THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, THE DEATH TOLL IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO HAS SURPASSED 1500 PEOPLE AS AN OUTBREAK OF EBOLA.

TEARS THROUGH THE NATION CONTROLLING THE DISEASE IS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT AS MORE CASES ARE APPEARING IN URBAN AREAS BUILDING A BETTER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDREN AND ANIMALS.

THE EFFORT, ONE CAPE CORAL GROUP IS PUTTING FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT A CHILD'S FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH A PET IS A POSITIVE ONE.

AND TURNING OVER A NEW GRAPE LEAF HAS BOTTLES OF WINE OR LEFT HALF FULL FOLLOWING DINNER SERVICE.

ONE NAPLES RESTAURANT IS INFUSING NEW LIFE INTO ITS LEFTOVER BOTTLES OF VINO.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE AFRICAN NATION, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE DEALING WITH A DEADLY OUTBREAK OF EBOLA IN THE DRC.

ALMOST HALF OF THOSE INFECTED ARE DYING FROM THE VIRUS.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAS CALLED THE OUTBREAK A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN.

WELL, E BOLA IS RARE.

THE DISEASE IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS AND THERE IS NO APPROVED VACCINE FOR THIS VARIANT, THE AFRICAN CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

THEY SAY DELAYS AND CONTACT TRACING AND DIFFICULTIES IN ACCESSING AFFECTED.

PEOPLE ARE HINDERING CONTAINMENT EFFORTS.

AND NOW A NEW CONCERN RISES AS ABLE IS BEGINNING TO BE DIAGNOSED MORE FREQUENTLY IN POPULATED URBAN AREAS.

FOR MORE ON THE CONTINUING EBOLA OUTBREAK IN AFRICA, WE ARE JOINED ONCE AGAIN BY DOCTOR TYLER EVANS.

HE IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

NOW, DOCTOR, THIS EBOLA OUTBREAK HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN HISTORY WITH MORE THAN 1500 DEATHS RIGHT NOW IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN COUNTRY OF CONGO.

WHY IS THIS SO DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN?

SURE.

SO SO FOR CONTEXT, THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THAT THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAS IDENTIFIED EBOLA.

>> AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN.

SO WHY WHY IS THIS A DIFFERENT NUMBER ONE?

WE WERE LATE TO THE GAME WHEN IT CAME TO THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS BECAUSE THIS IS A DIFFERENT STRAIN.

AS I MENTIONED, THAT THE MOST COMMON ONES ARE THE SUDAN AND THE DESIRE STRAIN.

THIS IS GOING TO SO WE DID HAVE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS THAT WERE READILY AVAILABLE.

YOU CAN HAVE THE MIC OR TEST THOSE OF THE DNA TESTS, WHICH WHICH YOU CAN SPECIFY THE STRAIN.

BUT THOSE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND THOSE ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE IN THE FIELD.

REMEMBER DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGRESS, VERY POOR COUNTRY AND 20 MOST CONFLICTED NATIONS IN THE WORLD AND WHICH IS THE SECOND REASON WHY THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES.

SO WE WERE LATE TO THE GAME WHEN IT CAME TO ACTUALLY PICKING IT UP.

SO THAT POINT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BEEN INFECTED AND WE DIDN'T KNOW.

WE DON'T HAVE VACCINES.

WE DON'T HAVE THEIR PICKS.

THERAPEUTICS, MEANING TREATMENT.

WE HAVE HAD HAD THEM IN THE PAST MEMBER THIS A DIFFERENT STRAIN.

SO FOR THAT REASON, IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO CONTAIN.

TYPICALLY, WE DO SOMETHING CALLED A RING VACCINATIONS.

SO BASICALLY WE LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS ARE THE HOT SPOTS OF OUTBREAKS.

AND WE CREATE RINGS OF VACCINATIONS AROUND THOSE FOR THOSE FOLKS LIKE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES TO KIND OF PROTECT THEM.

WE DON'T HAVE IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT NOW.

GOOD NEWS IS IT'S COMING.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TRIALS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE THEY'RE LOOKING PROMISING VACCINES IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THEM RIGHT NOW.

WE DON'T HAVE THE TREATMENT ROOM IN THE PAST HAS ALSO BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.

