WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:07.519 It's Nightside with Dan Ray on WBZ Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:11.000 Good evening everyone, Thank you very much, Nicole. My name 3 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:14.119 is Dan Ray, host of Nightside, heard every weeknight from 4 00:00:14.119 --> 00:00:17.320 a to midnight right here on WBZ, Boston's news radio. 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:20.239 We're in iHeart radio station. You can check us out 6 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:22.480 on the new iHeart app and you can listen to 7 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:26.920 our program or all of wbz's program program wbz's programming 8 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:29.320 three hundred and sixty five days a year, twenty four 9 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:33.000 to seven. Delighted to tell you those of you who 10 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:37.320 were listening last night on Nightside, we spent a couple 11 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:43.799 of hours last night talking about anti Semitic materials that 12 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:49.759 have been circulated to the members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association. 13 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:55.320 They lay one hundred and seventeen thousand teachers across the commonwealth, 14 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:58.880 and we had Jeff Robbins and Sarah cob of the 15 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:03.439 Antidefamation Gone. We had a lot of very interesting callers 16 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:10.120 who were concerned, and the MTA, the mass Teachers Association 17 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:17.920 today withdrew those materials, those course materials which many had 18 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:21.319 alleged were inherently anti semitic, and if you saw them, 19 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:25.239 I think most people reasonable and rational people would see 20 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:28.560 that for what they were. So congratulations to all the 21 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:30.840 folks were called in last night and joined the course. 22 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.079 And I think that we made a little bit of 23 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:36.640 an impact on that decision, and I'm very happy to 24 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:39.000 announce that tonight. We may get to that a little 25 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:41.280 bit later on. We have several topics we're going to 26 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:42.879 get to. We have four topies coming up this how 27 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:44.640 we're going to talk with Mike Nelson in just a 28 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:48.640 moment about the massages of wildlife endangered species lists. We're 29 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:51.560 going to talk about the ability to adopt a dog 30 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:55.000 with no charge involved, going to talk with a fellow 31 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:58.400 out of Northborough who's associated with the group called proudly 32 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:01.319 called the Dull Men's Club, and to talk with Chris Lisinski, 33 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:05.280 state House news reporter about the protests at White Stadium today. 34 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:08.080 And then we will talk with Josh Kraft Kennedy for 35 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:12.199 Mayor of Boston, who participated in that demonstration opposing the 36 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:18.240 demolition and the the destruction of White Stadium as well 37 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:21.680 as about one hundred and forty five trees to make 38 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:26.120 way for parking over there for a for a soccer stadium. 39 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:29.240 And we'll talk about the closing the temporary closing estuary 40 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:32.400 of the JFK Presidential Library for a few hours yesterday, 41 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:36.000 was back open and operating today, thank goodness. But we're 42 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.240 going to start it off first with Mike Nelson. Mike 43 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:45.680 is mass Wildlifes invertebrate zoologist, and he brings word to 44 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:49.879 us tonight that twenty two species, not just the animal species, 45 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:53.159 animal and plant species were added this year, as it 46 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:55.080 is as it's done every couple of years to the 47 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:59.159 Massachusetts Endangered Species last Mike, thanks very much for taking 48 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:02.319 the time to join us tonight. These are plants and 49 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:05.759 animals probably that many of us might not have heard of, 50 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:09.120 but we don't want to see them to go extinct. 51 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:10.319 How are you tonight? Welcome? 52 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:13.719 Oh, thank you very much, glad to be here, and 53 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:17.919 you're absolutely right. It's of course the rarest and sometimes 54 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:21.159 that means the most obscure species in the state that 55 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:24.360 end up on the State and Dangered Species list. But 56 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:26.960 we don't want to lose them from the state or 57 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:30.639 even worse, have them go extinct entirely. So that's the 58 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:34.039 main purpose of the Masters and Danger Species Act. 59 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:39.039 Let me get one one clarification here, so you are 60 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:41.639 making a determination. We'll go through some of these that 61 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:46.120 the eastern red bats and the gigs abrout hoary bats 62 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:52.560 and silver haired bats. They are our three species, as 63 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:54.639 well as I guess a couple of types of bees, 64 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:01.719 the golden bullom moth and the Akkadian hairstreak butterfly. When 65 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:05.000 you say they're growing, they're going extinct or they're on 66 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:08.800 the endangered species list in Massachusetts. Could they be flourishing 67 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:11.280 elsewhere or the fact that they're in trouble here are 68 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:14.599 these species that are sort of endemic to our region 69 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:15.879 of the country in the first place. 