Welcome to Wayside Tails, a podcast all about practicing compassion with people and other animals! Hosted by educator Margaret, this podcast is brought to you by Wayside Waifs, an animal shelter located in Kansas City, Missouri. Our podcast isn’t just for students, educators, and families – it’s for animal lovers everywhere who want to learn more about the importance empathy, kindness, and compassion.
Join us for a spoooooooky animal-themed episode of Wayside Tails, a podcast by Wayside Waifs’ animal shelter in Kansas City! This special episode includes lot of tricks and treats, including an animal sound quiz, a recipe, and an original story!
Cat treat recipe from the ASPCA (scroll halfway down the page) https://www.aspca.org/news/fall-treats-you-can-make-your-furry-friends
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Dog Eating Milk-bone by aunrea -- https://freesound.org/s/495657/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
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Next To School in Stree
4 Sept 2026
Heartworms!
Taking care of the physical health of the pets at Wayside Waifs animal shelter is extremely important to their overall well-being! One way we make sure the pets here are healthy is to prevent them from getting something called heartworms. You can prevent your pets at home from getting heartworms, too! For this episode, I got to interview Sylas from Wayside Waifs’ vet clinic about preventing and treating heartworms.
11 Aug 2026
RERELEASE: Camp Wayside Special!
Every summer since 2018, Wayside Waifs animal shelter has offered Camp Wayside to third through eighth-graders. For the past couple of summers, we've started to offer a teen camp week or two each year. Ninth and tenth graders have the opportunity to join us at camp for a teen version of Camp Wayside! On this episode of Wayside Tails, you’ll get to hear from our teen campers as they share what they've learned at camp as well as the aspects of animal care they feel passionately about!
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