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Speaker 2: Welcome to Animaltopia on pet Life Radio. I'm your host,

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Robert Simro, and it's my privilege to share animal Topia with.

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Speaker 3: All of you.

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Speaker 2: On today's show, we buy a zoo, splash with dogs

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and share several wonderful animal toopian stories. We'll be right

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Speaker 6: Hi, this is Ken Jones from the new Prince of

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Ponds podcast. You are listening to pet Life Radio. I

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invite you to come get your feet wet at Prince

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of Ponds. My show is all about ponds, fountains, waterfalls

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your questions. Go ahead, splash me.

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Speaker 4: Let's talk pets on Petlifradio dot com.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Animal Toopia on pet Life Radio. By

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now you've seen the advertisements for the latest in a

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series of wonderful animal inspired movies. Twenty eleven may go

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down as the year of the feature animal movie. This

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year we saw successful features including African Cats, Water for Elephants,

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Dauphintial Warhorse, and one that I'm really looking forward to seeing,

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We Bought a Zoo. As someone who has read the book,

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I'm really anxious to see the movie and how they

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capture this wonderful story in live action and of course

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adapted to Hollywood. For those of you unfamiliar with the

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book and thinking about seeing the movie, let me share

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some information about the story with you now. I promise

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this will not deter you from wanting to see the movie.

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In fact, I want to share with you the real story,

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not just the Hollywood story. To begin with, The story

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is based on Ben Me's book We Bought a Zoo,

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The amazing true story of a young family, a broken

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down zoo, and the two hundred wild animals that change

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their lives forever. The actual zoo is the Dartmoor Zoological

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Park in southwest England. It is a thirty acre zoological

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park that has been opened since nineteen forty eight by

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Ellis Dahl on farmland that the Dall family owned. The

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zoo ran into a number of problems and issues over

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the years and eventually went up for sale. The Mees,

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who had just lost the patriarch of their family, decided

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that they were going to change their lives. Their mother,

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Amelia me who was mourning the loss of her husband,

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decided to sell her home and saw that this zoo

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had become available. While her children, including Ben and his

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brother Duncan, as well as Ben's family, were open to

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the idea, they did have their reservations, but were open

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minded to the experience, so they went off to a

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showing of the property and were hoping they could purchase

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it as they fell in love with the zoo and

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the area immediately. However, there were too many obstacles to

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overcome and they thought they had lost their chance. Well,

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some time went by when Ben discovered that the property,

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the zoo and all the animals were up for sale again,

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and this time it was a much more desperate situation.

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If the property was not sold, the animals would be

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moved to other willing sanctuaries or they would have to

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be destroyed. Ben and his family could just not let

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this happen, so they immediately sought to purchase the place

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and overcome the previous hurdles that prevented it. Well as

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fortune and fate would have it, they succeeded. Despite numerous setbacks,

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they were able to purchase the property, the zoo, and

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all of their animals well that, as time would teach them,

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would be the least of their challenges in this new

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dream that they were all sharing and living. But on

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October twentieth, two thousand and six, the seventy six year

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old mother Amelia, her son Duncan, and her son Ben

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me and his wife Catherine, and their young children Milo

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and Ella finally moved in to the property. The house

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that they were to live in on the property was

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once a grand twelve bedroom mansion. However, by the time

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they moved in, the peeling wallpaper and the spotting plumbing

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showed them that their new home needed urgent attention. Still,

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they had very unique neighbors in the parkland, including five

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Siberian tigers, three African lions, nine wolves, three big brown

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European bears, two pomas a lynx, four Asian short clawed otters,

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two flamingos, many owls, and a total of nearly two

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hundred animal friends to excite them and inspire them. As

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Ben describes the feeling that he felt, he gleefully says

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it was hard not to feel excited. Well, that's easy

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to see, and it was important because that excitement helped

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carry them through the daunting tasks and challenges that they

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would be faced with. They had to work through a

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multitude of challenges as they attempted to repair and rebuild

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the zoo to meet the laws and regulations that required

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if they were ever to turn the zoo back to

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what it once was and open it to the public again. Still,

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they persevered and met those challenges. They met him head

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on with the effort and faith that they held inside

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that their zoo could be what they dreamed it could be.