DON'T HAVE IT.

AND THE FINAL PIECE IS BASICALLY THE THE GLOBAL HEALTH RESPONSE, WHICH IS REALLY ESSENTIAL TO CONTAIN THESE KINDS OF THINGS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT IN THIS ALONE, RIGHT?

WE'RE ALL CONNECTED.

RAW GLOBAL CITIZENS.

AND SO AND PARTICULARLY IN A PLACE THAT HAS LITTLE RESOURCES.

AND WHEN WHEN WE TOOK OUT USAID AND IMPACTED CDC'S GLOBAL HEALTH RESPONSE AND THEN REMOVED OURSELVES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION THAT CREATED SOME SERIOUS BLOWS TO TO BASICALLY 2 DEER SEASON ABILITY TO TO RESPOND TO THIS.

THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT MANY OF THESE AFRICAN NATIONS ARE ABLE TO REALLY SORT OF RESPOND IS THROUGH THEIR AFRICAN CDC AND WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PARTNERS.

SO IF YOU TAKE OUT THE AMERICAN PEACE, IT REALLY IMPACTS THEM SIGNIFICANTLY.

I WONDER, DO YOU EXPECTED TO GET MUCH WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER?

>> IT WILL.

YOU KNOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AGAIN, UGANDA, IT HAS BEEN IT HAS BEEN CONTROLLED.

I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ONE THING I FAILED TO MENTION IS THE FACT THAT IT'S IN THAT IT HAS SPREAD INTO INTO A LARGE CENTERS.

URBAN CENTERS MOST OF MOST PRIOR EBOLA OUTBREAKS BURNOUT IN RURAL AREAS.

WHEN I SAY BURNOUT BECAUSE THE CASE FATALITY RATE IS SO HIGH AND BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE BECOME SYMPTOMATIC, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM, LIKE, LET'S SAY, COVID-19 WEAR MANY PEOPLE COULD BE ASYMPTOMATIC OR VERY MINIMAL SYMPTOMS.

NOW WITH THE BALL, YOU BECOME VERY SICK VERY QUICKLY.

AND SO PEOPLE ARE GOING ACTUALLY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, STAY AWAY.

SO SOME PEOPLE PRETTY MUCH KNOW VERY, VERY SOON THAT THAT THEY THAT THEY ARE INFECTED FOR THE MOST PART.

AND SO SO AGAIN, IT BURNS OUT IN THOSE KIND OF RURAL AREAS, MEMBER BATS WERE RESERVOIRS TO STORE, TYPICALLY NOT AN URBAN CENTERS.

WHEN IT DOES GET INTO AN URBAN CENTER.

THAT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM.

THE GOOD NEWS IS IT WAS IN KAMPALA.

I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

COMPILES A VERY, VERY CONCENTRATED CITY.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S NOW CONTROLLED.

BUT IT IS IN KINSHASA AND IS IN GOMA IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.

CONGO.

THOSE ARE 2, 2 CITIES IN CONGO, VERY CONCENTRATED CITIES.

AND SO AGAIN, WHEN YOU GET INTO THOSE CONCENTRATED CITIES, YOU JUST REALLY CREATE THIS.

THIS.

THIS, YOU KNOW, TO POPULATION DENSITIES, SORT OF RISK.

AND SO THAT THAT IS A MAJOR CONCERN.

YEAH, I DON'T EXPECT THIS TO TO TO TO GET WORSE AGAINST CONTROLLED UGANDA.

WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN MANY CASES OUTSIDE OF THE REGION.

I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT GETTING INTO KENYA, WHICH ANOTHER MAJOR, MAJOR NATION, WHICH HAS A LOT OF AIRPORTS THAT CONNECT TO THE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

AND WE SAW ONE CASE, ONE AMERICAN HEALTH WORKER.

NOW THAT PERSON'S FINE AND AND THAT THERE WAS ONE CASE THAT THAT GOT TO FRANCE.

BUT THAT'S NOW BEEN CONTROLLED.

DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS AT ALL ABOUT EBOLA ENTERING THE UNITED STATES?

>> NOW IT'S NOW THE IN UGANDA.

IT'S BEEN CONTROLLED.

I'M LESS CONCERNS.

A SATELLITE TO QUANTIFY EVERYTHING IN LIFE.

