Short Stuff: Camberley Kate

In this episode of Stuff You Should Know, Josh and Chuck celebrate the remarkable life of Camberley Kate Ward, an English woman who became one of the first individual animal rescue pioneers in the mid-20th century. Kate devoted over thirty years to rescuing hundreds of dogs and cats from certain death, keeping them in her home and walking them through the streets of Camberley, England in what became a legendary spectacle that inspired the modern animal rescue movement. The hosts dive into how this pension-living former housemaid sourced strays from police stations and vets, maintained their exceptional health with the help of a generous local veterinarian, and fearlessly defended her animals against government overreach, even petitioning the royal family when necessary.