state level but on a national level. according to the spca, nearly 6.3 million cats and dogs enter animal shelters across the nation every year. but only about 4 million of them ever find a new forever home. i am excited and honored to welcome to my show the amazing nine-year-old who is behind ethan s rescue pet project. ethan branscomb and his mother, mush a branscomb. good morning to both of. you ethan i am so proud of you and i am amazed that you want to make your rescue animals the official path of not only kentucky but the whole country. what inspired you to take up this project? i had seen the ohio had made their state pet the rescue pets, and i also saw the animal laws in kentucky were not so good. but i thought that this would help bring awareness to animals and children s across the state.
michigan has been the reaction from your community s insulin ethan have started this project? it has been amazing, honestly. he has got a lot of animal rescues that have rallied around him, and even the lawmakers. honestly, when it started i just thought it was nice way to learn about the legislative process. i didn t really expect a whole lot to come from it. but, they have really taken him seriously. they have treated him like an adult. they value his opinion. it has been overwhelming, and we really appreciate it. ethan, i also wanted to ask you about your junior advocacy program. can you explain to our viewers what it is, and why it is so important to you? the advocacy program will be there to help his learn about the legislative process. and it will help them learn to
i would like to have you meet ethan branscomb, he has a nine-year-old from kentucky that has been on a mission that began back in 2020, when he and his mom wrote to the state representative to help introduce house bill 27. if, past it can make the official pet state pets domestic cousin docked would have been adopted from kentucky animal shelters already organizations. it makes all the way to the, senate but it stalled when the pandemic hit. this, here even the push to get the bills reintroduced and both day the state house and the senate. and he says that he won t stop until kentucky joins tennessee, ohio, colorado, california, georgia and illinois. in recognizing rescue animals as the official state path. now, ethan is making it his mission to bring attention to rescue pats, not only on a
michelle, i have to say i know your proud of ethan. we are. to seeing the sum of advocacy for somebody that young who understands that change can be done if you care and you are actually part of the process, is rare. we are grateful. happy holidays to both of you and congratulations ethan. we are wishing you luck. on making sure you get what you get. okay? and you re gonna have an awesome time doing. it thank you. happy holidays. you are welcome. as we head to our, break we are bringing you live pictures of the rockefeller tree as the holiday season officially begins. with christmas only a week away and tonika beginning tonight at sundown, it is time to get into the holiday spirit. we will be right back. k. even if you got ppp and it only takes eight minutes to qualify. i went on their website, uploaded everything, and i was blown away by what they could do. getrefunds.com
advocate. ethan, i understand that you started this campaign by writing handwritten letters and having your mom help you make phone calls to get people on board. do you think that is part with the of the process to effect change and get people to listen that you have to sit there and get their attention, to make sure that they understand what you are doing what you re doing? yeah. i do. , even you are only nine years. old you already made such a big impact. i love your answers, by the. way not all of our guests are so direct and see the point. so i appreciate that from you. you have made a huge impact that. nine what can we expect from you in the future? i would like a drop in the legislative process, where i can effectively change things for animals. ethan and mush a branscomb.