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They were able to accomplish their goal of licensing the

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zoo and opening up to the public, and today the

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Dartmore Zoological Gardens is a special place with plenty of

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special animals and people. These days, you can find the

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following animals at the Dartmoor Zoo, including tigers, lions, jaguars, lynx, cheetahs, bears, wolves,

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tapier capybara, raccoons, merracants, monkeys, deers, owls, and a whole

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collection of bugs, reptiles and many more animals. So now

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you know a little bit more of the real story

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behind the Hollywood movie featuring Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas

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Hayden Church and other excellent actors. Well, next up, we're

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gonna splash with some very athletic and very fun dogs

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of all sizes. Do you know what a splash dog is? No,

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it's not a dog who loves the splash and puddles

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or takes lots of bubble bass. Splash dogs are dog

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athletes who fly through the air trying to catch up

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to a favorite toy that has been thrown twenty to

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thirty feet into a specially signed pool that is connected

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to another specially designed platform. In simpler terms, it's dock

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jumping and big ear by dogs of all sizes and breeds.

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Dock jumping for dogs is fast becoming one of America's

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most popular outdoor events. Pets compete for distance diving from

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a dock into a forty foot pool of water. Proud

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pet owners travel to these events from all over the

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region to compete. It's really an incredible sport for dogs

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that everyone loves, dogs, their owners and plenty of spectators.

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We spend some time with the splash dogs this year,

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and they are something to watch. Splash dogs are not

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as specific breed as we discovered. In fact, you'll find

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dogs of all sizes and all breeds, all competing within

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the same divisions. These divisions are established by ability, again,

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not by size or breed. Needless to say, these dogs

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must also love water and search for a bit of adrenaline.

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Splash Dogs was founded by Tony Reid after he discovered

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that his beloved black labidor Sierra, took to the water

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like a flying fish. Sierra is not only Tony's best friend,

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but also a big hit on the splash Dog circuit.

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So on any given weekend throughout the year, you can

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find the competitors along with their human handlers, getting ready

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for those jumps of glory. Some of the dogs jump

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twenty four feet on a regular basis. The record jump

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is over twenty seven feet. Now that is certainly a

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jump of glory. It's really a fun sport to watch it,

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and you can tell that the dogs are having a blast.

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In fact, it's not uncommon that a dog will make

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his leap from the dock into the water, retrieve his reward,

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and then take a victory lap or two around the pool.

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It's also a wonderful interaction for the dogs and their owners.

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The dogs in their owner develop a very strong bond

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as well as communication, trust, and a lot of enjoyment

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out of participating it this fun sport. It all begins, though,

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with trust and communication. The owners will give the dogs

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their commands an attempt to get the dog really excited

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about making the run down the specially designed dock. That

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specially designed dock is built upon the top of a

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truck trailer. Now the dogs are anxious yet focused at

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the same time. Now that can be a challenge as

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the dog is eager to get to the rewards. The

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owners often have to reset their dogs where they want

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them to start, then get them revved up, and finally

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give the command that says go get that. The dogs

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burst into action, blazing down the dock and flying off

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it in an attempt to catch or retrieve their reward

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or toy. Some might call this extreme water fetching. And

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if you haven't seen a splash dog fly, you haven't

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seen anything yet. Ears, flopping tails, wagging legs, pumping tongues, waving,

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and the biggest smiles you will ever see as they

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launch themselves into the air. Then they splash down in

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the pool of water, dog paddle over to their reward,

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grab it, and then dog paddle back to the exit

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ramp to exit the pool where their owner is joyfully waiting.

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The dog owner goes to give the dog a congratulatory hug,

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and the dog celebrates by shaking the water off himself

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and all over to the people standing there, including his owner.

