Maria's Mutts & Stuff

Maria chats with global activist and journalist Nina Jackel, the founder of Lady Freethinker, the international non-profit animal protection organization. Their mission is to end pet abandonment; expose puppy mills; advocate for animal legislation and so much more!!

Learn more at LADYFREETHINKER.

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Maria chats with host and producer Gemma Smith about Catbaret Presents:  Meowloween, a one-night-only cat-themed variety show on Halloween (Friday 10/31) at Caveat (21A Clinton St in NYC)!

It's a variety show with comedy, music and burlesque! Wear a costume, there are prizes!

(Weruva is sponsoring the show and donating to RESCUE NYC.

For tickets:  catbaretshow.com.

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Maria chats with Wildlife SOS Executive Director Nikki Sharp about the 300,000+ animals they've saved; the elimination of "dancing bears" in India, the process of eliminating "begging elephants" and more!! 

Learn all about the organization, and you can make a donation too at WILDLIFESOS.ORG

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Maria chats with Explore.org's Naturalist (and former park ranger) Mike Fitz about Fat Bear Week (Chunk the Hunk is the winner!) which just ended, and all the cameras around the world that let us into the world of animals and nature. Explore.org brings us to places that most humans could never encounter. As Founder Charles Annenberg Weingarten said Explore.org is the "Netflix of Nature"!

Check them out...I do!   Explore.org

You'll be watching puppy cams and tiger cams and pasture cams just like I do daily!

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Maria chats with author Beth Evans about her first book Jake the Country Cat!
The book idea came to her in a dream, a very elaborate dream with a cat and Blake Shelton!
Beth is a huge advocate for animal rescue and black cats/dogs. And hopefully this is the first of a children's series.

You can find Jake the Country Cat wherever books are sold! And #adoptdontshop

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Maria chats with elementary school teacher (30 years as an educator!) and children's book author Lori Skala about her books The Road To Rosie and The Hair Tie. Proceeds from Lori's books go to animal rescue and pediatric cancer, her two passions.

Give a listen and learn about Lori and her mission.

Lori can be found on IG at storyloribooks or visit her website storyloribooks.com.

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Maria chats with returning guest Operation K9 Beethoven's VP & Co-Founder Brian Reyngoudt!

They are a charity organization for veterans that includes Pet Therapy Programs and Psychiatric Therapy Dog Programs. They provide service dogs to veterans at no cost to the vets.
And the best part?  Their service dogs come from rescues and shelters so it's Win Win for both the vets AND the dogs!!

Give a listen and learn about all that they do.

Also, if you'd like to volunteer or make a donation (that's how they survive) CLICK HERE!!

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"Learn Practice Master Begin Again" is Linn Boyke's motto when it comes to dogs.
Linn runs The School of Dog Psychology. I first saw Linn when he was on Cesar Millan's Dog Whisperer TV show--he was one of his students. Linn also indirectly helped me with my dog Fredo many years ago.

Give a listen and learn about Linn's path. Recently, he learned that he needs quadruple bypass heart surgery.  I'm including a link to his Gofundme page to help him with the care of his dogs while he recuperates after his surgery.

To learn about Linn:  LINNBOYKE.COM

To contribute to his fundraiser (no amount too small or large):
Support-Linn's-Lifesaving Heart Surgery and Thank You!

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Maria chats with Born Free USA's Devan Schowe about the organization and all they do to prevent humans from exploiting wild-animals. 

In 1966, Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers starred in the classic wildlife film Born Free.
In 1984, they launched the charity Zoo Check which evolved into Born Free; in 2002, Born Free USA was launched in the states!

Their campaigns include the fur trade, trapping, animals in captivity, the Endangered Species Act,
and so much more!! See all they do BORNFREEUSA.ORG.

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Maria chats with actor and animal advocate Brooke Shields about her partnership with Prospect Pet; pet supplements and wellness products that carry the Clean and Conscious promise of products that are good for your pets and the planet!

Check out the products PROSPECTPET.

***NOTE:  There were some technical difficulties with this interview, so you'll hear drop-outs and cut-offs. Please bear with it and give a listen anyway. Thank you!!***

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