MIGHT MY WIFE DOESN'T LIKE THAT.

WANT TO DO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MARRIAGE, TOO.

BUT FROM 0 TO 10, I WOULD SAY AS 10 BEING THE MOST CONCERNS IN DEER.

SEE, I'M AT A LEVEL 7 AND IN TERMS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, MY LEVEL OF CONCERN OF IT SORT OF SPREADING HAD PROBABLY BE AT A LEVEL 4 OR 5 IN TERMS OF THE GETTING INTO INTO THE U.S.

OR ANY OTHER MAJOR WESTERN NATION ARE GOING TO LEVEL ONE OR 2.

>> CONGO CIVILIANS DID TRAVEL TO NORTH AMERICA FOR THE WORLD CUP.

THERE WERE NO CASES OF EBOLA REPORTED SINCE THEN.

IS THAT A POSITIVE SIGN?

>> IT WAS A POSITIVE SIGN.

THERE WERE NO CASES AMONG THE PLAYERS AMONG THE AND AND OR TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, ANYBODY THAT THE ATHLETES CONNECTED WITH THEY WERE WERE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, KEEPING CLOSE EYES ON THEM.

SO YES, IT'S A POSITIVE SIGN IS POSITIVE SIGN THAT THERE WERE ACTUALLY JUST MORE MACRO THAT THERE WERE NO, IN FACT, THESE OUTBREAKS OF TO OUR KNOWLEDGE AT THE WORLD CUP.

I ATTENDED 4 GAMES MYSELF.

EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS RISK-REWARD RATIO.

I WROTE AN OP-ED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL RISK, BUT WE DIDN'T SEE THAT WHICH WAS WHICH WAS GREAT.

AND AND THERE IS THERE ARE OTHER A PRIEST TAKING PLACE.

AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE ANOTHER DAY.

BUT IN TERMS OF EBOLA RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE IN THE U.S.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

DR EVANS.

>> THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING ME.

>> FOR MORE ON THE HEALTH CONCERNS HAPPENING ACROSS THE GLOBE MAKE SURE YOU ARE VISITING OUR WEBSITE WGCU DOT ORG.

AND COMING UP WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FERAL CATS SCATTERED ACROSS COLLIER COUNTY.

WE MEET THE WOMAN LEADING THE CHARGE ON EDUCATING PEOPLE BEFORE THEY APPROACH ANY UNATTENDED KITTEN.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAS BECOME A SAFE HAVEN FOR FERAL CATS.

THE ANIMAL ADVOCACY GROUP FOR THE LOVE OF CATS ESTIMATES 50,000 FREE-ROAMING AND FERAL CATS LIVE IN COLLIER COUNTY ALONE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO STEP IN AND HELP IF YOU SEE IT, KITTY, IN DISTRESS.

BUT AS WGCUS CULTURE AND CONNECTIONS.

REPORTER ELIZABETH ANDARGE REPORTS THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KITTEN.

>> AND VOLUNTEERS AND PET OWNERS PACK NORTH COLLIER REGIONAL PARK FOR A CRASH COURSE IN KEEPING KIDS ALIVE.

PATTY BAKER, HUMANE SOCIETY, NAPLES AND COLLIER.

DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES BROUGHT IN HANNAH SHAW KNOWN TO MILLIONS ONLINE AS PEOPLE CALL ME THE KITTEN LADY TO TEACH TO HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS BECAUSE I WORK WITH NEONATAL KITTENS AND >> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I STARTED DOING 17 YEARS AGO WHEN I FOUND MY FIRST KITTEN IN A TREE, I HAD NO IDEA HOW VULNERABLE KITTENS WERE IN SHELTERS AT THAT TIME.

AND SO I SCOOPED HER UP.

I AT FOSTERED HER AND ULTIMATELY I ENDED UP BEGINNING TO HELP A LOT OF KITTENS IN MY COMMUNITY.

SHE IS NOT MOST MOST PEOPLE BEING RELEASED JUST SAYS.

>> THE ONUS KITTENS FACED THE STEEPEST ODDS.

>> AND NOT WAS A TARGET OF SATURDAY'S TRAINING.

