Steven Mornelli, Founder and CEO of Waggle.org

11/15/23 • 33 min

Steven Mornelli was doing quite well for himself in the financial services field when he learned that about half a million pets lose their lives every year because of what's called "economic euthanasia." Setting out for change, Steven founded the nonprofit Waggle as a platform where pet owners could raise money to pay for their pets' medical care. Waggle also works with animal shelters, veterinarians, and is even collaborating with the HASS project. Listen in to learn more about Waggle and their work with Human Animal Support Services.

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Transcript

Diaz Dixon00:00:04.230

Welcome to another episode of People, Pets, and Purpose, our podcast about the human-animal bond and what really matters. And as always, I'm your host Diaz Dixon, the Maddie’s Advisor for External Affairs and Partnerships for the Human Animal Support Service project. Today, I'm super excited to be bringing another superstar for you guys to listen to today. Our guest is Steve Mornelli, who was doing quite well for himself before. He was doing f