November 3, 2025 • 16 mins
Our guest is Maria Mora of the Nassau County SPCA for a preview of the Humane Hero Awards on Thursday, November 6: A reception to raise funds and recognize supporters of Nassau County’s SPCA’s effort to rescue, care for, and place abused animals. To find out more and support their work, visit nassaucountyspca.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):
Thanks for listening to get Connected. The first week of
November is always busy, so I wanted to make sure
we spotlight a very important event this Thursday evening, the
Humane Hero Awards supporting the Nasau County SPCA. It's a
reception to raise funds and recognize supporters of Nassau County's
spca's effort to rescue, care for, and place abused animals.
(00:35):
Our guest is Maria Mora of the Nassau County SPCA.
Thank you for being on gut Connected.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Thank you so much for having us. I really appreciate
us being able to kind of spread our message and
highlight this wonderful event the organization.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Details about the organization are at Nassau County SPCA dot org.
And I think in a large sense, this is an
easy conversation to have because people love to talk about
animals and how to help animals, and this is a
way to actually show up and do it. So let's
talk about what's going on Thursday, The Humane Hero Awards
six point thirty host University Club in Hempstead. They're m
(01:10):
seed by our sister station colleague Marie Malido of Q
one O four point three. What if you planned for
the evening?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
So it's really going to be an evening of highlighting
the local businesses or anybody that is doing something wonderful
to help animals. So we have honored a few people
that really just go beyond to give back to animals
and support our efforts as well. So it's so important
(01:39):
for them to get this acknowledgement because it inspires people
to do the same and we cannot have enough people
advocating for animals, so this event is just truly important
in that sense. We want to make sure that people
know who are the individuals that are helping and also
get inspired by what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
For these kinds of events, sometimes I think people think
it's just for like the in crowd, people who are
already connected, but it's open to everyone.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Yeah, it's open to everyone, especially because it supports doing
good for animals everywhere. Right, So if you are passionate
about caring for animals and the well being of animals,
then come on down because this is one way to
be able to support that cause.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
And it's cocktails, it's meat and greet it's that kind
of thing.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Right, It's pretty just animal friendly, right, So everyone who
has that same passion that they share about animals is
really just going to be able to learn about the
people that are doing things for animals. How can you
help yourself? What ways can you contribute and just kind
of have a fun day in honor of the people
(02:50):
that are helping.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
You can find out more about the event, which again
is this Thursday at Hofstra University. It is Nassau County
SPCA dot the Hofster University Club in Hempstead. So the
NASA County SPCA, it's the only animal protection agency officially
designated to operate within the counties borders. What is your role?
Speaker 3 (03:12):
So I am the executive director for the organization, but
that really is just a fancy title because I do
a little bit of everything, So from walking dogs to
meeting with potential donors, I do a little bit of all.
But the organization's role itself is really to protect NASA
County's animals from abuse to neglect. And the way we
(03:32):
do that is we have a twenty four hour hotline
with people call and report animal abuse. Once that report
is made, our humane officers go out and do the investigations.
We pull the animals, we make sure that they get
all the medical treatment needed, and then it's just about
rehabilitating that animal and putting it up for adoption. So
(03:55):
it's an organization that sets us aside from all the
other shelters in that we are able to arrest and
you know, handle animal abuse and negleg.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
This is all kinds of animals. I'm assuming you're in
a room with birds behind you. I can see some giant,
beautiful birds behind you.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Yeah, So Laala and Lulu here, we're rescued a year ago,
actually October second. They were rescued from a hoarding case
and they were extremely neglected, and they're very old. They're
about sixty plus years old, so they're not very highly adoptable,
so they're still here with us. We have a couple
(04:33):
of chinchillas and some guinea pigs in the room as well.
So we do rescue anything from dogs to cats to exotics.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
And at any given time, how many animals are you
caring for or are up for adoption?
