Each year in the US, almost a million cats and dogs are euthanized in shelters each year. Since 2010, more than 440 cities, counties and states have banned the retail sale of cats and dogs. Carter Evans: These laws are aiming to limit pet ownership or certainly limit pets that are coming out of really toxic environments.
The descendants of Pablo Escobar’s pet hippopotami are wreaking havoc in Colombia. They can teach us non-druglords a thing or two about pet ownership.
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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