April 27, 2025 • 16 mins
North Shore Animal League America, the world’s largest and longest-running no-kill rescue and adoption organization, kicks off their Global Pet Adoptathon on May 1. More than 2000 shelter partners and rescue groups participate in the annual event, which helped adopt over 40,000 pets last year. Our guest is Mike Spiotta, Associate Director of Operations for NSALA. For more, including details on financial incentives for adopting in May, visit animalleague.org.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to Get connected with Nina del Rio, a weekly
conversation about fitness, health and happenings in our community on
one oh six point seven Light FM.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Welcome to get connected. Please to welcome back north Shore
Animal League America, the world's largest and longest running no
kill rescue and adoption organization. In advance of their annual
giving day this Thursday, May first launches their global Pet
Adopt the thon month, and our guest is mike' spiota,
Associate director of Operations for the north Shore Animal League America.
(00:34):
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Thank you, Thank you so much for having us.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
You can find out more about everything going on this
month than all the time at Animal League dot org.
In over eighty years, Mike, north Shore Animal League is
saved the lives of more than one point one million animals,
which is incredible. How did this organization that began in
North Hempstead in nineteen forty four become the world's largest.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
I think it was persistent and consistent goals and strives
that were made by the people who founded the organization,
the lwitz, and then the people who saw their mission
and kind of clung onto it like so many of
us have over the years who work here, who volunteer
here that really just have fostered this spirit around wanting
(01:17):
to save animals and do what we can to pitch
in any way we can to help support caring for
animals and rescuing them, nurturing them, adopting them out to people,
and also educating people about sort of the plight of
helping shelter animals find homes. I started here actually as
a volunteer and ended up deciding to work here after
(01:40):
a few years of volunteering, and now I'm the associate director.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Of the shelter.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
But I think it's people like myself and so many
other people that really have just really bought into the
mission of the organization over all these years.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
And of course this organization can only do its work
with the participation of people getting in and adopting pets
and donating. And if you donate by Giving Day before
this Thursday, your donation will be doubled. How much of
an impact does that have for you?
Speaker 4 (02:07):
It has a tremendous, tremendous impact. Our Giving Day is
one of our biggest days the year. Four donations and
anyone who does donate their donation as you mentioned will
be doubled up to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
So that makes a huge impact for us because really
donations drive what we do here. As you've kind of
already said, if not for the donations, we wouldn't be
(02:31):
able to go out and do the life saving work
that we do. So every dollar counts, and especially for
a day like Giving Day, where every donation is going
to be matched, it counts double. So anyone that's thinking
of donating now would be a great time to donate,
and to donate on May first, for Giving Day.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
May first launches again the Global Pet Adopterithon month, more
than two thousand shelter partners and rescue groups participate in this.
Tell me about those those rescue groups and partners and
where the pets come from.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Yeah, it's a nationwide event that we have. It's really
I just shouldn't say nationwides. It's a global event that
we have, and we are partnered with shelters around the
country and around the world that we do get animals
that are brought into our organization to be adopted out from,
but also the shelter partners that we have throughout the
(03:24):
country mainly are groups that are getting animals just in
their local area, but also sometimes even from further reaches,
like for us here at North Sure, we actually had
a rescue of ninety two commercially bred dogs that just
came in that are going to be going up for
adoption this coming weekend May third and fourth, which kicks
(03:46):
off our portion of Global Pet Adoptathon here on our campus.
And those animals came from commercial breeders out west, where unfortunately,
they are generally in very poor conditions, often comforts and
poor health. They need a lot of medical attention, grooming
and so forth. Sometimes they need you know, behavioral assessments,
(04:07):
and they might need time to adjust because these animals,
unfortunately in their case in particular, are coming from an
environment where they really knew no love, very little human
interaction even, and so they come here and a lot
of times they're getting touched by people really for the
first time. They're feeling grass underneath their feet for the
(04:29):
first time. It might be the first time in their
lives that they have really actually been outside of a
cage even. And so these animals come from all over
the country and we work that's just one group that
we work with at policies animals from these commercial breeding facilities,
and then organizations like us help them by taking those
animals and adopting them out.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
If you wanted to adopt a pet like that, or
maybe you feel like you are not prepared to adopt
a pet that might need a little bit of extra attention,
are you made aware of that when you go through
adoption process.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Yes, so we have a pretty thorough adoption process and
we do our best. Heer art real goal, and what
we do is strive to make the best possible matches.