Speaker 3 (04:45):
So at any given time, just because we do handle
hoarding cases for instance, the Woodberry case where the parrots
were from, that was ninety eight animals that we rescued
from one home, so it could be anything from you know,
five to one hundred.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Do you work with animal adoption agencies for cats and
dogs and those sorts of animals as well?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Well, we personally put them up for adoption, So any
animal that we rescue goes up to adoption through us,
But we do work with the local rescue shelters as well,
because sometimes we get hit with hoarding cases and that
can be you know, one hundred plus animals and we
just can't take that on all by ourselves.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Our guest is Maria Mora. She's executive director of Nasau
County's SPCA. The Humane Hero Awards are coming up this Thursday,
November sixth. You can find out more at Nasau County
SPCA dot org, where you can also find out about
all the work that they do. You're listening to get
connected on one six point seven light FM. I'mina del Rio.
Let's talk a little bit about adoption. Well, let's talk
(05:48):
about the hoarding cases actually first. So often people end
up in those situations. How do you help those people
and how do they end up in those situations in
the first place.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Yeah, So hoarding cases are some of our most challenging cases,
not only because there is a large amount of animals,
but it is very difficult to convince somebody that they
need to let go of their animals because they don't
see themselves of doing anything wrong, you know. And most
of these cases it's just people starting out with good intentions, right,
(06:25):
they want to help an animal out, then won't they
take on too many animals and it becomes overwhelming and
more than they can handle. So it's a very difficult
situation to navigate, but it's definitely one that is very present,
especially on the island.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
There's also the other side of the coin where sometimes
otherwise well meaning people will abandon their animal, They drop
them off somewhere, or they surrender them when they can't
care for them or feel like it's too much. They
don't know how to deal with behavior issues. How do
you help pet owners in those cases?
Speaker 3 (06:58):
So we are organization that doesn't take owner surrenders. We
only rescue animals from abuse and neglect situations, but we
do get those calls very often and we're able to
resource them out to local organizations. That might be able
to take on, like an owner's surrender, or sometimes it's
a matter of just providing help with whether they need
(07:21):
help with food and that's why they're giving up their pet.
Maybe they lost their job and they just need help
to get on their feet, or the pet needs medical
care that they can't afford. So in those certain cases
we do help ourselves. But if it's an animal that
they just can no longer keep, usually we source them
out to the local shelter.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
The Nasau County SPCA is a nonprofit and all the
things you're talking about cost money. How are you funded?
Do you receive any public funding from taxpayers?
Speaker 3 (07:50):
So this is such an important topic for us because
it's very challenging for us to get this public funded right.
A lot of people confuse us with the ASPCA, and
they think that, you know, we are part of the ASPCA,
and donations that they give to the ASPCA trickle down
(08:11):
to us. Unfortunately that's not true. We are our own organization.
We are not We don't receive taxpayer money, We are
not part of the county even though we service the county.
So it confuses people and we try to spread the
message that if you want to donate to help the
animals in your local community, you know, donate local. So
(08:34):
we try and tell people that we are desperately in
need of funding and we rely on public donations, and.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Those donations they also cover your office, your veterinary staff,
medical equipment, facilities, pet food, so many things.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
So the wonderful thing about this organization, which I love
to brag about, is that we are ninety nine percent volunteer.
So what does that mean. Means that the donations that
come in literally go to the animals and the programs
that help save them. We are our foster base. We
have a small little office where we do admin work,
(09:10):
so it keeps cross down, which means that every penny
that comes through literally goes to the animals and the
programs that help save them. Even our humane officers are volunteers.
They're retired police officers, So a lot of people don't
know that. You know, we're much different from these larger organizations.
We do the same amount, if not more, but we
(09:32):
operate in a very volunteer way.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Volunteering is great, especially for people who maybe you can't
have a pet right now, you're too busy or something
like that. Can you talk about the work of your volunteers.
What would you be doing.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
So, like I said, we are ninety nine percent volunteers.
So volunteers help us with just about everything from animal
care to admin to events, fundraising, socializing the animal We
have a great group of foster volunteers. We're always looking
for more fosters. That's how we can do what we do.
(10:06):
So you can volunteer from anything from animal care to
administrative so there's a little bit of everything. So we
love to welcome people's passions and talent to help our
organization be better.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
I do know, I'm sure a lot of people listening
know folks who really got into fostering during the pandemic
because you were home all the time, and then they
became foster fails because they just kept the pet, you know,
they love the pet and couldn't give them up. Unfortunately,
it also meant maybe they weren't able to foster again.
