00:00Thank you so much to everybody!
00:10Where's the kitties?
00:14We got cats coming off us right now.
00:30Greater Good Charities and NBC are here today partnering on a lifesaving shelter pet airlift
00:47as part of the 11th annual Clear the Shelters campaign.
00:51We are transporting more than 120 at-risk shelter dogs and cats from shelters in Louisiana
00:58and Alabama to New Jersey and New Hampshire.
01:02So the shelter pets today are coming from nine overpopulated shelters across Alabama and Louisiana.
01:09And they're coming here to the Northeast to several shelters across New Jersey and New
01:14Hampshire.
01:15So we're able to spread the love among many shelters in the Northeast so that not one community
01:22is taking on all of the pets.
01:25We have all types of dogs and cats.
01:32We have all types of dogs and cats.
01:38We have all types of dogs and cats.
01:44All sizes and breeds.
01:57They just need a second chance.
02:01They are coming from shelters that are facing daily challenges of overpopulation.
02:09And this airlift as part of the Clear the Shelters campaign is truly giving them the second chance
02:15that they need to find a new adoptive home and a new life and get that happy ending that
02:22they deserve.
02:23We're taking about 60 dogs and cats back to our shelter in Madison, New Jersey.
02:28They'll get fed.
02:29They'll get food.
02:30Each of them has their own run.
02:33We care for them.
02:34We give them blankets and toys to play with.
02:38And then that's when the magic happens, you know, because people come in to adopt.
02:43And it's such a wonderful feeling to see them go on to loving homes, knowing that where they were before,
02:49they may not have had the same opportunity.
02:51So it's a really exciting, wonderful day.
02:54People often understand that you can do both.
02:56You can help your local shelters.
02:58We can help our partners in New York and New Jersey.
03:01We also have to help our partners down south.
03:03There is a huge overcrowding problem in the south of the United States.
03:08It's very difficult.
03:10You know, so many shelters just have too many animals and not enough adopters.
03:14Transport like this one truly save lives.
03:16It's very, very important.
03:18I think life saving knows no boundaries.
03:21There's, it's got to be done.
03:23So we can help both our local partners and help the animals in New York and New Jersey
03:28and help our shelter partners down south.
03:30And I think it's very important to do both.
03:34There are only eight weeks.
03:35Oh my God.
03:36Yes.
03:37What are you doing?
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03:43What are you doing?
03:44Hi.
03:45What's up?
03:46Here.
03:47What's going on?
03:48Here's your belly.
03:49I'm sorry.
03:50Oh my God.
03:51It just looks so tiny.
03:52This is the cutest thing.
03:57It's such a special place in my heart because I have such a great love for animals.
04:04I almost feel we, we don't deserve them.
04:07They are so good and they all deserve a beautiful life.
04:10I have a daughter, Dr. Gabrielle Catania.
04:12She's a veterinarian.
04:13So the love for animals has been instilled in our families for a long time.
04:18And I'm here to use my platform to spread the word and hope that it can save and help animals
04:25and charities like Clear the Shelters and Greater Good.
04:28How is that?
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