Dr. Kate Mornement, PhD
Dr. Kate Mornement is a Ph.D. qualified, Board Certified Applied Animal Behaviourist (CAAB) through the Animal Behavior Society. She has devoted the past two decades to sharing her expertise through her consulting business Pets Behaving Badly and she recently founded Pet Behaviour Academy; an online education platform for pet owners and pet industry professionals. In her role as a consultant, Kate has had the privilege of educating and advising pet parents, pet professionals, industry groups and local government. She also enjoys sharing her knowledge across various forms of media as a pet writer and media spokesperson. Kate appeared in the three-part Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) docu-series "A Dog's World" as a subject matter expert and is a sought-after speaker at major pet events, expos, and conferences. She has also worked as an expert witness in dangerous and menacing dog cases since 2010.
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The “Magic” Skunk Formula is Science, Not Magic…
Decades ago, a chemist named Paul Krebaum (may his name be honored forever) cracked the chemical code of the stinky, sulfur-containing substances called “thiols” that are in the musk that skunks spray to defend themselves. Krebaum harnessed the power of oxidation, formulating a solution that changes the odorous thiols into odorless acids. He shared the recipe with a workplace friend who had been complaining about the smell of his cat, who had been skunked. Soon, other scientists heard about the formula and it went viral!