70 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:19.480 Well, depending on the species, that could be either of 71 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:22.959 those things. So there's of course the Federal Endangered Species 72 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.680 Act that was an act in nineteen seventy three, but 73 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:28.399 in addition to that here in Massachusetts, we have our 74 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:31.120 own Endangered Species Act that was an acted in nineteen 75 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:36.319 ninety and all federally listed species are also by statute 76 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:39.800 on the Massachusetts list. But we have the ability in Massachusetts, 77 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:43.759 and we have since nineteen ninety designated additional species that 78 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:50.000 might not be federally listed, and the Massachusetts statute specifically 79 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:54.600 looks at the status of the species in Massachusetts with 80 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:56.959 the goal of not losing them from the state. Now 81 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:03.439 that being said, in protecting species by various means in Massachusetts, 82 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:08.120 it contributes to the regional and global conservation of these species. 83 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:14.000 Okay, so let's talk first of all, how how difficult 84 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:16.439 is it? I mean all of us you know, see, 85 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:19.879 you know birds, blue jays and things that all of 86 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:22.600 us are familiar with. And we know that there are 87 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:27.240 squirrels around, and pigeons and coyotes and all of that. 88 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:32.800 How difficult is it to track the continued existence or 89 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:37.480 the viability of again, some of these species that probably 90 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:41.399 most of us don't know very little, know very little 91 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:44.199 about again, an eastern red bat. I couldn't tell you 92 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:47.040 what an eastern red bat looks like our silver haired 93 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:51.319 bat's So how tough is how tough is this task 94 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:53.120 that that you folks have assumed. 95 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:57.839 Well, it's it's very difficult, But most of us do 96 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:01.199 it because we enjoy the work. We enjoy a challenge. 97 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:05.079 And it's not just the Massachusetts Natural Herigine Dangerous Species 98 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:09.279 Program and the messages to the beneficiaries and wildlife alone. 99 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:13.240 Although we're leading the charge to speak as the state 100 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:21.160 agency with charged with conserving dangerous species. In Massachusetts. We 101 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:25.920 have cooperators all over the state and that ranges from 102 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:31.160 obviously universities where there's a lot of expertise on some 103 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:36.000 of these species and on both plants and animals statewide, 104 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:40.639 but also there's in Massachusetts we have a I guess 105 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:44.480 relatively small relative to the population, but a thriving community 106 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:50.079 of amateur naturalists. So people that not only enjoy being outside, 107 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:55.720 but enjoy paying attention to plants and animals right down 108 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:59.920 to the species level, and enjoy looking for the VARs 109 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:06.279 species and reporting them on For example, probably the most 110 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:10.680 popular online community for doing that next to Massachusetts, but 111 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:13.959 across the country, and you know outside the country now 112 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:18.759 is eye Naturalists. So there's all these people out there, 113 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:24.720 no small number of them who are just interested in 114 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:28.480 not just the common species. So we have a lot 115 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:35.600 of collaborators, volunteers, and it all comes together and we 116 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:41.839 somehow managed to keep a reasonable tab on the conservation 117 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.600 status of most of the species in the state. And 118 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:49.920 when I say most, I say that because certainly when 119 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:53.720 people think of animals, the vertebrate animals you know, the birds, 120 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:58.240 the mammals, the reptiles, amphibean fish, but Also, I'm called 121 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:02.199 invertebrate zoologists because that's my specialty, although I do a 122 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:04.120 lot of other things. At mass Wildlife, I have a 123 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.399 one of a few people there with expertise in insects 124 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:13.000 and other invert animals, and then of course the botanists 125 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:17.040 who work with the plants. So those are the main 126 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:21.720 groups you pay attention to, you know. Obviously people don't 127 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:26.279 get into other groups of things that are even more obscure, like, 128 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:32.120 for example, mushrooms and fungi. There's just not the expertise 129 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:34.360 out there to do what we do with those. 