Can you talk about fostering and how to make that
work for the long term.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Yeah, So we do have foster failures, which we love
because obviously we want the animal that's been in the
foster home and gotten used to everybody to you know,
always be able to have the best home. But we
do have fosters that tend to just keep fostering, keep fostering,
(11:00):
and the idea of helping more and more animals is
something that's very rewarding to the foster volunteer. Of course,
we don't blame them. I mean it's hard not to
fall in love, especially the type of rescues that we have,
which you know usually have some type of trauma, and
you're nursing these animals back to health. It's really hard
not to feel connected and bonded. But a lot of
(11:24):
our foster failures also end up fostering again, and with
help and training, we're able to be We're able to
allow that animal to be entering another home with another animal.
So it can be a little bit tricky, but we
have the resources to help that through.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Because so much of your work is rescuing animals, I
feel like we have to ask, you know, if you
feel like an animal is being abused or living in
awarding situation, what should you do.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
We can only do this if the public call and
report animal abuse. Right, So, if you think that some
animal is in danger or you think that something's not right,
even if you're on the fence, call us at five one,
six the SPCA, and let us know. Let us be
the ones to investigate. Even if you're not sure. You
(12:11):
could also go on the website and report online, but
we definitely rely on the public to make those reports
so that we can go ahead and rescue animals from abuse.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Orna, can you talk about a couple of success stories
that have really stuck with you? This work is something
that would you would really take to heart.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
I think, yeah, So it's hard to just pick one
or two because there's been so many. But I must
say that when we get our senior dogs, that really
touches us because they tend to get neglected because they're
no longer wanted. They're not doing what they used to
(12:51):
do as a puppy. So it hurts us, you know,
when we see them neglected at that age, because this
is when they should be just comfortable and enjoying their life.
So the senior rescues are ones that really get to us.
And for me personally, I've really grown attached to our
reptile rescues because a lot of people think of reptiles
(13:13):
not having feelings or emotions, so those guys get abused
and neglected a lot, you know, So when we get
these snakes or iguanas or bearded dragons come in in
such terrible state and then we nurture them and see
that just with a little bit of help from the
(13:35):
proper environment or the proper food and lighting, how they
flourish and they are pretty thankful. And I don't know,
I feel like that really touches us to see, you know,
those types of animals respond to the proper care.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Before we get back to talking about the event, are
there any other services that you'd like people to be
more aware of.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
Yeah, so we have a disaster response team, which a
lot of people may not know, but we take on animals,
your pets if you have to evacuate. So let's say
there's a storm and you're supposed to evacuate your home.
If you enter the Red Cross shelter, we will take
(14:20):
on your animals and we'll take them on until you
are secured a new safe place to go back to.
So that's a really important program that we have, and
we try to let the public know to kind of
prepare themselves for things like that and understand that there
is a place for your pets in case you have
to evacuate, so nobody should be leaving their pets behind.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
You can find out more about that and the event
coming up on the sixth at Nasau County SPCA dot org.
The sixth this Thursday is the Humane Hero Awards supporting
the Nasau County SPCA. Again, what will the evening entail?
What's going on?
Speaker 3 (14:58):
So the evening is really good to be highlighting some
of our local people that are doing amazing things in
animal welfare, whether it's helping pets stay in their homes
by providing medical care and finances, whether it's bringing awareness
to the animal needs, and also just some veterinarians that
(15:23):
are going beyond to help us with taking care of
these animals. Like I said, we get some really big cases,
maybe thirty plus animals at a time that need medical attention,
and without the support of these people, we just wouldn't
be able to do what we do.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
How much are tickets and where do the funds go?
