From: "Mark" 

Bob Barker's final The Price Is Right broadcast will air on 6/15/07.
"Have your pet spayed or neutered!" 

I confess I love watching the show. I doubt it'll be anywhere near the same
with a replacement emcee. 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
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> I'd blame the pet owners first.
>
> http://www.livescience.com/animals/070606_gw_pets.html
>
> Droves of cats and kittens are swarming into animal shelters nationwide,
> and global warming is to blame, according to one pet adoption group.
>
> Several shelters operated by a national adoption organization called Pets
> Across America reported a 30 percent increase in intakes of cats and
> kittens from 2005 to 2006, and other shelters across the nation have
> reported similar spikes of stray, owned and feral cats.
>
> The cause of this feline flood is an extended cat breeding season thanks
> to the world’s warming temperatures, according to the group, which is one
> of the country’s oldest and largest animal welfare organizations.
>
> “Cats are typically warm-weather, spring-time breeders,” said the group’s
> president, Kathy Warnick. “However, states that typically experience
> primarily longer and colder winters are now seeing shorter, warmer
> winters, leading to year-round breeding.”
>
> “Basically, there is no longer a reproduction lull with cat breeding
> cycles, and unfortunately, it seems more people are bringing boxes of
> kittens into our agencies during winter now,” she added.
>
> Studies have shown that global warming is altering the breeding seasons of
> other animals, such as migratory birds and penguins.
>
> One possible solution to stem the tide of cats is to make sure pets are
> spayed or neutered.
>
> “We have long discussed the benefits of spaying and neutering cats,” said
> Pets Across America Vice President Bob Rhode. “It is likely that global
> warming is probably not going to be slowing any time soon, therefore, it
> benefits everyone when pet owners take action and spay and neuter their
> pets.”
>

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