WHAT WE SEE IS THAT KIDS WHO ARE 8 WEEKS AND OLDER ARE 5 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE IN A SHELTER THAN THOSE WHO ARE UNDER 8 WEEKS.

SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT 0 TO 8 WEEK POPULATION THAT WE NEED HELP WITH.

>> MANY SO ALWAYS UNDERBELLY.

PEOPLE HAVE JUST PROBABLY DIDN'T DO THE WORK.

SHE'S A GIRL.

AND ALL I DO IS FULLY IN SO.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS TRAINING PEOPLE HOW TO BOTTLE FEED THESE KITTENS, HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN FOSTERING AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED AND STERILIZING COMMUNITY CAT.

SO WE JUST HAVE FEWER OF THEM ENTERING SHELTERS TO BEGIN WITH.

>> SO WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY DO IF YOU FIND A KITTEN ALONE OUTSIDE LOOKING AT THEIR AGE, LOOKING AT THEIR CONDITION?

>> AND THEN ASKING YOURSELF IS THE SITUATION THEY'RE IN SAFE OR AT AN UNSAFE SITUATION.

WHAT WE WANT TO AVOID IS SCOOPING UP KITTENS THAT DO HAVE A MOM AND BRINGING THEM TO THE LOCAL SHELTER BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, KITCHENS AND SHELTERS SOMETIMES DON'T HAVE THE BEST OUTCOMES THAT THE MORRIS CEO OF PATTY BAKER, HUMANE SOCIETY, NAPLES SAYS.

>> THE TIMING WAS NO ACCIDENT.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

>> KITTEN SEASON REALLY DOESN'T END HERE.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE HEIGHT OF KITTEN SEASON.

WE ARE SEEING HUNDREDS OF KITTENS COMING INTO OUR SHELTERS EVERY DAY THAT NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT BEFORE THEY CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.

>> MORE TRN FOSTERS AND VOLUNTEERS NOW MEANS FEWER CANS IN CRISIS LEADER FOR WGCU NEWS ELIZABETH ANDARGE.

>> WHETHER IT'S A CAT, A DOG, A REPTILE OR RABBIT CATS ARE PART OF THE MAJORITY OF HOUSEHOLDS.

THE AMERICAN PET PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION SAYS AT LEAST 94 MILLION AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS, ROUGHLY 70% OF ALL HOMES HAVE A PET AND WITHIN MANY HOUSEHOLDS COMES THE COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDREN AND ANIMALS.

YOU CAN TAKE TIME FOR A CHILD TO WARM UP TO A PET OR VICE VERSA THAT THE CAPE CORAL ANIMAL SHELTER IS REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP KIDS LEARN HOW TO BOND WITH AND HANDLE OUR FOUR-LEGGED FAMILY MEMBERS.

FOR MORE ON THE EDUCATION INITIATIVE.

I'M NOW JOINED BY LIZ MCCAULEY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A CAPE CORAL ANIMAL SHELTER.

WELCOME.

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS WHAT IS THE ANIMAL SHELTERS?

WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE?

>> SO WE ARE, OF COURSE, AN ADOPTION FACILITY.

SO WE DO ADOPTIONS ABOUT.

>> 1000 OF THEM A YEAR.

>> AND WE ALSO HAVE A LOS LOW-COST CLINIC THAT'S FULL-SERVICE CLINIC TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE PROVIDE ANY KIND OF VETERINARY CARE.

>> TO THE PUBLIC AND IT'S OPEN TO THE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME TO IT.

WE DO EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

WE DO LOW COST SPAY NEUTER.

WE DO TNR WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE OVERPOPULATION OF CATS.

WE DO LOTS OF PROGRAMS WITH HIM, VARIOUS GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE CAPE CORAL AREA AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE SUCH A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S BEEN A GREAT 6 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN OPEN.

>> AND AS YOU TOUCHED ON, YOUR MISSION EXTENDS BEYOND THE WALLS OF YOUR SHELTER.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE CLASSROOMS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

YES.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT?

WELL, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE IN ANIMAL WELFARE, OFTENTIMES YOU SEE.

>> ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR NEGLECTED AND MANY TIMES IT COMES DOWN TO THE EDUCATION.

IT'S JUST COULD BE A CULTURAL DIFFERENCE.

