Is Pet Ownership Destroying the Lives of Americans?

About the Book

Ms. Wade’s subject is timely and provocative. Her quotes are from publications which reflect the urgency of today’s growing number of pet-parents who eat, sleep, and bathe with their dogs. The Pet Industry thrives on the triumph of dog ownership. Dogs flood every television and print advertisement. See a television ad for a car: See a dog. See a written ad for menopausal medication: See a dog with a woman. The overpowering Fifty-Billion-Dollars-a-Year Pet Industry has transformed advertising by capitalizing on the lonely dog owner’s pocketbook.

About the Author

Carole Wade is a writer who lives in Los Angeles, California. She has worked as a volunteer on Team Bush, Rogan for Congress, Los Angeles County Co-Chairperson of the Bill Jones for 2002 Governor campaign, the 1987 Bob Dole Primary Presidential campaign, and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Proposition 49 campaign which funds California’s after school programs for children. Ms. Wade is also a member of Congressman Henry Waxman’s anti-tobacco campaign.