The Pet Place Radio Show with Dr. Marie Hulett

Dr. Marie Hulett, Jeffrey Isbell, and Ariana Isbell discuss Halloween safety with Maryanne Dell.  Susan Keyes from the So Cal Animal Response Team invites Pet Place Listeners to a special wine tasting fundraiser to help support post disaster animal rescue efforts.  Animals in the News covers an abused and abandoned horse as well as a new California Law that prohibits makeup sold in the state from being tested on animals.  Chef Ariana Isbell teaches how to make felafel waffles. And of course, adoptable pets.

Marie, Jeff, and Ari discuss pet loss with special guest, Lisa Brambilla, founder of MyEternalFamilyTree.com. Ari cooks cauliflower steaks with a middle eastern flair in her humane kitchen, adoptable pets are showcased, plus animal news and events.

Host Marie Hulett along with her husband Jeffrey Isbell and her daughter Ariana Isbell discuss Halloween safety with Orange County Register Pets Columnist, Maryanne Dell.  Ariana shares her favorite, ghoulish vegetarian treat recipe.  Operation Jungle book leads to the arrest of wildlife smugglers.  New California las prevents puppy mills pets from being sold in pet stores.  Plus adoptable pets.

This week on the Pet Place Radio Show, Marie, Jeff, and Ariana examine the latest animal news including a giant bunny that dies during airline travel, illegal and deadly bird smuggling, pet adoptions, and a fun, new, pet-themed game that could possibly feature YOUR pet.  Guest: Michael Varma, game creator.

Marie Hulett, Jeffrey Isbell, and Ariana Isbell take in the sights and sounds of America's Family Pet Expo at the Orange County Fiargrounds.  Guests include a pet psychic, creator of hair care products, volunteers from rescues, and more.  Ariana reports from Splash Dog competitions.

From building 10 at the Orange County Fairgrounds, Marie Hulett and Jeffrey Isbell interview a 12-year-old who has developed a special emergency backpack for dogs, volunteers from rescue organizations, a natural pet healer/behaviorist, and more!  Pet Expo is a three-day event that features pet-related entertainment, pet productions, and adoptions of shelter and rescue pets.  If you weren't able to visit Pet Expo today, the event continues tomorrow.  Guests are encouraged to come visit the Pet Place booth and tell their pet adoption stories.

Marie Hulett and Jeffrey Isbell interview guests from Guide Dogs of America, a horse sanctuary, a pet portrait studio, a unique pet memorial  service (after care - non-traditional option), holistic pet health service, and more!  Young Filmmaker's Scholarship program is discussed and Pet Expo OC is the backdrop.

This week, Marie, Jeff, and Ariana talk about important bills in California that will protect animals if they pass including one that will require all pet stores that sell pets on their premises to get them from shelters and rescues to help put an end to euthanasia of healthy, friendly, adoptable pets, and another that will rrequire all police officers to get regular training on how to deal with dogs they encounter when responding to calls.  (To prevent shooting family pets.)  Ariana provides vegan cooking ideas, and Doug Poindexter talks about the upcoming Pet Expo at the Orange ounty Fairgrounds this weekend.  Of course, adoptable pets are featured and a bizarre story of a police officer attacked by a goose!  A fun show to be sure!

In this week's episode, find out how Trump policies harm animals, how a zoo goer tries to pet a tiger, how to cook mapu tofu, and more.  Adoptable pets are introduced and Maryanne Dell reviews a series of books about animals and children.

What happens when a turtle lives in a wishing well? Meatballs made out of eggplant?? Chickens as pets??? Find out about all this and more in this week's episode.  Interested in this week's recipe?  Here's the transcript for how to make it: This is a great recipe for the italian food lovers in the audience - today we are making meata ballas! Eggplant meatballs, that is. These meatballs were a big hit with my omnivorous friends as well my vegan ones. You’ll need two eggplants, 6 cloves of garlic, two shallots, a pinch of salt and pepper, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 and a half cups of breadcrumbs, a teaspoon of oregano, and a half teaspoon of parsley. First and foremost, preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Roughly chop the eggplant, garlic, and shallots then place them on a large cookie sheet. Drizzle olive oil over the top and sprinkle salt and black pepper to taste. You’re going to roast these for 35 minutes in the oven, or, until the edges are golden brown. When you remove the pan from the oven, reduce the heat from 400 to 350 degrees. In a food processor or blender, combine all the roasted veggies with a half cup of breadcrumbs as well as the rest of the spices. Only blend until the ingredients are just barely mixed, because you don’t want the meatballs’ texture to become overly homogenous. Add the other quarter cup of breadcrumbs and finish combining. Remove the mixture from the food processor and begin forming into one or two inch balls, which you can then place on a well greased pan. Cook them for thirty minutes, rotating halfway through, on 350 degrees, and enjoy on pasta, in sandwiches, or on anything else your heart desires.