Maria Milito

Maria Milito

Maria Milito Is On Air Every Day To Rock The Airwaves! Don't Forget To Check Out Maria's Podcast 'Maria's Mutts And Stuff' On iHeartRadio.Full Bio

Warrior Canine Connection Enlists Warriors To Train Service Dogs For Fellow Warriors!

By My Side: A Story of Three Veterans and Their Service Dogs

Maria chats with Co-Director and Producer Vicki Topaz and Director MIchael Collins about their documentary By My Side; the story of three veterans suffering from PTSD and how their service dogs 
gave them back their life.  By My Side has been in 46 film festivals and has won 16 awards (with more to come I'm sure!)

To learn more about the film, bymyside.com

If you would like to host a screening of the documentary Click Here.

Click HERE to watch the film.

Happy 70th Birthday NYLABONE!!!

Maria chats with returning guests Adrienne, Ursula and Jane to talk about Nylabone's 70th birthday!!
(Today's the day November 4th!)

They discuss 70 years of chew happiness; the CHEWS for Good campaign; their partnerships especially with Best Friends Animal Society; how you can donate a chew AND how you can win prizes and so much more!

Learn more at NYLABONE.COM!

CLICK HERE for Info on NYLABONECARES!

Lady Freethinker: The International Non-Profit Animal Protection Organization

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.

Celebrate Halloween at Catbaret!!

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.

Wildlife SOS Rescues And Rehabilitates Elephants, Bears and More!

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

Explore.org Brings Nature & Animals To Our Home!

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! 

Jake The Country Cat

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

Lori Skala Writes Books For Animal Rescue & Pediatric Cancer

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.

Operation K9 Beethoven: Helping Veterans One Paw At A Time

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!!