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Well after that, both owner and dog wait to hear

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the official numbers on the dog's jump. A special system

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was designed by Tony and partners to have cameras in

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different angles right above the water that measure the length

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of the jump of the dog. So they measure from

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the dock to where the dog touches water, and they

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do that with precise measurements. Because of these specially designed

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cameras and computer systems, it's really remarkable to watch them

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dial in and see exactly where that dog hit the water.

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If you haven't had a chance to see Splash Dogs,

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I'd strongly urge you take your family out to one

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of the nearest events, whether it's the official Splash Dogs

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or doc jumping in one of the other areas across

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the country. It's truly an enjoyable experience, and these dogs

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will certainly put a smile on your face while putting

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a smile on theirs. Tony, I want to say thank

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you to you and all of your Splash Dog participants

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for truly creating and pushing a sport to its limits

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for all of us to enjoy. Coming up after this

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short break, we'll be taking a look at several wonderful

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animal Toopean stories. So stay tuned. We'll be right back

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Speaker 3: Welcome to Sasy Seniors, a show about our fabulous older

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dogs and cats. I'm your host, Kelly Jackson. I wanted

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to create a show to really showcase our senior pets,

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and you know us, a human population ages and lives longer.

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us with Asian pets, it's so interesting, we have a

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of our senior pets as as wise puppies.

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Speaker 6: What do you think about that?

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Speaker 3: Be sure to join us for another edition of Sassy Seniors,

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and remember, celebrate your senior Pets.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to animal Topia on pet Life Radio. I'm

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your host, Robert Simro, and I'm happy to share animal

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Topia what are you waiting? For drop us a line right. Now,

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well our first story is every pet owner's nightmare turned

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into a. Miracle there's a family In washington with a

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wonderful dog Named. Scamp scamp had escaped the yard Of rita,

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McKinley and, Unfortunately scamp was hit by a. Car the,

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Terrier sheetzoo, mix was found bleeding and its eyes were glazed. Over,

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Also scamp wasn't. Breathing rita's husband Wrapped scamp up in

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a blanket and placed him under a wheelbarrow so they

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could Bury. Scamp in the, Morning rita broke the sad

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news to her grandchildren that, Unfortunately scamp had gone to. Heaven,

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however When rita's husband, returned there Was scamp sitting up

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and full of. Life the mckimleys immediately Got scamped to

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the vet And scamp is well on his way to

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more thrilling, adventures And rita says That scamp's return is

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the family's Best christmas present. Ever, well if that story

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warms your, heart this next one is sure to blow you.

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Away In, Halton, texas tragedy struck when an explosion and

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a fire destroyed a. Home the family was able to escape,

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unharmed but their beloved, Dog, diva was nowhere to be.

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Found they prepared for the, worse as it was a

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miracle that anyone had survived the blast and. Fire the next,

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day when The diazes returned to the home to try

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and salvage some, belongings that's when the story took a

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turn for the. Better as they walked into the, home

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they heard some. Whimpering they searched and, searched and as

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the search, intensified they Found diva in the. Kitchen she

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was between the pantry and the, freezer underneath some hampers

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of clothes behind the. Freezer they scooped her, up gave

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her some quick, love and immediately Took diva to the nearby. Vet,

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Diva i'm happy to, say is also happily on her

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way to many more, adventures incredible, stories and our Next

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animotopian story forward to us by, listeners is a journey

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of faith and also shows the importance of having our pets.

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Microchipped Kristin pruitt and her family have a farm In, Spotsylvania.

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Virginia they also had a dog Named petunia who loved

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to explore and roam the family. Farm In november of

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two thousand and, three YES i did say two thousand and,

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three eight years, Ago petunia went out for a morning

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walk of the. Farm, unfortunately she did not. Return the

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family did a lengthy search and tried numerous ways to

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find their Beloved. Petunia, unfortunately the three year old dog

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was nowhere to be. Found fast forward eight years, later

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and The pruet family recently received a call from the

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vet clinic letting her know That petunia had been found

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almost three thousand miles away at an animal shelter Near, Sacramento.