So when someone comes in too adopt, we will really
try to get to know them the best we can
in a short period of time and really try to
gear them or guide them towards the best possible match
(05:24):
for them or their family. There are times people might
come in and they are interested in particular animals and
they might be a good fit, and if they're not,
we will let them know, or if we think that
there might be a better match, we will let them
know that too. And we definitely do divulge to people
any sort of behavioral concerns that might exist or challenges
that they might face, especially with some of these dogs
(05:46):
that come in that can be extremely fearful and shut
down initially because they haven't had much human interaction and
even contact, or even obviously if it's a medical issue,
same thing. We'll let people know if there's any sort
of medical history there so people can make the best
informed decision that they can, and also so that we
can kind of help guide them in what might be
(06:07):
the best fit for them and their family.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Our guest is Mike Spiota of North Shore Animal League America.
They begin their global pet adoptithon on May first, and
if you donate before May first, the donation you make
will be doubled. You can find out more at Animal
League dot org slash Giving Day. You're listening to get
connected on one six point seven light FM. I'm Nina
del Rio. Last year, between you and your shelter partners,
(06:31):
more than forty four thousand animals were adopted. Is there
anything else that potential pet adopters need to know? Maybe
thinking about vaccinations, spay, neuter or all those things.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Yeah, so we obviously strongly recommend that people keep their
animals up to date on vaccinations, that they do spay
and neuter their pets if they're adopting. Here from North
Shroma League America. In most cases, all the animals for
the most part that they do adopt or going to
be vaccinated to whatever degree they can, and will be
spaded or neutered before they go home, and if for
(07:05):
any reason they can't be, we will usually set them
up with an appointment in the future here at our
medical center to do that. But whether you're adopting from
here or adopting from another shelter in your area, I
would strongly recommend obviously making sure that your animal is
kept up to dating to vaccines and that you do spay,
you do your animals. One of the big reasons that
(07:25):
we have this overpopulation of animals in shelters is because
people fail to do that, and then oftentimes there are
accidental breedings and then people don't know what to do
or don't have the time, energy, finances to take care
of a litter of puppies that could be five, six,
ten puppies, so they often end up in shelters, or
(07:47):
in a lot of cases, even animals that maybe people
aren't able to financially care for or have other reasons,
they end up in shelters. So definitely, the best possible
solution to limiting the animal animals that end up in shelters.
One of the biggest ways is to spay into do
your pets so that that reduces the likelihood of unwanted
(08:09):
pregnancies and animals and then animals ending up in shelters.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Next weekend, the kickoff event at the Port Washington Adoption
Center has extended hours. If you're out there, want to
be out there, It's nine am to nine pm on Saturday,
ten to seven on Sunday. You also have some financial
incentives to adopt in May.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
Yes, so for our kickoff event here on our campus
May third and fourth, as you mentioned, we have extended hours.
We also have an adoption special so it is fifty
percent off the adoption feest for all animals four months
and older for approved adopters. So we would highly recommend
if people are looking to adopt. We're going to have
a huge selection of animals available that weekend for adoption.
(08:48):
We're going to have dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, the dogs
that I mentioned that are coming from a commercial breeder
rescue that we just recently did. So for anyone that's
looking to adopt and you're looking to come to our campus.
That would be an absolutely great time to do it.
It's also just a fun event for people to come,
families to come to adopt. There's lots of vendors and
things like that that will be on campus that day,
(09:10):
so it's kind of that there's both days that whole weekend,
so it's kind of a real fun event. It's usually
our busiest event of the year. And like I said,
there are a lot of animals that are available for adoption,
and it's fifty percent off for anyone four months or
older dog or cats.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Is there an animal breed or a type that consistently
that gets overlooked that you would like to give a
boost while we're here.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
I would say older pets period, can you know unfortunately
get overlooked. I would often say also any darker colored animals,
usually black cats or dogs. But really, more than anything,
it's the more senior pets. And what I would say
is that I often think that you know, people come
(09:56):
in and they want to they want the cute, cuddly, small,
blest animal that they can find, puppy kitten, but it's
really those older pets that won. I feel like I
have so much love to give because I feel like
they really know when they've been rescued. You know, they've
probably been through some things that were no fault of
their own and ended up in a shelter and don't
(10:17):
know why they're there. It's a confusing place to be
and unfortunately we can't explain to them, you know, why
they ended up there, and that we're doing the best
we can to provide the best life we can for
them until we find them a forever home. But they
often also have so many redeeming qualities that I think
people should think more about when they come into adopt.