130 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:36.840 Okay, so real quick question if I could, and we're 131 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:38.399 kind of running out of time, but I think this 132 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:42.879 is a fascinating subject and topic. So let's assume you say, okay, 133 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:45.840 there's this bad this red bat, or this hoary bad 134 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:48.559 or this silver haired bat. I'm focused on those. I 135 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:50.679 know that there we mentioned some of the others, A 136 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:53.960 couple of types of bees, and a moth and a butterfly. 137 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:56.600 Do you get to the point where you say, look, 138 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:59.639 we're down to like, you know, fifty of these and 139 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:04.480 some how we have to capture a few of them 140 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:08.159 so that they can they can regenerate the species. Are 141 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:12.360 you simply looking and saying, Okay, they were fifty last 142 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:14.879 year and now they're down to twenty two and you know, 143 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:16.080 there's not much we can do. 144 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:20.759 Well, it depends there's the resources there to do what 145 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:27.279 you're describing, which would be basically captive breeding. Yeah, that's 146 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:30.679 something that's done in a number of state that's done, 147 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:35.399 for example in Rhode Island, in New Hampshire, now as 148 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:38.399 much in Massachusetts, where the New England cottontail would be 149 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:40.279 one example of a man I can think of it. 150 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:44.320 It's done with. That's sort of the last ditches. 151 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:48.759 They answered, Yeah, okay, when you say the New England cottontail, 152 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:51.080 you're talking about a bunny rabbit. You're talking about a snake. 153 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:57.600 Now I'm talking about there's actually two species of cottontail 154 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:02.120 rather than Massachusetts, and this isn't very widely known, but 155 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:07.200 there's a there's a very rare one that is actually 156 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:09.840 doing better in Massachusetts and Rhode Island or New Hampshire, 157 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:13.080 which is why it's actually not even state listed, although 158 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:15.840 we do manage habitat for it here in Massachusetts. It's 159 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:18.840 called the New England cotton tail and it's mostly in 160 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:21.120 the southeastern part of the state in pine barrens and 161 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:22.279 others shreby habitats. 162 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:25.240 Okay, I think the snakes are called cotton mold. So 163 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:28.639 when I heard the word, okay, good enough. Hey, look, 164 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:30.840 I really enjoyed the conversation. Mike. You know so much 165 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:33.039 more about this than I do. Thank you for what 166 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:36.159 you do, and let's keep in touch. Maybe we'll have 167 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:39.080 you on some night and go into it for an 168 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:41.200 hour and take phone calls from listeners. How about that. 169 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:44.399 Oh, that's certainly a possibility. Dan. 170 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:48.039 All right, Mike, appreciate it. Mike Nelson with the mass 171 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:52.960 Wildlife Federation, and we really appreciate you taking the time 172 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:56.840 to join us tonight. Thanks. Thanks again, Mike Nelson. When 173 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:59.000 we come back and we talk about a great program 174 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:01.720 where you can opt a dog and a lot of 175 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:04.399 the fees will be waved, we'll give you that if 176 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:08.399 you're looking for a companion animal. Nothing beats a dog. 177 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:10.720 I'm a dog guy. We'll be back on Nightside right 178 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:11.879 after this quick break. 179 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:16.080 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 180 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:17.240 Nightside Studios. 181 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:22.320 I'm WBZ News Radio. Well, if you're thinking about getting 182 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:25.840 a dog, have we got a great deal for you 183 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:30.759 with us as Jamie Garabedian, the Massachusetts Society for Protection 184 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:34.840 of Cruelty to Animals Project manager and animal in the 185 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:38.200 Animal Protection Division. Jamie, Welcome to Nightside. You have some 186 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:42.159 really interesting news for our audience. How are you this evening? 187 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:44.759 I'm good, How are you? Thanks for having me? 188 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:49.399 Oh, our pleasure, Our pleasure. I'm a dog guy, love dogs, 189 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:54.240 and you are doing a fee waved adoption event for 190 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:58.559 adult dogs. But the definition of adult dogs is for 191 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:04.320 dogs over the age of one year, so we're not 192 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:07.919 talking about elderly dogs. We're talking about dogs who are 193 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:12.159 adult dogs over a year. I think of adult dogs 194 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:15.720 as being three or four because dog years seven seven 195 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:20.240 adult years for every dog year, I'm thinking of a 196 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:23.440 dog that's one or two, sort of being a preteen 197 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:27.320 or a teen. But this sounds like a really great, 198 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:30.559 great event. Tell us how folks can can get in 199 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:36.519 line to meet some of the adoptees, the potential adoptees. 