IT COULD BE JUST THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE THEIR ANIMALS TO THE VET OR WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND TAKING CARE OF THAT.

SO WE THOUGHT THE BEST PLACE TO TO GET OUT THAT PROBLEM LIST ROOT OF THAT PROBLEM IS TO START WITH THE YOUNG KIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY RECEPTIVE AND WE WANT TO START AN EDUCATION PROGRAM.

WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH OUR MISSION.

SO WE REACHED OUT TO EDUCATORS, RETIRED EDUCATORS.

WE HAVE A GREAT VOLUNTEER POOL AT THE SHELTER AND WE HAD MULTIPLE RETIRED TEACHERS WHO MISS TEACHING, BUT DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO CONTINUE TEACHING AND HAVE THE GRIND OF THE DAY TODAY.

PART OF THAT.

SO THEY VOLUNTEER TO BE PART OF THIS.

WE WERE LOOKING FOR A CURRICULUM.

WE THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING OUR OWN, MAYBE JUST KIND OF PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER.

AND THEN WE SAW A BOOK ASSUME ONE OF MY LEFT FOR SITES THAT WAS WRITTEN BY THIS WOMAN IN ROBIN WHO LIVES AND AND TENNESSEE AND SHE WROTE A BOOK CALLED ON THE DO'S AND DON'TS AND WE READ IT AND WE THOUGHT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO TEACH AND SHE WAS GOING ON TEACHING IT IN SCHOOLS IN HER COMMUNITY ARE.

SO WE REACHED OUT TO HER AND SAID, HEY, RATHER THAN REINVENT THE WHEEL, CAN WE JUST USE THIS?

AND SHE GAVE US PERMISSION TO USE IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BASED OUR TEACHINGS ON.

AND IT'S BEEN GREAT.

WE'VE, OF COURSE, ELABORATING ON SOME OF IT.

WE TAKE A DOG TO THE CLASS WHICH SHE DOESN'T NECESSARILY DO.

BUT WE DO JUST BECAUSE THE KIDS GET EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THAT IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.

WE KEEP THEM IN THE HALLWAY, BY THE WAY, UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY LEARN THE CLASSROOM PART OF IT.

BUT IT'S BEEN A CREDIBLE PROGRAM AND WE'RE VERY MUCH IN DEMAND.

WE'VE BEEN INVITED BACK TO EVERY SCHOOL WE'VE BEEN TO HAVE BEEN INVITED BACK AND WE ARE NOW EXPANDING INTO SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT LEE COUNTY.

>> HOW DOES TEACHING THIS HELP THEM BECOME COMPASSIONATE?

>> EMPATHETIC KIND ADULTS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS ALSO.

>> ONE OF THE KEY MESSAGE IS THAT YOU LIKE TO SHARE?

YEAH, I THINK THEY SEE.

FIRST OF ALL, THE ANIMALS ARE SOME REALLY SWEET AND CUTE.

AND THEY THEY REALIZE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE.

WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT THAT THE ANIMALS DON'T HAVE A VOICE AND THEY NEED TO BE THE VOICE FOR THEM.

I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TEACH CHILDREN THE BEHAVIOR ASPECT OF IT BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE AN ANIMAL WELFARE, ESPECIALLY AT THE SHELTER, IS DOGS GET RETURNED TO GET ADOPTED, A NUGGET RETURN AND WE SELL WHAT MY DOG THAT THE CHILD, WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, HE WAS EATING AND THEN THE CHILD REACHED INTO THE BOWL.

WE TEACH THEM NOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO DO.

AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THE STUDENTS WILL WRITE US NOTES AFTERWARDS AND ASKED TO TO TO ASK HIM WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED.

AND THEY'VE LEARNED NOT TO RIDE THEIR DOG LIKE A PONY ELECT NOT TAKE THE DOGS FOOD.

AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE SEE TRANSLATE INTO.

THAT'S A CHILD GETTING BIT OR HURT.

AND THEN THE DOG GETTING RETURNED TO THE SHELTER.

SO WE HAVEN'T IT'S ULTERIOR MOTIVE THAT WE REALLY WANT OUR ANIMALS TO GO INTO FOREVER HOMES THAT HAVE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT.

KIDS KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT KEEPS THEM FROM COMING BACK TO THE SHELTER.

