognition of our Stain & Odor Remover formula.
In terms of reaching and educating the consumer no single marketing sales tool
available can reach so many targeted people, being as cost effective as radio.
A manufacturer can have his sales representative communicate their product’s
attributes to the distributor and to the retailer; however they cannot speak
directly to the consumer. Jon Patch has a special relationship with his
audience. We feel fortunate to be represented in the media by him.
We attribute much of our growth in sales and brand to the relationship we share
over the years with Jon. Please feel free to contact me to discuss.”
Gil
Fischbach, V.P. Sales, Petastic Brand, Earth Friendly Products, 949-678-5325 or
gil@petastic.com
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Talkin’ Pets with Jon Patch
Saturday, March 06, 2010.
Jon Patch - Host
Lisa & Vince Centonze D.V.M. - Medical/Behavior/ Vet Tech/Animal Shelter Advice
Amanda Page - Producer
Bob Page - Executive Producer
Special Guest Hour 2 - Jonathan Mazzei
- Singer/Lead Guitarist - The Wall
Clocks Band - Vote for them to open for Bon Jovi (CD Giveaways)
Special Guest Hour 2 - Melissa Giordano
- Kauffman's Animal Health, Inc - Fortitude Canine Joint Supplement (On air
Giveaways).
Hour 1, 2 & 3 - Curious George 2 -
Follow That Monkey DVD Giveaways - Universal Pictures.
Saturday, March 6, the 65th day of 2010.
There are 300 days left in the year.
Celeb's B-Days:
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is 84.
Actor Tom Arnold is 51.
NBA player Shaquille O'Neal is 38.
Today
in History:
1834, the city of York in Upper Canada was incorporated as Toronto.
1836, the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day
siege.
1944, U.S. heavy bombers staged the first full-scale American raid on Berlin
during World War II.
Holidays and Observances:
Happy Birthday Sue Patch and Jon Provost (Timmy from the television show
Lassie).
Headlines:
1.Man Killed By Ill-Tempered Pet Bull...
2.Shark
Attacks Decline in Florida and the U.S...
3.
According to some
nutjobs... Tilikum the killer whale should be stoned to death... but that is
just the start of crazy...
4.
Vet tech says weiner is a meance...
5.
Some say
the Red Snapper is getting smaller and there isnt enough snapper for everyone,
well that is just fishy....
6.Fight
between roo and clown called off...
An eastern Pennsylvania man was attacked and killed by a “temperamental” pet
bull a day before his 53rd birthday.
Ricky Weinhold of Reinholds, Pa., was attacked by a 1-ton bull on a farm where
he leased barn space in Wernersville, about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia,
Berks County Deputy Coroner Terri Straka said. The son of the farm’s owner found
his body Sunday in an outdoor pen.
The property owners had encouraged Weinhold to get rid of the bull. She said the
same animal believed responsible for the weekend attack rammed Weinhold last
summer, breaking several of his ribs.
“He’s been known to be temperamental,” Straka said. “The property owners just
didn’t trust him. They told Ricky, ’This bull has got a bad disposition.” ’
Weinhold kept about 10 head of cattle at the farm, all of them as pets. It’s not
clear what precipitated the attack. The bull recently fathered a calf, but bulls
are not as protective of their offspring as cows.
No one witnessed the attack. All of Weinhold’s injuries appear to have been
inflicted by a bull’s head and hooves.
University of Florida researchers say the number of shark attacks in the United
States sharply declined last year, according to a study released this week.
The number of attacks in the U.S. dropped from 41 in 2008 to 28 in 2009. The
number of attacks in Florida also dropped, from 32 in both 2007 and 2008 to 19
last year.
The shark attack report comes about a month after a 38-year-old kiteboarder was
attacked and killed by a shark in Stuart. It was the first deadly shark attack
in Florida in five years.
The numbers come from the International Shark Attack File, located at the
University of Florida.
The American Family Association (AFA), a national religious group, has ignited a
firestorm over comments they made about the whale that killed University of
South Carolina graduate and veteran SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau.
In a blog post on the AFA’s website, writer Bryan Fischer argued that Tilikum,
the 12,000 pound killer whale that killed Brancheau by drowning her after a
performance at SeaWorld should be stoned to death.
“If the counsel of the Judeo-Christian tradition had been followed, Tillikum
would have been put out of everyone’s misery back in 1991 and would not have had
the opportunity to claim two more human lives,” Fischer wrote. “Says the ancient
civil code of Israel, ‘When an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox shall be
stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner shall not be liable.’”
But Tilikum won’t be the only one on the receiving end of a petrological
execution. Fischer also noted that Scripture calls for the stoning of Chuck
Thompson, the curator in charge of animal behavior.