(10:38):
They are often already housebroken, they often know a lot
of their basic commands, They are really generally pretty well
adjusted in a home, there's a lot of you don't
have to bring them home and puppy proof of your
house and do all this stuff, and you don't have
to worry about changing your whole schedule around. There's so
many benefits, and like I said, the biggest one to
me is that I feel like they really know that
(11:00):
they've been rescued.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
And when people come in and they want.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
To save a life by all means, adopting a puppy
or kitten is absolutely doing that. But you're really really doing.
I feel like that much more good when you open
up your heart and your home to a senior pet.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
I also feel like, if you're an adult and you
just kind of want to be a couch potato, you know,
you're not particularly active. You get a puppy or a kitten,
like they have all the energy of a toddler. You
get an older pet. You have someone to like cuddle
on the couch with, and they're kind of already in
that stage with you. It's a lovely match. I think
of probably energies in a lot of ways.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
I agree one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
I feel like that's certainly something that I feel like
a lot of times people don't really maybe think about initially,
and it's something that one hundred percent people should be
given thought to, because puppies, kittens even are a lot
They've got a lot of energy, and they take a
lot of your time and energy. And if you are
looking for a dog or a cat that you just
kind of want to be that pal, definitely consider an
(11:54):
older animal.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Briefly, I'd like to mention again that you do not
receive any federal funding. Money goes to all sorts of
initiatives in addition to the Adoptathon. Recently, you were helping
animals who were displaced during the Los Angeles wildfires. That
was quite a huge bit of work.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
Yes, So, as you mentioned, all of our funding, everything
we do is coming through private donations, and that money
doesn't just go right to our rescue mission here on campus,
but often to other more far reaching things that we do,
like taking part in the wildfire rescues out in California,
and we did get in about forty dogs and puppies,
(12:35):
mostly dogs that came in from Los Angeles just last
month and they were all adopted out. We are going
to be doing another follow up rescue with groups out there.
Before we even went out there, we were coordinating with
them to make sure that any supplies or anything that
we could get to them to help that was needed
was sent out there. And what I think a lot
(12:57):
of people often forget about sadly, these stories make great
news clips and sound bites for short periods of time,
but then they kind of fade from the mainstream news.
And fortunately with instances like this, there's still a need
there long after it's in people's social media feeds or
(13:19):
on the news and being talked about. So that's why
we're going to go back out and help again and
do another rescue. But one hundred percent the funds that
we're raising, the donations people make, they don't just go
to saving the lives here and the care that the
animals receive here, but they're going to other partner shelters
as well, and to other missions that we take part
(13:40):
into help as far as other countries even in some instances.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
So Adoptathon again begins this Thursday May first. If you
donate in advance of that, every dollar you donatell we
matched up to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, so you
can write a pretty big check and it will make
a pretty huge difference. I also want to mention that,
say you're maxed out with pets, you can take any
pets now, volunteering and small dollar donations. You want to
talk about that as we wrap up.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
As I stated earlier, I started here as a volunteer.
There's probably nothing better you can give than your time.
If you're interested in your local and you want to
take part in helping out here, We're always looking for volunteers.
If you're not local, or you don't have that extra time,
but you want to help out in some way and
you're not looking to adopt. Any sort of monetary donation
(14:28):
does go a long way, like we've said, especially if
you do it in the near future. Up to May first,
donations for Giving Day are going to be matched up
to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
But any small.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Amount really does make a huge difference in the care
that we can give to animals and the support that
we can give to even other groups that.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
We work with.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
And then even if also there we have Amazon wish
lists and things like that too that you can check
out and you can always purchase things off of there
that we need and those will come right here.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
And then we can so supplies for the animals.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
And you're able to do this work through corporate partners too.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
Yes, so we partner with our partners New Trish, Richaraine, Nutrish,
Swiffer and others that help to donate to us to
help provide food for us and just awareness and spread
the word about adoption and rescue. And we really couldn't
do the work we do, not just with the private donations,
(15:25):
but also with the public, with the sponsors.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
That we get.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
We are happy to spread the word as well, and
more information about the Adoptathon Month, which begins on May first.