>> IF THERE'S A MESSAGE THAT YOU WANT TO GET OUT TO PET PARENTS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, WHAT WOULD THAT BE?

>> I WOULD SAY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THERE'S RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, TIMES ARE TOUGH FOR SOME PEOPLE.

THEY CAN'T AFFORD FOOD.

THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO THAT WHEN THEIR ANIMAL DESPERATELY NEEDS IT.

REACH OUT TO US, REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE OTHER SHELTERS AND THE OTHER RESCUE GROUPS THAT WILL HELP YOU.

THERE'S ALWAYS HELP AVAILABLE.

THE WORST THING WE HATE TO SEE IS SOMEONE COME TO US AND SAY I CAN'T AFFORD FOOD FOR MY ANIMAL.

WE WILL LET THAT HAPPEN.

IF YOU LOVE YOUR ANIMAL AND YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR ANIMAL AND YOU NEED FOOD WILL FIND A WAY TO FEATURE AT ALL.

SAME WITH VACCINES.

WE GET A LOT OF GRANTS ARE TIED, RIGHT?

A LOT OF GRANTS FOR THE SHELTER.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIND A WAY TO TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE ANIMALS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE WANT TO KEEP THEM HAPPY AND HEALTHY IN YOUR HOME BECAUSE THE SHELTERS ARE PACKED AND WE DON'T NEED YOU TO BRING YOUR AND OF COURSE, TO US, WE HAVE PLENTY AND THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER ONES OUT THERE THAT ARE ABANDONED.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN HELP YOU KEEP YOUR ANIMAL.

WE CERTAINLY WANT TO DO THAT.

>> AND LIZ, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EITHER VOLUNTEERING, YOU KNOW, OR FINDING MORE ABOUT THIS EDUCATION INITIATIVE, WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?

EVERYTHING ELSE ON OUR WEBSITE, CAPE CORAL ANIMAL SHELTER DOT COM.

>> AND JUST TABS FOR EVERYTHING.

AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS NOT ONLY AT THE SHELTER, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR EDUCATION VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.

SO IF THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO HAS A LOVE FOR KIDS OR RETIRED TEACHERS, LIKE I SAID, THAT TENDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY ENJOY.

PLEASE SIGN UP TO HELP US BECAUSE WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, LIZ MCCAULEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

SO HERE'S YOUR I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU.

>> HERE'S ANOTHER PET FACT FROM THE WGCU NEWSROOM.

MARKET WATCH SAYS THE AVERAGE COST OF OWNING A DOG IS OVER $2400 PER YEAR.

MOST OF THE COST IS FOR SUPPLIES.

TRAINING IN VET VISITS ON AVERAGE, THE LIFETIME COST FOR CARING FOR MAN'S BEST FRIEND IS ABOUT $29,000 IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU CAN FIND MORE PET RELATED STORIES AND FEATURES ON OTHER NONPROFIT GROUPS BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE WGCU DOT ORG.

COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, IT'S TIME TO RETHINK HAPPY HOUR.

THE NAPLES RESTAURANT THAT IS BRINGING SUSTAINABILITY TO US COCKTAILS BY FINDING A CLEVER WAY TO REPURPOSE WHEN IT COMES TO A DINNER BEVERAGE, AMERICANS FIRST CHOICE MIGHT BE A GLASS OF WINE.

THE REPORT FROM HAWAII NEWS OUTLET TO KANTER FOUND THAT ANNUALLY.

THE UNITED STATES LEADS THE WORLD IN WINE CONSUMPTION DRINKING OVER 3.3 BILLION LEADERS EVERY YEAR, BUT A GOOD PORTION IS ALSO FINDING ITS WAY DOWN THE DRAIN.

THE EQUIVALENT OF 18 MILLION BOTTLES ARE LEFT TO WASTE IN AMERICAN RESTAURANTS, 2 MOSTLY TO OPEN BOTTLE OXIDATION BUT HIS WGCUS TEDDY BYRNE DISCOVERED ONE NAPLES ESTABLISHMENT.

HE'S FOUND A METHOD TO ENSURE THAT NO GRAPE GOES TO WASTE.

>> MANHATTAN IS A CLASSIC COCKTAIL IN FAIRLY SIMPLE.

