No. 114: Making Pets Eco-Friendly

Al Gore’s slideshow doesn’t address it, but there is an environmental movement afoot in the pet world.  The market-research firm Packaged Facts says U.S. retail sales of natural pet products will hit $1.3 billion this year, double from 2003 and half of what’s expected by 2012. One reason is the activism and entrepreneurship of our guest, Anthony Zolezzi, a co-founder of the Pet Promise line of pet food. Zolezzi and his partners formed Pet Promise in an effort to create a market for small family-owned farms raising animals in environmentally friendly and cruelty-free ways. Zolezzi is co-author of “How Dog Food Saved The Earth” and he offers us ideas as to things we can do as pet owners to keep save the planet. Plus, chatter about the Ellen-Iggy issue and a British legal change that allows for people to have a long list of odd, exotic pets.