Speaker 3 (15:42):
So tickets are one hundred dollars per person, and the
funds are going to go straight back to the program
to help continue our efforts in rescuing animals from abuse
to neglect.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
It sounds like an amazing evening again hosted by our
colleague Maria Malito of Q one oh four point three
day at the Hofstra University Club in Hemstead. Our guest
has been Executive Director Maria Mora of the NASA County
SPCA and you can find out all about their work
and volunteering and adopting and more at NASA County SPCA
dot org. Maria Mora, thank you for being to get connected.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
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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):
Thanks for listening to get Connected. The first week of
November is always busy, so I wanted to make sure
we spotlight a very important event this Thursday evening, the
Humane Hero Awards supporting the Nasau County SPCA. It's a
reception to raise funds and recognize supporters of Nassau County's
spca's effort to rescue, care for, and place abused animals.
(00:35):
Our guest is Maria Mora of the Nassau County SPCA.
Thank you for being on gut Connected.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Thank you so much for having us. I really appreciate
us being able to kind of spread our message and
highlight this wonderful event the organization.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Details about the organization are at Nassau County SPCA dot org.
And I think in a large sense, this is an
easy conversation to have because people love to talk about
animals and how to help animals, and this is a
way to actually show up and do it. So let's
talk about what's going on Thursday, The Humane Hero Awards
six point thirty host University Club in Hempstead. They're m
(01:10):
seed by our sister station colleague Marie Malido of Q
one O four point three. What if you planned for
the evening?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
So it's really going to be an evening of highlighting
the local businesses or anybody that is doing something wonderful
to help animals. So we have honored a few people
that really just go beyond to give back to animals
and support our efforts as well. So it's so important
(01:39):
for them to get this acknowledgement because it inspires people
to do the same and we cannot have enough people
advocating for animals, so this event is just truly important
in that sense. We want to make sure that people
know who are the individuals that are helping and also
get inspired by what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
For these kinds of events, sometimes I think people think
it's just for like the in crowd, people who are
already connected, but it's open to everyone.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Yeah, it's open to everyone, especially because it supports doing
good for animals everywhere. Right, So if you are passionate
about caring for animals and the well being of animals,
then come on down because this is one way to
be able to support that cause.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
And it's cocktails, it's meat and greet it's that kind
of thing.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Right, It's pretty just animal friendly, right, So everyone who
has that same passion that they share about animals is
really just going to be able to learn about the
people that are doing things for animals. How can you
help yourself? What ways can you contribute and just kind
of have a fun day in honor of the people
(02:50):
that are helping.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
You can find out more about the event, which again
is this Thursday at Hofstra University. It is Nassau County
SPCA dot the Hofster University Club in Hempstead. So the
NASA County SPCA, it's the only animal protection agency officially
designated to operate within the counties borders. What is your role?
Speaker 3 (03:12):
So I am the executive director for the organization, but
that really is just a fancy title because I do
a little bit of everything, So from walking dogs to
meeting with potential donors, I do a little bit of all.
But the organization's role itself is really to protect NASA
County's animals from abuse to neglect. And the way we
(03:32):
do that is we have a twenty four hour hotline
with people call and report animal abuse. Once that report
is made, our humane officers go out and do the investigations.
We pull the animals, we make sure that they get
all the medical treatment needed, and then it's just about
rehabilitating that animal and putting it up for adoption. So
(03:55):
it's an organization that sets us aside from all the
other shelters in that we are able to arrest and
you know, handle animal abuse and negleg.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
This is all kinds of animals. I'm assuming you're in
a room with birds behind you. I can see some giant,
beautiful birds behind you.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Yeah, So Laala and Lulu here, we're rescued a year ago,
actually October second. They were rescued from a hoarding case
and they were extremely neglected, and they're very old. They're
about sixty plus years old, so they're not very highly adoptable,
so they're still here with us. We have a couple
(04:33):
of chinchillas and some guinea pigs in the room as well.
So we do rescue anything from dogs to cats to exotics.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
And at any given time, how many animals are you
caring for or are up for adoption?
Speaker 3 (04:45):
So at any given time, just because we do handle
hoarding cases for instance, the Woodberry case where the parrots
were from, that was ninety eight animals that we rescued
from one home, so it could be anything from you know,
five to one hundred.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Do you work with animal adoption agencies for cats and
dogs and those sorts of animals as well?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Well, we personally put them up for adoption, So any
animal that we rescue goes up to adoption through us,
But we do work with the local rescue shelters as well,
because sometimes we get hit with hoarding cases and that
can be you know, one hundred plus animals and we
just can't take that on all by ourselves.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Our guest is Maria Mora. She's executive director of Nasau
County's SPCA. The Humane Hero Awards are coming up this Thursday,
November sixth. You can find out more at Nasau County
SPCA dot org, where you can also find out about
all the work that they do. You're listening to get
connected on one six point seven light FM. I'mina del Rio.