JUST WHISKEY BITTERS AND VERMOUTH.

SO HOW DO YOU TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND MAKE IT MORE UNIQUE?

MAYBE LOOK AT THOSE INGREDIENTS AND SAY I THINK THERE'S A WAY WE CAN DO THAT OURSELVES.

>> TO ME, IT JUST GOES SO MUCH BEYOND JUST A COCKTAIL.

FOR ZACH BEING THEM.

>> BEING THE DIRECTOR OF LINE FOR THE SUPPER CLUB IN NAPLES IS MORE THAN A PROFESSION.

IT'S A CHANCE TO ENHANCE HIS PASSION AND BRING A UNIQUE CULINARY EXPLORATION TO CUSTOMERS.

>> EVERY WEDNESDAY IS A BRAND NEW DAY.

EXPERIENCE.

>> JUST AS WE'RE CONSTANTLY KIND OF GOING THROUGH OUR HEADS ABOUT.

>> WHAT WE WANT, THOSE MENUS REPRESENT FROM A CULINARY SIDE.

THEY'RE IN MY MIND.

IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THE BEVERAGE SIDE.

WHEN THE SUPPER CLUB OPENED ITS DOORS TO ITS NEW LOCATION ON VANDERBILT BEACH ROAD IN NOVEMBER OF 2025.

>> IT BROUGHT A BIG CITY APPROACH TO DINING WITH A ROTATING IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE AS PART OF EACH DISH AND ACCOMPANYING WINE IS PAIRED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT FLAVOR PROFILE.

BUT THAT LEFT AN ISSUE AT THE END OF SERVICE, HALF FILL BOTTLES OF RED AND WHITE WINE >> I THINK ON AVERAGE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT YEAH, SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 30 LEADER MARK, WHICH IS NO SMALL AMOUNT, RIGHT.

AND WHETHER WE SET THAT ASIDE AND JUST USE IT FOR COOKING THAT'LL YOU GET USED EVENTUALLY.

BUT THAT'S JUST IT BECOMES SO UNMANAGEABLE.

>> SAYS HE HAS A PLAN IN PLACE FROM DAY ONE TO CHANGE HIS POTENTIAL WASTE.

AVEENO USING VERMOUTH.

>> THE ROOF PROGRAM REALLY WAS COMING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, COMING INTO A SPACE.

WE DO HAVE THE OPTION TO DO COCKTAILS.

NOW IT WAS ON THE FIRST THINGS THAT WAS ON MY MIND TO THINK ABOUT HOW CAN WE TAKE THIS REALLY MAKE IT SOMETHING?

IT'S OUR OWN AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SUCH A, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT IS AN EASY THING TO DO.

BUT IT SEEMED LIKE A NO-BRAINER.

>> VERMOUTH IS A FORTIFIED WINE.

ITS ROOTS CAN BE TRACED BACK TO 400 BCE WHEN ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMANS USED HERBS AND ROOTS IN WINE FOR MEDICAL REASONS.

BY THE 18TH CENTURY WINERIES IN ITALY AND FRANCE WERE PRODUCING THEIR OWN VARIATIONS OF SWEET, DRY AND BLANC OVER MOVES TO BE SERVED ON THE ROCKS OR EVENTUALLY HAS SOMETHING A BIT FANCIER.

>> BUT STILL, WE REALIZE MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST DRINKING IT IN THE RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THAT IS VERY MUCH A CULTURAL THING IN SPAIN, ITALY, ALL THROUGHOUT PARTS OF EUROPE, YOU GO BACK HUNDREDS 100'S OF YEARS AGO.

THIS IS VERY MUCH A PART OF WHAT BROUGHT VERMOUTH INTO THE MODERN COCKTAIL SCENE.

>> THE RISE IN MARTINIS MANHATTAN'S AND THE GROWN EASE MEANS A NECESSITY FOR VERMOUTH.

BUT BEFORE DEFYING PROCESS CAN BE TIME CONSUMING THROUGH RESEARCH AND SUPPORT FROM OTHER FERMENTATION ENTHUSIAST FOUND A METHOD TO EXPEDITE THE OPERATION.

MY BRAIN IMMEDIATELY GOES TO SUE THE PREPARATION, WHICH IS TYPICALLY SOMETHING WE SEE IN CULINARY CIRCLES.