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California years, ago The pruetz had the foresight to Have petunia,

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microchipped and that microchip Allowed petunia saviors to locate the

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clinic that had Microchip, petunia and that clinic was able

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to notify The pruetz the incredible news That petunia had

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been found after all this. Time they were shocked and

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overjoyed at this incredible. Present eight years is a long

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time to be, missing but they are now reunited and,

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everyone Especially, petunia is very happy to be a family.

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Again our next story takes us back to our last.

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Episode in our last, episode we told you about the,

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freedom flights and efforts Of Orange Dog. INC a few

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listeners sent me this last story about some wonderful people

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doing what they can to help pets and people connect and.

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Unite you, know there have been a number of recent

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stories about the recent efforts of, truckers, pilots animal rescue,

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groups and volunteers who provide layover homes to all kinds

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of creatures as they journey to new and happier. Lives

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they pay these expenses on their own and give of

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their time and expertise freely as. Well one such group

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is The Operation roger, program which was founded by a

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retired truck driver Named Sue. Weese In september of two

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thousand and, five we'see Founded Operation, roger an organization made

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up of regional and long haul truckers who transport pets

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in the cabs of their trucks as they deliver freight

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all across The she had. Gotten the effort started After

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Hurricane katrina had left an estimated quarter of a million

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pets stranded in struggling to survive and find new. Homes

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since two thousand and, Five Operation roger has given transportation

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to nearly six hundred. Animals the organization has detailed requirements

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and checks in place to make sure its drivers aren't

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transporting animals to or from for profit, breeders puppy, mills

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or show. Circuits, instead the emphasis is on rescued animals

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who need permanent homes and pets who have an opportunity

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to be reunited with their. Owners for, instance if a

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lost pet turns up hundreds of miles away and is

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identified with a, microchip again the importance of micro tripping your.

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Pets that pet can get that much needed transportation to

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that final home in the cab of a. Truck thank

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you to All Operation roger. Participants your work is truly

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important and, appreciated and we look forward to more wonderful

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stories and transportation to those final homes for those pets in.

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Need and AS i close out the last episode of this,

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YEAR i THOUGHT i would end with the most memorable

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and maybe emotional photo of an animal THAT i saw this.

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Year for, me it was the photo Of, hawkeye The labrador,

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retriever laying patiently and lovingly at the coffin of his

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beloved owner and best, Friend Navy Seal John. Tumilson tumblson

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lay in a coffin draped in An american flag in

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front of a tearful audience who were mourning his death In.

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Afghanistan hawkeye had walked up to the casket With tumulsson's

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very good friend And hawkeye's new, Caretaker Scott, nichols at

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the beginning of the, service and then dropped down with

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a heaving sigh as about fifteen hundred mourners witnessed a

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dog accompanying his master until the. End that devotion and

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that image was captured By tumlinson's cousin and posted on

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Our facebook page for family members who couldn't make it

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to the, Service and on that day we all became

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extended family, members and we were once again reminded the

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importance of our families two and four, legged and that

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each moment we share with them should be cherished and

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captured in our minds and, hearts as they are so

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precious and so. Fleeting thank you to all who serve

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in all, capacities whether it be, military law, enforcement rescue,

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personnel therapy, personnel and all of the important working areas

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that utilize and cherish animals of all. TYPES i look

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forward to next year And i'm excited to share that

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we have some new segments and ideas that we'll be

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bringing to you in the new. Year as, always we

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would love to hear from. You you can share your

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animaltopian stories or idea with us via email or by,

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phone and once, again our email Is robert atpetlifradio dot.

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Com even, better you can tell us you're, funny you're,

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heartwarming your quirky and your amazing stories on our toll

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free listener hotline at eight fy five two six four

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six two five eight or just dial eight y Five Animal.

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Toopians AS i closed out this last episode of the,

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year my hope for all of us is that next

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year is our best year ever and that we find

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even more wonderful things to celebrate in our lives as

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well as in Animal. Topia For Animal, topia Pet Life,

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radio and everyone who makes this show, POSSIBLE i say thank,

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you AND i look forward to sharing more of Animal

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topia with all of you.

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Speaker 4: Soon Let's Talk pets every week on demand only On

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