Housecats! with YouTube star Jackson Galaxy, Community Cats podcast host Stacy LeBaron and The Urban Resource Institute

About this episode

This episode discusses the welfare of house-less cats and their connection to human welfare, featuring insights from experts in the field.

Felis catus - the “domestic house cat”. What does that label mean for the hundreds of millions of domesticated yet house-less cats - and how does the answer to this connect to both human and cat welfare? In this special episode, released during October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we’ll be joined by Community Cats Podcast host Stacy LeBaron, who will share success stories of the “mosaic of support” that benefits both humans and their feline family members. We’re grateful to also have two special guests from the Urban Resource Institute who shed light on the #1 cause of homelessness in New York City, and why cats are a part of the solution. And we’ll have a cameo from returning guest Jackson Galaxy, star of Animal Planet’s hit series, My Cat From Hell and founder of The Jackson Galaxy Project, a program of The Greater Good Charities. If you or someone you know is healing from ongoing or past power-based interpersonal violence (IPV; domestic violence) you are not alone, there is never an excuse and you have resources - for U.S. listeners, thehotline.org has a clearinghouse of free, trauma-informed service providers. For international listeners, the No More Global Directory…

People in this episode

Guests: Jackson Galaxy, Stacy LeBaron

Topics covered

• domestic violence
• cat welfare
• community support
• homelessness
• animal welfare

Keywords

• domestic house cat
• community cats
• human welfare
• cat welfare
• domestic violence awareness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Urban Resource Institute, The Jackson Galaxy Project, The Greater Good Charities, thehotline.org, No More Global Directory, righttobe.org

Places: New York City

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