Can you believe where it may is? Animal League dot org.
Mike Spiota is from north Shore Animal League America. Thank
you for being on to get Connected.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Oh, thank you so much for having us.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
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Speaker 2 (00:12):
Welcome to get connected. Please to welcome back north Shore
Animal League America, the world's largest and longest running no
kill rescue and adoption organization. In advance of their annual
giving day this Thursday, May first launches their global Pet
Adopt the thon month, and our guest is mike' spiota,
Associate director of Operations for the north Shore Animal League America.
(00:34):
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Thank you, Thank you so much for having us.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
You can find out more about everything going on this
month than all the time at Animal League dot org.
In over eighty years, Mike, north Shore Animal League is
saved the lives of more than one point one million animals,
which is incredible. How did this organization that began in
North Hempstead in nineteen forty four become the world's largest.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
I think it was persistent and consistent goals and strives
that were made by the people who founded the organization,
the lwitz, and then the people who saw their mission
and kind of clung onto it like so many of
us have over the years who work here, who volunteer
here that really just have fostered this spirit around wanting
(01:17):
to save animals and do what we can to pitch
in any way we can to help support caring for
animals and rescuing them, nurturing them, adopting them out to people,
and also educating people about sort of the plight of
helping shelter animals find homes. I started here actually as
a volunteer and ended up deciding to work here after
(01:40):
a few years of volunteering, and now I'm the associate director.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Of the shelter.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
But I think it's people like myself and so many
other people that really have just really bought into the
mission of the organization over all these years.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
And of course this organization can only do its work
with the participation of people getting in and adopting pets
and donating. And if you donate by Giving Day before
this Thursday, your donation will be doubled. How much of
an impact does that have for you?
Speaker 4 (02:07):
It has a tremendous, tremendous impact. Our Giving Day is
one of our biggest days the year. Four donations and
anyone who does donate their donation as you mentioned will
be doubled up to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
So that makes a huge impact for us because really
donations drive what we do here. As you've kind of
already said, if not for the donations, we wouldn't be
(02:31):
able to go out and do the life saving work
that we do. So every dollar counts, and especially for
a day like Giving Day, where every donation is going
to be matched, it counts double. So anyone that's thinking
of donating now would be a great time to donate,
and to donate on May first, for Giving Day.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
May first launches again the Global Pet Adopterithon month, more
than two thousand shelter partners and rescue groups participate in this.
Tell me about those those rescue groups and partners and
where the pets come from.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Yeah, it's a nationwide event that we have. It's really
I just shouldn't say nationwides. It's a global event that
we have, and we are partnered with shelters around the
country and around the world that we do get animals
that are brought into our organization to be adopted out from,
but also the shelter partners that we have throughout the
(03:24):
country mainly are groups that are getting animals just in
their local area, but also sometimes even from further reaches,
like for us here at North Sure, we actually had
a rescue of ninety two commercially bred dogs that just
came in that are going to be going up for
adoption this coming weekend May third and fourth, which kicks
(03:46):
off our portion of Global Pet Adoptathon here on our campus.
And those animals came from commercial breeders out west, where unfortunately,
they are generally in very poor conditions, often comforts and
poor health. They need a lot of medical attention, grooming
and so forth. Sometimes they need you know, behavioral assessments,
(04:07):
and they might need time to adjust because these animals,
unfortunately in their case in particular, are coming from an
environment where they really knew no love, very little human
interaction even, and so they come here and a lot
of times they're getting touched by people really for the
first time. They're feeling grass underneath their feet for the
(04:29):
first time. It might be the first time in their
lives that they have really actually been outside of a
cage even. And so these animals come from all over
the country and we work that's just one group that
we work with at policies animals from these commercial breeding facilities,
and then organizations like us help them by taking those
animals and adopting them out.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
If you wanted to adopt a pet like that, or
maybe you feel like you are not prepared to adopt
a pet that might need a little bit of extra attention,
are you made aware of that when you go through
adoption process.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
Yes, so we have a pretty thorough adoption process and
we do our best. Heer art real goal, and what
we do is strive to make the best possible matches.
