Humane Critter Control: Managing Uninvited Guests
Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Every one of us has had to manage what to do when uninvited guests take up residence in our attics, walls, or basements. Sadly, we're too quick to consider them "pests" and take lethal measures to get rid of them. But even when we want to take compassionate action, we may be deceived or making it worse for the animal. Listen to this important episode about how to change our perception and behavior and still humanely deal with rats, squirrels, raccoons, and even cockroaches.
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| 0:15.0 | Welcome to Food for Thought, The Place to Explore, Celebrate and Manifest, a life motivated and defined by unconditional compassion and optimal wellness. My name is Colleen Patrick Adro and I'm your |
| 0:19.4 | host. My work is dedicated to empowering people to live according to their own values of compassion and wellness. |
| 0:26.5 | You can learn more about who I am and what I do by visiting my website, |
| 0:30.5 | Colleen Patrick Gudro.com. |
| 0:33.0 | Today's topic is humane critter control. |
| 0:37.0 | And today's podcast is brought to you by the listeners of this podcast, |
| 0:41.0 | like Jennifer Ellis, who wrote this beautiful email along with her very generous |
| 0:46.2 | platinum support patronage sponsorship. |
| 0:50.0 | Dear Colleen, thank you for all you do for the animals and for people like me, my husband Ben and I met you briefly last weekend at the farm sanctuary celebration for the turkeys. |
| 0:59.0 | I've been meaning to make a donation to you for a long time, but I never knew exactly what to say. I felt like |
| 1:04.5 | this letter should tell you the many ways your work has helped me but I'm not |
| 1:08.0 | nearly the wordsmith you are. That's just silly. I finally figured out my |
| 1:12.2 | appreciation would best be expressed if I simply |
| 1:14.6 | made the commitment to support your work eloquent letter be damned. Your optimism and compassion |
| 1:19.9 | are like a beacon of hope for me whenever I feel mired down by news of animal abuse |
| 1:24.7 | or arguments with my mother, |
| 1:26.4 | she often says one person cannot make a difference in the world. |
| 1:29.7 | I seek out your podcast or periscopes |
| 1:31.7 | and once again find the comfort and solidarity that never fails to lift my spirits. |
| 1:35.8 | And as far as one person making a difference goes by just being the vegan in the room for the past four years, |
| 1:41.9 | we've inspired two new vegetarians and four new |
| 1:44.9 | vegans in our circle of friends. I've learned from you that one person truly |
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