200 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:40.039 And this is a fee waved events, so people can 201 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:45.720 can get a great companion without spending a lot of money, 202 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:48.320 which is fabulous. Tell us about it. 203 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:51.759 Yeah, absolutely, So the event goes until the twenty third. 204 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:55.440 It takes place at all four of the MSPCA adoption centers, 205 00:12:55.480 --> 00:13:00.000 but we're also joined by our mass coalition shelter partners Berkshire, 206 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:04.559 Our Humane Society, Bay Pass Humane Society, Wooster Animal Rescue League, 207 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:08.480 Boston Animal Control and Thomas J. O'Connor Adoption Center and 208 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:12.039 Animal Control. So all across the state, not just you 209 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:15.240 know the eastern region where MSPCA is, but all across 210 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.879 the state the event is going on. Each location has 211 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:21.799 different open hours, so we do encourage people to go 212 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:25.480 to their websites and check out how each location operates, 213 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:28.519 or you can go to MSPCA dot org slash dogs 214 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:31.039 and we have all of that information there for you 215 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:35.039 as well. But it's simple. The adoption process remains the same. 216 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:37.559 The only difference is we're removing the fee, so we're 217 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:40.480 hoping to reduce some barriers and get people in the 218 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:42.480 doors to find their new best friend. We have a 219 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:44.759 lot of amazing dogs that are just waiting for home. 220 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:51.960 Now folks can visit the adoptable dogs, these beautiful animals, 221 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:56.039 these beautiful companion animals. Can they see them online as 222 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:59.279 well as visit them in person. What's tell us about that? 223 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:00.360 Yeah? 224 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:03.080 Absolutely, so on the MSPCA side of things. If you 225 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:06.159 go to our website, eligible dogs are going to be 226 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:08.360 marked with a star on their profile, so you can 227 00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:10.840 tell which dogs are part of the event. And then 228 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:13.840 if you go to MSPCA dot org slash dogs, that'll 229 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:16.919 direct you to the other locations with the other shelters 230 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:19.159 that are participating as well to their website so you 231 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:22.759 can see which dogs they have available and are eligible. 232 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:26.559 Again at MSPCA, you can do them online or you 233 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:29.440 can come into our shelters during open hours chat with 234 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:31.600 a staff member and then would be happy to introduce 235 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:33.240 you to the dogs that you're interested in. 236 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:39.360 Now, how much under normal circumstances would it cost to 237 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:43.440 do this or how much will people save who take 238 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:45.279 advantage of this great opportunity this. 239 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:50.559 Weekend peace range depending on age, but where this is 240 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:54.000 all dogs over one year. The typical adoption fee at 241 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:56.639 MSPCA and then again at the other locations are around 242 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:59.039 the four hundred dollars mark four hundred and four to fifty, 243 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:02.159 so again and you're it's quite a savings and the 244 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:05.039 hope is that it reduced some barriers and just you know, 245 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:08.559 encourages people to come in and meet some wonderful dogs 246 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:09.279 that are waiting. 247 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:09.440 For a home. 248 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:17.879 Our daughter adopted from a from a dog an animal shelter. Uh. 249 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:22.919 Just this beautiful corkie. Uh. He's a We think he's 250 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:25.200 about two years maybe two and a half years old. 251 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:28.480 His name is Mustard. Uh. And he is truly the 252 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:30.720 love of the love of my life. I mean, he's 253 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:36.960 these these animals that are there, they are just they're 254 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:40.639 fur balls full of love. Uh. And and I know 255 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:43.039 that a lot of people want to go by, you know, 256 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:46.240 from a breeder, but these are wonderful dogs that that 257 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:50.480 are available. I assume it's a fairly wide range of 258 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:55.279 big dogs, medium sized dogs, small dogs. Uh. I. I 259 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:58.919 assume between all these shelters there will be there will 260 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:00.840 be plenty of matches people can find. 261 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:05.799 Yeah, absolutely, based on breed, based on personality, Between all 262 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:09.399 of the locations, there's something for everybody. And again, if 263 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.679 you come in and you want to chat with a 264 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:13.200 staff member, happy to talk you through what it is 265 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:15.759 you're looking for, what kind of pet would best meet 266 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:19.080 your lifestyle, and you know what kind of family member 267 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:21.720 you're hoping to add, and happy to help you make 268 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:22.519 the perfect match. 