The Purrrcast is the cat podcast for you and your feline friends. Based in Los Angeles, hosts Sara Iyer and Steven Ray Morris chat with fellow cat enthusiasts about the furry little creatures they love. Not sure how the cats feel about it though. On episode FIFTY-THREE of The Purrrcast we have a great chat with San Diego Zoo Global Animal Ambassador Rick Schwartz aka ZooKeeper Rick. He talks about how he got into wild animal care before we grill him on the differences between wild cats and domesticated house cats, the benefit of blood popsicle ('bloodsicle') treats, getting emotionally invested in animal conservation, his own house cats (Dakota and Thursday), and the secret truth about panthers. The Purrrcast, talking to cat people because we can't talk to their cats. New episodes every Wednesday! Please rate and subscribe in iTunes: thepurrrcast.com Email us! thepurrrcast@gmail.com If you shop on Amazon be sure to click this link and we’ll get a small kickback. Thanks for the support: http://www.amazon.com?_encoding=UTF8&tag=thepurr-20 Follow Rick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zookeeperrick/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/zookeeperrick On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZookeeperRick/ Links of Interest: - San Diego Zoo - http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/ - San Diego Zoo Safari Park - http://www.sdzsafaripark.org/ - San Diego Zoo's on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sandiegozoo/ Follow The Purrrcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePurrrcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thepurrrcast/ on Tumblr: http://thepurrrcast.tumblr.com/ Please like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePurrrcast Follow Sara Iyer’s cat Samba on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kittysamba Follow Sara Iyer on Instagram: https://instagram.com/saraiyer/ Check out Sara Iyer on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/saraiyer Follow Steven Ray Morris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StevenRayMorris Buy Steven’s book on the Jurassic Park Franchise over at Thought Catalog: http://thoughtcatalog.com/book/molding-a-jurassic-universe/ Theme song by Anabot (Analise Nelson) and Dax Schaffer: http://www.anabotmusic.com/ https://daxschaffer.bandcamp.com/ Artwork by Jillian Yoffe: flatratstudio.com Part of the #HelloLionFace podcast network