So when someone comes in too adopt, we will really
try to get to know them the best we can
in a short period of time and really try to
gear them or guide them towards the best possible match
(05:24):
for them or their family. There are times people might
come in and they are interested in particular animals and
they might be a good fit, and if they're not,
we will let them know, or if we think that
there might be a better match, we will let them
know that too. And we definitely do divulge to people
any sort of behavioral concerns that might exist or challenges
that they might face, especially with some of these dogs
(05:46):
that come in that can be extremely fearful and shut
down initially because they haven't had much human interaction and
even contact, or even obviously if it's a medical issue,
same thing. We'll let people know if there's any sort
of medical history there so people can make the best
informed decision that they can, and also so that we
can kind of help guide them in what might be
(06:07):
the best fit for them and their family.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Our guest is Mike Spiota of North Shore Animal League America.
They begin their global pet adoptithon on May first, and
if you donate before May first, the donation you make
will be doubled. You can find out more at Animal
League dot org slash Giving Day. You're listening to get
connected on one six point seven light FM. I'm Nina
del Rio. Last year, between you and your shelter partners,
(06:31):
more than forty four thousand animals were adopted. Is there
anything else that potential pet adopters need to know? Maybe
thinking about vaccinations, spay, neuter or all those things.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Yeah, so we obviously strongly recommend that people keep their
animals up to date on vaccinations, that they do spay
and neuter their pets if they're adopting. Here from North
Shroma League America. In most cases, all the animals for
the most part that they do adopt or going to
be vaccinated to whatever degree they can, and will be
spaded or neutered before they go home, and if for
(07:05):
any reason they can't be, we will usually set them
up with an appointment in the future here at our
medical center to do that. But whether you're adopting from
here or adopting from another shelter in your area, I
would strongly recommend obviously making sure that your animal is
kept up to dating to vaccines and that you do spay,
you do your animals. One of the big reasons that
(07:25):
we have this overpopulation of animals in shelters is because
people fail to do that, and then oftentimes there are
accidental breedings and then people don't know what to do
or don't have the time, energy, finances to take care
of a litter of puppies that could be five, six,
ten puppies, so they often end up in shelters, or
(07:47):
in a lot of cases, even animals that maybe people
aren't able to financially care for or have other reasons,
they end up in shelters. So definitely, the best possible
solution to limiting the animal animals that end up in shelters.
One of the biggest ways is to spay into do
your pets so that that reduces the likelihood of unwanted
(08:09):
pregnancies and animals and then animals ending up in shelters.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Next weekend, the kickoff event at the Port Washington Adoption
Center has extended hours. If you're out there, want to
be out there, It's nine am to nine pm on Saturday,
ten to seven on Sunday. You also have some financial
incentives to adopt in May.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
Yes, so for our kickoff event here on our campus
May third and fourth, as you mentioned, we have extended hours.
We also have an adoption special so it is fifty
percent off the adoption feest for all animals four months
and older for approved adopters. So we would highly recommend
if people are looking to adopt. We're going to have
a huge selection of animals available that weekend for adoption.
(08:48):
We're going to have dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, the dogs
that I mentioned that are coming from a commercial breeder
rescue that we just recently did. So for anyone that's
looking to adopt and you're looking to come to our campus.
That would be an absolutely great time to do it.
It's also just a fun event for people to come,
families to come to adopt. There's lots of vendors and
things like that that will be on campus that day,
(09:10):
so it's kind of that there's both days that whole weekend,
so it's kind of a real fun event. It's usually
our busiest event of the year. And like I said,
there are a lot of animals that are available for adoption,
and it's fifty percent off for anyone four months or
older dog or cats.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Is there an animal breed or a type that consistently
that gets overlooked that you would like to give a
boost while we're here.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
I would say older pets period, can you know unfortunately
get overlooked. I would often say also any darker colored animals,
usually black cats or dogs. But really, more than anything,
it's the more senior pets. And what I would say
is that I often think that you know, people come
(09:56):
in and they want to they want the cute, cuddly, small,
blest animal that they can find, puppy kitten, but it's
really those older pets that won. I feel like I
have so much love to give because I feel like
they really know when they've been rescued. You know, they've
probably been through some things that were no fault of
their own and ended up in a shelter and don't
(10:17):
know why they're there. It's a confusing place to be
and unfortunately we can't explain to them, you know, why
they ended up there, and that we're doing the best
we can to provide the best life we can for
them until we find them a forever home. But they
often also have so many redeeming qualities that I think
people should think more about when they come into adopt.
