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We Would Like To Thank. . .

 

 

 

 

 
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Michael Hano for helping us adopt various animals over the years.  We always value his help, advice, and expertise in caring for and selecting the right animals for our outreach programs.

 
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The staff and doctors of Brewster Veterinary Hospital and Middlebranch Veterinary Clinic for always helping us keep our animals happy and healthy.

 
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Jessica, Amanda, and Timothy (and their parents Jeanne and Ron) Denet for donating their 3 very adorable Hamsters and their accessories.  They are a wonderful addition to our small mammal collection! 

 
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Dan Martinez for donating his Texas Toad, Grey Tree Frog, and White's Tree Frogs.  They get along well with our other amphibians!

 
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Kim Danton and Family for donating their beautiful Ferrets, named Amora and Phoenix.  They love snuggling with our boy ferrets, Bear and Bandit!

 
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Jessica Morato for donating her 2 Guinea Pigs and Lionhead Rabbit.  The children love how soft and friendly they are!

 
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Ina Tsagarakis for donating her very docile and stunning Rosy Boa, named Sol.  She is a new favorite for all of our teachers here!

 
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Nora Guzman and sister for donating their sweet Diamond Doves.  They are beautiful birds!

 
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Jason D'Allesandro for donating our awesome Argentine Tegu, named "Ralphie."  He reminds the children of a dinosaur!

 
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Tara Ferretti and family for donating their very cute Red Foot Tortoise, named "Shelley."  We also thank them for their thoughtful contribution toward her future care. 

 
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The Piantini Family from the Seely Place School in Edgemont for donating a cage and accessories.

 
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Deniz Ozkaynak from John Jay High School for donating his 3 beautiful leopard geckos, their housing, an incubator, and many accessories.  They are our curators' new favorite addition! 

 
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Stefanie Kalkut and Family for donating much needed animal supplies and accessories.

 
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Stacey Stewart from Lewisboro Elementary School for donating supplies, tanks, and towels.

 
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Riley and Gavin Gunter for donating many different kinds of Poison Dart Frog tadpoles.  We loved watching them grow into adults and are fascinated by their beauty!  They also generously donated 25 Walking Sticks which we will use for our many  'creepy crawly' programs.  We greatly appreciate their advice and expertise in caring for these animals and we cannot thank them enough!

 
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Lois Belle and her family for letting us adopt their delightful hand-raised Pekin duck, Neo.  He loves to follow children around!

 
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Shelly Cote, whom lovingly runs a Chinchilla Rescue, and helped us adopt two very soft and happy chinchillas named Sophie and Zena. 

 
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Middlebranch Veterinary for donating a rescued rabbit, whom we named Captain Jack.  He loves to check out everything in classrooms with his busy little nose :)

 
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Patrick Westoo and Family for donating their beautiful green Iguana and his caging....our resident lone Iguana loves having a new roommate.

 
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Chris Russo from CT for donating her hysterical Red Rooster named Puff.  He cracks the kids up with his constant crowing at school!

 
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Christina Degaglia for donating her gorgeous Black Mexican Kingsnake whom we named Vader. 

 
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Linda Licata and her son, David, who donated their very large Blue Tongued Skink.  He's a hit on programs!

 
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Classroom 300 at The Alcott School for donating their preying mantis and her egg case.  She has since laid 2 more egg cases, and we are very patiently waiting for the arrival of tiny baby mantises!

 
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Robin Antoine from the Hudson Valley Ferret Rescue for giving us 2 very playful ferrets named Bear and BJ.  They love to wrestle and have become great friends with our resident ferrets! 

 
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Susan Dedona for giving us 2 new silkie chicks and 4 cute little quail.....they are all so adorable and the children love meeting them!

 
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The Zucker Family of Scarsdale for donating their beautiful Ball Python named Cocoa.

 
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Dimitra Dreyer from Alcott School for giving us her young bullfrogs named Rayna and Swimmy.

 

 

 

 

                                                      

The Nature of Things 7 Sugar Hill Rd, North Salem, NY 10560 tel: (914) 276- 3454 e-mail: natureofthings@aol.com