I'VE BEEN USING IT TO INFUSE SPIRITS.

>> SO THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED THE WHOLE MOVING INTO SOMETHING THAT WAS IN MY MIND, MUCH MORE CONTROLLED BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT LEFT TO THE ELEMENTS AS MUCH EVERY DAY BEING THEM USES A SELECTION OF LEFTOVER WINE STEEP, A BLEND OF SPICES, HERBS AND FRUIT TO BUILD A FLAVOR PROFILE.

>> AND CAN AND ORIGINAL BLENDED FOR MOVE.

READY FOR THAT EVENING.

SERVICE.

>> WHILE MOST FOR MOVES, AIM FOR CONSISTENCY.

IN FLAVOR AND TEXTURE, THIS CUSTOM PROCESS ALLOWS THE SUPPER CLUB TO TEST NEW TASTE.

VARIATIONS AND GIVES BEING IN THE CHANCE TO UTILIZE HIS SKILLS AS A CULINARY MAD SCIENTIST.

BUT ACTUALLY THIS BATCH OF LIGHT FOR MOVES.

WE ARE USING A PINK PEPPERCORN SYRUP THAT WE ALREADY USE IN ANOTHER COCKTAIL.

>> AS OPPOSED TO JUST PLAIN SIMPLE SYRUP, WHICH YOU NEED SOME KIND OF SWEETENER TO BALANCE OUT THE ACID IN THAT 10 IN THE BITTERNESS OF YOUR WINE AS WELL AS YOU THE CARDAMOM ALLSPICE, WHATEVER MIGHT BE.

SO YOU'RE ADDING SUGAR AT ANY LEVEL REGARDLESS.

BUT INSTEAD OF DOING THIS, A BORN SIMPLE SYRUP, I DECIDED, HEY, LET'S DO IT WITH THE PINK PEPPERCORN SYRUP WILL ADD ANOTHER COMPLEX LAYER OF THAT SOFT KIND OF PEPPERINESS UNSAVORY CHARACTER TO IT.

>> CUSTOMERS OF THE SUPPER CLUB ARE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE A BEVERAGE THEY CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE OR POSSIBLY EVER AGAIN.

BINGHAM DEVELOPED A DETAILED GUIDELINE FOR THE REMOVE MAKING PROCESS THAT MAINTAINS FEATURES SUCH AS SWEETNESS AND VISCOSITY.

BUT THE EXPERIMENTATION MEANS EVERY BATCH.

SO ONE OF A KIND WORK OF ART.

>> REALLY TIES INTO THE WHOLE NATURE OF THE SUPPER CLUB, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATING THE MOMENT WE CHANGE OUR MENU SO FREQUENTLY, I THINK IN ON THE ONE AND YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, OH, MY GOSH, I CAN NEVER GO THERE AND HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE TWICE.

>> PATRONS CAN RELISH THAT THEY'RE HAPPY HOUR IS MAKING A SMALL DENT IN COMBATING FOOD WASTE.

>> AND IT ENDS UP GIVING THEM JUST THAT EXTRA LIKE YOURSELF ON THE BACK.

LIKE I CONTRIBUTED TO SOMETHING GOOD BY BY CHOOSING TO HAVE MY COCKTAILS AT THIS RESTAURANT BECAUSE THEY ARE.

IT'S NOT JUST PRACTICING SUSTAINABILITY AND DO ALL THAT FLUFF THAT COMES OUT OF SAYING HOW WE DO THINGS.

>> AND FOR BEING DUMB, REMOVE PROCESS IS MORE THAN A DINING GIMMICK.

IT'S A CHANCE TO OFFER A GLIMPSE INTO ANCIENT CULINARY METHODS.

>> YOU KNOW, IF I COULD MAKE MY ONLINE TO DO THIS, I WOULD IF I COULD JUST DO MY OWN VODKA TO DO THIS.

I WHAT THERE'S SOMETHING VERY PURE.

AND THAT'S HONESTLY WHAT I WAS.

AND I'M FIRST AND FOREMOST, MORE THAN 3 COLLEGE JUST END AND A STUDY.

YOU'RE A STUDENT OF HISTORY BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE.

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