Maria chats with Lucky Dog Animal Rescue Founder and CEO Mirah Horowitz about all the rescue work they do with a small staff and many volunteers! Lucky Dog is currently transporting animals out of Florida and Tennessee from shelters affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton to their SC facility with the help of Greater Good Charities and Southwest Airlines! Learn more at LuckyDog!

This Sat Oct 19th Lucky Dog's 11th Annual Casino Night is happening at the International Spy Museum in DC. But if you can't attend, you can still donate OR bid on the silent auction items as many items can be shipped.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!

Maria chats with ornithologist and bird expert Andrew Farnsworth on the current plight of birds in our
society; a billion birds a year die because of the reflective glass on modern buildings--that's 30 birds a second!! There are simple solutions that cities across America are doing to save the birds! Andrew also offers simple solutions that you and I can do on a personal level as well.
Give a listen and learn! 

Maria chats with retired teached Helen Rogosin ( UnpackYourOwnHappy) who has partnered with the Book An Author Foundation--they connect authors with nonprofits.

Helen writes the Wuffy childrens book series and has partnered with Blue Path Autism Service Dogs and Sarama Animal Rescue! 

Maria chats with Heart of Chelsea Veterinary Group's Medical Director Dr. Andrew Torchia about the practice, pet care, pet diseases and more. 

A new location in Prospect Heights NY is celebrating with a Grand Opening on Nov. 2nd!

Learn all about Heart of Chelsea Veterinary Group on this episode and at heartofchelsea.com.

Maria chats with screenwriter and actor Marianne Leone about her memoir Five Dog Epiphany, a true story about the small joys she and her husband, actor Chris Cooper, were able to find from their bischons after their son Jesse passed away suddenly. Her story reminds us about the healing powers that animals bring to our lives. (And Maria read the book in a day!!)

Marianne is doing a book tour (including Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn NY on Wed 9/18);
see all the dates and locations marianneleonecooper.com

Maria chats with author Rosanne Parry about her latest book A Horse Named Sky. Sky is a young wild horse who gets captured for the Pony Express; his mission is to return back home to his family.
Rosanne talks about the extensive research she did for this book. A Horse Named Sky is educational for all ages!

Maria chats with award-winning writer and journalist Wendy Lyons Sunshine about her book
Tender Paws: How Science-Based Parenting Can Transform Our Relationship With Dogs.
The title says it all!  Patience and caring; positive reinforcement; making the dog feel safe--all the things you would do raising a child are applied to raising a pup!!
Give a listen and learn.

**Maria chats with Creature Comfort Pet Therapy's Executive Director Mary Beth Cooney and Board President/Volunteer Janice Tierney (who volunteers with her pup Mulligan!) about all that they do--
they visit people in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabs, schools and more with a variety of pets:
Dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and even mini-horses! 
Learn more at CCPETHERAPY.ORG

**Please be patient listening to this interview as there were many technical problems which I realized after. I salvaged what I could...thank you for your patience and as always, thanks for listening!**

Last month I saw a piece on 60 Minutes about The Wild Animal Sanctuary in CO where the Executive Director Pat Craig and his wife Monica saved hundreds of animals from a zoo in Puerto Rico.
I was fascinated and in awe and had to know more about them!

Here's my chat with PR Director Austin Hill on this amazing sanctuary.
They save animals from all over the world. 
Please give a listen and learn more. Visit wildanimalsanctuary.org.