(10:38):
They are often already housebroken, they often know a lot
of their basic commands, They are really generally pretty well
adjusted in a home, there's a lot of you don't
have to bring them home and puppy proof of your
house and do all this stuff, and you don't have
to worry about changing your whole schedule around. There's so
many benefits, and like I said, the biggest one to
me is that I feel like they really know that
(11:00):
they've been rescued.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
And when people come in and they want.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
To save a life by all means, adopting a puppy
or kitten is absolutely doing that. But you're really really doing.
I feel like that much more good when you open
up your heart and your home to a senior pet.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
I also feel like, if you're an adult and you
just kind of want to be a couch potato, you know,
you're not particularly active. You get a puppy or a kitten,
like they have all the energy of a toddler. You
get an older pet. You have someone to like cuddle
on the couch with, and they're kind of already in
that stage with you. It's a lovely match. I think
of probably energies in a lot of ways.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
I agree one hundred percent.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
I feel like that's certainly something that I feel like
a lot of times people don't really maybe think about initially,
and it's something that one hundred percent people should be
given thought to, because puppies, kittens even are a lot
They've got a lot of energy, and they take a
lot of your time and energy. And if you are
looking for a dog or a cat that you just
kind of want to be that pal, definitely consider an
(11:54):
older animal.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Briefly, I'd like to mention again that you do not
receive any federal funding. Money goes to all sorts of
initiatives in addition to the Adoptathon. Recently, you were helping
animals who were displaced during the Los Angeles wildfires. That
was quite a huge bit of work.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
Yes, So, as you mentioned, all of our funding, everything
we do is coming through private donations, and that money
doesn't just go right to our rescue mission here on campus,
but often to other more far reaching things that we do,
like taking part in the wildfire rescues out in California,
and we did get in about forty dogs and puppies,
(12:35):
mostly dogs that came in from Los Angeles just last
month and they were all adopted out. We are going
to be doing another follow up rescue with groups out there.
Before we even went out there, we were coordinating with
them to make sure that any supplies or anything that
we could get to them to help that was needed
was sent out there. And what I think a lot
(12:57):
of people often forget about sadly, these stories make great
news clips and sound bites for short periods of time,
but then they kind of fade from the mainstream news.
And fortunately with instances like this, there's still a need
there long after it's in people's social media feeds or
(13:19):
on the news and being talked about. So that's why
we're going to go back out and help again and
do another rescue. But one hundred percent the funds that
we're raising, the donations people make, they don't just go
to saving the lives here and the care that the
animals receive here, but they're going to other partner shelters
as well, and to other missions that we take part
(13:40):
into help as far as other countries even in some instances.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
So Adoptathon again begins this Thursday May first. If you
donate in advance of that, every dollar you donatell we
matched up to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, so you
can write a pretty big check and it will make
a pretty huge difference. I also want to mention that,
say you're maxed out with pets, you can take any
pets now, volunteering and small dollar donations. You want to
talk about that as we wrap up.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
As I stated earlier, I started here as a volunteer.
There's probably nothing better you can give than your time.
If you're interested in your local and you want to
take part in helping out here, We're always looking for volunteers.
If you're not local, or you don't have that extra time,
but you want to help out in some way and
you're not looking to adopt. Any sort of monetary donation
(14:28):
does go a long way, like we've said, especially if
you do it in the near future. Up to May first,
donations for Giving Day are going to be matched up
to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
But any small.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Amount really does make a huge difference in the care
that we can give to animals and the support that
we can give to even other groups that.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
We work with.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
And then even if also there we have Amazon wish
lists and things like that too that you can check
out and you can always purchase things off of there
that we need and those will come right here.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
And then we can so supplies for the animals.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
And you're able to do this work through corporate partners too.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
Yes, so we partner with our partners New Trish, Richaraine, Nutrish,
Swiffer and others that help to donate to us to
help provide food for us and just awareness and spread
the word about adoption and rescue. And we really couldn't
do the work we do, not just with the private donations,
(15:25):
but also with the public, with the sponsors.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
That we get.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
We are happy to spread the word as well, and
more information about the Adoptathon Month, which begins on May first.
Can you believe where it may is? Animal League dot org.
Mike Spiota is from north Shore Animal League America. Thank
you for being on to get Connected.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Oh, thank you so much for having us.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
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