"I am like an EMT for the animals…”
A life-long passion for animals
Missy has been an animal lover all her life. She volunteers for many local and international organizations, traveling the world on various rescue missions. She’s been interviewed by Conan O’Brien, rescued baby ospreys, swans, and hawks; saved dogs and cats trapped by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Katrina, and went undercover to film dolphin abuse in Japan. “I am like an EMT for the animals,” said Missy. She is always ready to jump into action whenever there’s an animal in need.
Helping an injured elephant in Thailand
Saving animals after Hurricane Ian
Watch Missy’s latest rescue mission in Florida after Hurricane Ian. You can help by making a donation to Kinship Circle. (Source: Newsy.com)
Missy rescues a fallen osprey chick in the Hamptons
A lucky osprey chick survives a great fall. See as Missy springs into action on her latest rescue mission.
Photo credit: Durell Godfrey, EastHamptonStar.com
Missy saves a dog in Texas after Hurricane Harvey
Missy releases a formerly injured hawk from Wildlife Rescue Center
Missy walks the runway at PelushNYC, a luxury faux fur line by Anna Tagliabue
Watch Missy on The Tonight Show
Conan O’Brien interviews Missy Hargraves on The Tonight Show
Mission Impossible: Missy as an Undercover Filmmaker for Seashepherds.org
Missy entered the Whale Museum undercover to document the animal abuse and deplorable conditions for Seashepherds.org. Watch the first footage of Baby, the albino dolphin, in Taiji, Japan.
A Passion for Giving
Missy appeared in A Passion for Giving, a documentary film made by Robin Baker Leacock. Watch the trailer.
“How in the world did you get yourself caught in this situation? “ asked the rescuers.
Swan Rescue In Watermill
Everyone got quite excited at the Margolis residence in Watermill when a Cygnet (baby Swan) somehow got itself caught under a floating dock on Mecox Bay. Rescuer Missy Hargraves responded and did not hesitate to jump in the bay to try and help the little swan. When she could not loosen the baby by reaching under the dock, they had to come up with another plan.