“But, the Scripture soberly warns, if one of your animals kills a second time
because you didn’t kill it after it claimed its first human victim, this time
you die right along with your animal. To use the example from Exodus, if your ox
kills a second time, ‘the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to
death.’”
Naturally, animal rights folks are up in arms over the comment, while others
have just ridiculed the ridiculous idea of stoning a whale to death.
That said, many a rational mind has suggested that animals like Tilikum who take
human lives should be put down.
So, what do you think?
The criminal case against a 10-year-old miniature Dachshund that bit a Lafayette
veterinarian technician should be dismissed because the city's vicious animal
ordinance is flawed and state law should prevail, a defense attorney argued this
week.
If the dog; Spork did violate Lafayette's vicious animal law he can draw
punishment up to a lifetime in a kennel or euthanization.
Defense attorney Jay Swearingen, who specializes in animal law, said he's never
heard of a Colorado case where an animal care worker has been bit by an
otherwise non-violent dog and pressed charges -- namely because state law
exempts it. "We know dogs bark and bite," he said during a hearing Friday. "The
professionals who go into this business know there is some risk."
Prosecutor Ralph Josephsohn, however, said that the 2006 city law prohibits
"vicious animals," defined as those that attack or bite without being provoked,
approach someone in a terrorizing way or have been trained as a fighting animal.
Spork's case has generated passionate pleas to spare the dog. A "Save Spork"
page on Facebook has gained more than 20,000 fans.
In August, Spork's owners took him to Lafayette's Jasper Animal Hospital to have
a bad tooth extracted. Owner Kelly Walker said she was holding the 17-pound dog
in her arms while the technician attached a hospital band, then took out
scissors to cut off the excess. The dog bit the technician in the face when she
reached out to take Spork from Walker. Walker said her dog was simply scared --
so scared he defecated on her arm -- and in pain, not vicious.
The technician, Allyson Stone, lost small pieces of her lips and was treated at
Boulder Community Hospital and by a plastic surgeon.
Stone told police that Spork showed no signs he was going to bite, adding that
she felt the attack was unprovoked, according to the police report.
She told police she wanted to press charges because she was concerned that Spork
would bite his owner or someone else and she wanted to prevent another attack.
Colorado law excludes those who work with animals in veterinarian offices from
pressing charges in animal bite cases. But Lafayette's local laws include a
vicious animal law that doesn't have a similar exclusion. Lafayette also doesn't
allow jury trials in vicious animal cases.
Florida’s newest U.S. senator
told the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that
the NOAA is wrong about the declining size and number of red snapper fish in
Florida.
Sen. George LeMieux told NOAA chief Dr. Jane Lubchenco that her agency’s
statistics do not match fishermen reports regarding the size and number of red
snapper fish.
“If the science is bad, and we’re making draconian decisions based upon bad
science, or science that we can’t believe in, that’s affecting people’s lives --
that’s wrong,” LeMieux said Wednesday at a Senate Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries,
and Coast Guard subcommittee hearing on NOAA's FY2011 budget request for
fisheries enforcement programs and operations.
Appointed last fall to replace the retiring Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), LeMieux
challenged the director to come to Florida to gather accurate data before
imposing job-killing regulations which would dry up fisheries.
Kraft Foods Australia says it is pleased that an American festival show
featuring a red kangaroo that is goaded into fighting a clown has been cancelled
at the exhibition.
The American arm of Kraft - the owners of Vegemite - was sponsoring the show in
the Texas town of Hidalgo, which claimed to be a celebration of all things
Australian.
Following widespread publicity, Kraft released a statement on today saying it
was pleased the event had been cancelled.
"We understand the BorderFest Association, which organises this annual cultural
celebration, has apologised for offending anyone, particularly the people of
Australia, with the kangaroo boxing display," said Kraft spokesman Simon Talbot.
Early reports said the festival featured an event called the "Rocky Show Circus"
that involved two kangaroos and their owner, Javier Martinez, who dons a clown
suit.
Mr Martinez reportedly baits the kangaroo by pushing it and poking it before
placing it in a headlock.
If the kangaroos fight back too much, Mr Martinez's wife Sandra restrains it
using a heavy tether attached to a harness around the animal's chest.
Mr Martinez has defended the show, saying the kangaroos are in control at all
times.
"You cannot force a kangaroo to do nothing," he said.
"(Kangaroos) only do what they want to do so we don't make them work, you work
around them."
Mr Martinez is known to US animal welfare authorities, having been on their
watch list since 2003, when two kangaroos he was caring for died within four
months.
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