Let's talk a little bit about adoption. Well, let's talk
(05:48):
about the hoarding cases actually first. So often people end
up in those situations. How do you help those people
and how do they end up in those situations in
the first place.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Yeah, So hoarding cases are some of our most challenging cases,
not only because there is a large amount of animals,
but it is very difficult to convince somebody that they
need to let go of their animals because they don't
see themselves of doing anything wrong, you know. And most
of these cases it's just people starting out with good intentions, right,
(06:25):
they want to help an animal out, then won't they
take on too many animals and it becomes overwhelming and
more than they can handle. So it's a very difficult
situation to navigate, but it's definitely one that is very present,
especially on the island.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
There's also the other side of the coin where sometimes
otherwise well meaning people will abandon their animal, They drop
them off somewhere, or they surrender them when they can't
care for them or feel like it's too much. They
don't know how to deal with behavior issues. How do
you help pet owners in those cases?
Speaker 3 (06:58):
So we are organization that doesn't take owner surrenders. We
only rescue animals from abuse and neglect situations, but we
do get those calls very often and we're able to
resource them out to local organizations. That might be able
to take on, like an owner's surrender, or sometimes it's
a matter of just providing help with whether they need
(07:21):
help with food and that's why they're giving up their pet.
Maybe they lost their job and they just need help
to get on their feet, or the pet needs medical
care that they can't afford. So in those certain cases
we do help ourselves. But if it's an animal that
they just can no longer keep, usually we source them
out to the local shelter.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
The Nasau County SPCA is a nonprofit and all the
things you're talking about cost money. How are you funded?
Do you receive any public funding from taxpayers?
Speaker 3 (07:50):
So this is such an important topic for us because
it's very challenging for us to get this public funded right.
A lot of people confuse us with the ASPCA, and
they think that, you know, we are part of the ASPCA,
and donations that they give to the ASPCA trickle down
(08:11):
to us. Unfortunately that's not true. We are our own organization.
We are not We don't receive taxpayer money, We are
not part of the county even though we service the county.
So it confuses people and we try to spread the
message that if you want to donate to help the
animals in your local community, you know, donate local. So
(08:34):
we try and tell people that we are desperately in
need of funding and we rely on public donations, and.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Those donations they also cover your office, your veterinary staff,
medical equipment, facilities, pet food, so many things.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
So the wonderful thing about this organization, which I love
to brag about, is that we are ninety nine percent volunteer.
So what does that mean. Means that the donations that
come in literally go to the animals and the programs
that help save them. We are our foster base. We
have a small little office where we do admin work,
(09:10):
so it keeps cross down, which means that every penny
that comes through literally goes to the animals and the
programs that help save them. Even our humane officers are volunteers.
They're retired police officers, So a lot of people don't
know that. You know, we're much different from these larger organizations.
We do the same amount, if not more, but we
(09:32):
operate in a very volunteer way.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Volunteering is great, especially for people who maybe you can't
have a pet right now, you're too busy or something
like that. Can you talk about the work of your volunteers.
What would you be doing.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
So, like I said, we are ninety nine percent volunteers.
So volunteers help us with just about everything from animal
care to admin to events, fundraising, socializing the animal We
have a great group of foster volunteers. We're always looking
for more fosters. That's how we can do what we do.
(10:06):
So you can volunteer from anything from animal care to
administrative so there's a little bit of everything. So we
love to welcome people's passions and talent to help our
organization be better.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
I do know, I'm sure a lot of people listening
know folks who really got into fostering during the pandemic
because you were home all the time, and then they
became foster fails because they just kept the pet, you know,
they love the pet and couldn't give them up. Unfortunately,
it also meant maybe they weren't able to foster again.