269 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:25.639 Yeah. I mean, if you're living in an apartment. You're 270 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:29.080 probably not looking to adopt a great Dane. I get that, 271 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:30.879 you know, although it. 272 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:33.240 Could be a couch potato bait day and you don't know. 273 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:37.159 I understand. I don't want to eliminate, eliminate anyone. So 274 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:40.679 when someone comes in and they've seen a dog, what 275 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:42.480 do you do with this? Two or three people who 276 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:44.879 have the your eye and the same dog? Do you 277 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:47.320 you know, cut a deck of cards? Do you flip coins? 278 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:50.559 What you know? Rock paper scissors? Shoot? What do you do? 279 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:54.440 It is a first come, verserve situation. So if someone 280 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:57.720 was already talking to a staff member and meeting that 281 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:59.960 dog first and then interested in wanting to take the 282 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:03.360 dog home, that person or that family would be, you know, 283 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:06.559 the first in line to do so. It usually doesn't 284 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:10.640 happen too often, so I wouldn't let that discourage anybody. 285 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:12.720 If you see a dog that you're interested in, just 286 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:14.680 encourage you to try to come in on the earlier 287 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:16.960 side if you have your heart set on one of 288 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:20.759 the open hours based on the location. But yeah, it 289 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:24.599 usually doesn't turn out to be too much of an issue, No. 290 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:27.680 Problem, no problem. So the event is already underway. Today's 291 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:30.759 the nineteenth, So this started on Monday and. 292 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:34.519 Then we already sent home almost sixty dogs, which is amazing. 293 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:38.720 Great and so in how many what's what is the 294 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:43.240 population here we're talking about between all of the different locations. 295 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:47.240 I'm not sure if the exact number that are eligible, 296 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:47.640 but I. 297 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.720 Would thought you said something. 298 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:53.079 I thought you, yeah, that's the capet. That's I would 299 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:54.839 say how many we all have in care, But how 300 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:57.720 many are eligible for the event. I'm not totally sure 301 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:00.359 on the number, but there's definitely so many left. 302 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:05.480 Excellent, excellent. They all they have to do. The first 303 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:08.279 step they have to take is just go to m 304 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:12.240 s p c A dot org slash Events, slash Dog 305 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:15.839 hyphen Adopter thon or you just find it at m 306 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:19.319 s p c A dot org. I'm sure all the information. 307 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:22.319 And h M s d A dot org slash Dogs 308 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:24.279 is the easiest one and that'll bring you to all 309 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:24.920 the information. 310 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:29.440 Perfect, perfect, Okay, thanks for correcting me on that, Jamie. 311 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:32.519 And uh, you're doing great work with big fans of 312 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:34.039 the m s p c A and of course big 313 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:37.720 fans of dogs. So uh, they make a huge difference 314 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:41.119 in people's lives. If you've never owned a dog. They are. 315 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:45.079 They they will change your They make the worst day 316 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:49.240 you have tolerable, and they are so much fun. They 317 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:53.039 they will change your lifestyle and your your existence. And 318 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:57.160 I'll tell you I'm just I'm such a dog person. 319 00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:58.880 Thank you. 320 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:05.000 We had a King Cavalier Spaniel named Charlie for for 321 00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:10.799 ten years, has a has a Shorky which is a 322 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.559 part Shitsu in part Yorkie named Willie, and Mustard the Corgi. 323 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:17.799 So now we are a big extended dog family and 324 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:20.599 we hope everyone will who doesn't have a dog will 325 00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:25.279 at least look at the website MSPCA dot org slash dogs. 326 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.920 Thanks Jamie, appreciated very much. You're doing God's work. 327 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.200 Thanks. 328 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:32.920 Remember when you spell God backwards, it spells. 329 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:34.039 Dog got dog, ye. 330 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:39.039 Jamie. All right, here comes the news at the bottom 331 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:40.759 of the hour. When we get back, when we talk 332 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:44.200 to a really interesting dude. He may not think he's interesting, 333 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:49.559 Vic Femi. He's with the Northboro doll Men's Club. This 334 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:52.240 will be interesting right after They're all interesting tonight, right 335 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.720 after the. 336 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:55.279 News, it's night. 