During the Depression my dad made radios to sell to make extra money. Nobody had any money to buy the radios so he would trade them for dogs. He built kennels in the backyard and he cared for the dogs.
My mother and dad were big animal lovers too. I just don't know how I would have lived without animals around me. I'm fascinated by them – both domestic pets and the wild community. They just are the most interesting things in the world to me and it's made such a difference in my lifetime.
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Losing my parents was the most crushing thing that ever happened to me. I lost my dad when I was 26 and it changed my life entirely.