Can you talk about fostering and how to make that
work for the long term.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Yeah, So we do have foster failures, which we love
because obviously we want the animal that's been in the
foster home and gotten used to everybody to you know,
always be able to have the best home. But we
do have fosters that tend to just keep fostering, keep fostering,
(11:00):
and the idea of helping more and more animals is
something that's very rewarding to the foster volunteer. Of course,
we don't blame them. I mean it's hard not to
fall in love, especially the type of rescues that we have,
which you know usually have some type of trauma, and
you're nursing these animals back to health. It's really hard
not to feel connected and bonded. But a lot of
(11:24):
our foster failures also end up fostering again, and with
help and training, we're able to be We're able to
allow that animal to be entering another home with another animal.
So it can be a little bit tricky, but we
have the resources to help that through.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Because so much of your work is rescuing animals, I
feel like we have to ask, you know, if you
feel like an animal is being abused or living in
awarding situation, what should you do.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
We can only do this if the public call and
report animal abuse. Right, So, if you think that some
animal is in danger or you think that something's not right,
even if you're on the fence, call us at five one,
six the SPCA, and let us know. Let us be
the ones to investigate. Even if you're not sure. You
(12:11):
could also go on the website and report online, but
we definitely rely on the public to make those reports
so that we can go ahead and rescue animals from abuse.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Orna, can you talk about a couple of success stories
that have really stuck with you? This work is something
that would you would really take to heart.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
I think, yeah, So it's hard to just pick one
or two because there's been so many. But I must
say that when we get our senior dogs, that really
touches us because they tend to get neglected because they're
no longer wanted. They're not doing what they used to
(12:51):
do as a puppy. So it hurts us, you know,
when we see them neglected at that age, because this
is when they should be just comfortable and enjoying their life.
So the senior rescues are ones that really get to us.
And for me personally, I've really grown attached to our
reptile rescues because a lot of people think of reptiles
(13:13):
not having feelings or emotions, so those guys get abused
and neglected a lot, you know, So when we get
these snakes or iguanas or bearded dragons come in in
such terrible state and then we nurture them and see
that just with a little bit of help from the
(13:35):
proper environment or the proper food and lighting, how they
flourish and they are pretty thankful. And I don't know,
I feel like that really touches us to see, you know,
those types of animals respond to the proper care.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Before we get back to talking about the event, are
there any other services that you'd like people to be
more aware of.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
Yeah, so we have a disaster response team, which a
lot of people may not know, but we take on animals,
your pets if you have to evacuate. So let's say
there's a storm and you're supposed to evacuate your home.
If you enter the Red Cross shelter, we will take
(14:20):
on your animals and we'll take them on until you
are secured a new safe place to go back to.
So that's a really important program that we have, and
we try to let the public know to kind of
prepare themselves for things like that and understand that there
is a place for your pets in case you have
to evacuate, so nobody should be leaving their pets behind.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
You can find out more about that and the event
coming up on the sixth at Nasau County SPCA dot org.
The sixth this Thursday is the Humane Hero Awards supporting
the Nasau County SPCA. Again, what will the evening entail?
What's going on?
Speaker 3 (14:58):
So the evening is really good to be highlighting some
of our local people that are doing amazing things in
animal welfare, whether it's helping pets stay in their homes
by providing medical care and finances, whether it's bringing awareness
to the animal needs, and also just some veterinarians that
(15:23):
are going beyond to help us with taking care of
these animals. Like I said, we get some really big cases,
maybe thirty plus animals at a time that need medical attention,
and without the support of these people, we just wouldn't
be able to do what we do.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
How much are tickets and where do the funds go?
Speaker 3 (15:42):
So tickets are one hundred dollars per person, and the
funds are going to go straight back to the program
to help continue our efforts in rescuing animals from abuse
to neglect.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
It sounds like an amazing evening again hosted by our
colleague Maria Malito of Q one oh four point three
day at the Hofstra University Club in Hemstead. Our guest
has been Executive Director Maria Mora of the NASA County
SPCA and you can find out all about their work
and volunteering and adopting and more at NASA County SPCA
dot org. Maria Mora, thank you for being to get connected.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
Thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
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