Longmeadow Appears on Weekend Today Barn Buddies Make New York City Debut

Several of our Longmeadow Rescue Ranch Barn Buddies were featured on NBC’s Weekend Today on Sunday, May 8, 2005.

Back row from left: Duane Pillsbury & Quackers; Humane Society
of Missouri President Kathy Warnick; Mama Llama; Humane
Society of Missouri Adoption Supervisor John Anderson; Animal Ambassador Joan Embery; Longmeadow Rescue Ranch Supervisor Becky Pemberton & Freckles. Front, from left: E.T., Longmeadow
Rescue Ranch Director Earlene Cole and Wyatt



Renowned animal ambassador, Joan Embery, a long-time supporter
of the Humane Society of Missouri and Longmeadow Rescue Ranch,
was our spokesperson and a crowd favorite.



When Mama Llama determined the segment was too short, she displayed her disappointment by hip-checking Weekend Today Anchor Lester Holt! Thankfully, Lester took it all in stride.

Wyatt, a rescued potbellied pig, demonstrated his favorite pastime: playing on his toy slide.