337 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:00.240 Boston's news Radio. 338 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:05.519 Well, we've had many guests here on Nightside over the years, 339 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:10.400 eighteen years and I've never had a gentleman from a 340 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:13.759 group that is entitled the Dell Men's Club, but that's 341 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:16.920 what we have right now. Vin Femia, he's the vice 342 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:21.319 president of the Dell Men's Club. Vin, welcome to nightside. 343 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.799 How are you. 344 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:24.640 I'm doing fine, Dan, Thanks for having me. 345 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:28.160 You're welcome. How long have you been vice president? Is 346 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:33.400 the president term limited? Can you potentially ascend to the 347 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:35.279 top spot anytime soon? 348 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:38.680 That's not anything like that. But the president is actually 349 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:41.480 the founder of the local chapter of the Dull Men's Club, 350 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:44.359 and he's been in that role for eleven years. He's 351 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:47.519 just unavailable tonight, so I might have been raised to 352 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:50.079 the realm of vice president just in the last couple 353 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:53.480 of days to do that. In fact, this is an 354 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:56.759 international organization and the man who started it won't take 355 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:59.640 the title of president because he says that's too haughty, 356 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:02.799 claims that he's the vice president of the international Adull 357 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.440 Men's Club. 358 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:06.680 Okay, so you might be the vice president pro tem 359 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:08.839 or something like that tonight, but thank you very much 360 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:13.720 for sitting in. Now. What's the most exciting thing that 361 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:17.160 the Dell Men's Club does during the course of the year. 362 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:21.079 Well, okay, First of all, we have a meeting every week, 363 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:23.960 and this is a group of retired men. We'll get 364 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:27.519 together once a week for an hour to talk about whatever. 365 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:31.759 We share experiences. We talk about current news and current events. 366 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:35.279 But with the exception of two topics, we do not 367 00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:38.920 allow our group to talk about religion or serious politics 368 00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:40.440 because we'd like to stay friendly. 369 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.119 Leave that tonight's side. We'll handle that for you guys. 370 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:48.440 Okay, I know I was just listening to your discussions 371 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:50.480 with people about Elon Musk, but let's not get into 372 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:52.039 that because no. 373 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:53.519 No, no, no, no, we don't. We don't want to 374 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:56.720 stir up any trouble here. So now, this club, I 375 00:21:56.720 --> 00:22:00.200 know is based in Northborough, but you have members from 376 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:03.079 several surrounding communities. 377 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:04.759 Correct, that's correct. 378 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:09.200 There are actually at least three dull men's clubs in Massachusetts. 379 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:14.119 Ours is pretty popular because I think the topics seem 380 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:20.359 to interest people, and you know that people invite other 381 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:23.240 folks and folks from other towns. Our Senior Center where 382 00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:28.960 the meetings are held, is a vibrant community and there's 383 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:31.119 a lot going on there and it just sort of 384 00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:35.519 feeds off the Senior Center and people being invited by 385 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:37.400 other folks and everything. I want to go back to 386 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:39.359 the question you asked though. During the year we do 387 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:43.559 a number of different things. We go on field trips. 388 00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:46.559 We've gone to like the New Land Patriots Hall of 389 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:51.920 Fame and Museum. We've gone to the Military American Heritage 390 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:55.079 Military Museum in Hudson. And we're in the process of 391 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:59.759 arranging a flight for the group of those of us 392 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:02.079 who are veterans to fly down to Washington, d C. 393 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:05.000 For just a day trip for a tour of the 394 00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:06.759 different monuments and things like that. 395 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:10.160 Sounds great, great, Yeah, go ahead. 396 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:14.119 And we also contribute to the community, like every couple 397 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:17.720 of months we contribute to the local food bank food 398 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:22.039 pantry that supplies food to needy families. Sure, and I 399 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.640 hope I'm answering your question anyway. 400 00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:26.119 No, no, you're giving me a sense of it. And 401 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:29.079