For our 45th Vegcast we visit Maria Pandolfi at the headquarters of Rat Chick Rat Rescue in South Philly. Maria talks about the upcoming Fab Rat Animal Friend Festival and how the movie Ratatouille was both a blessing and a curse for rat advocates. There is a song taking off from the lives of lab rats by Christina Louise Dicker, and a Science Fact about scarcity of food and water in which rats make a cameo appearance.