Naples couple builds $65M animal handling facility at JFK airport

Naples husband and wife John Cuticelli and Elizabeth Schuette, each with long and successful careers in big-money finance, investment and real estate, didn’t consider themselves big animal people for most of their lives. They did have a beloved dog, a Cockapoo named Tucker, who died last year. 

Yet the couple could be the most unheralded animal lovers in Florida. That’s because for nearly the past decade, they have helped thousands of animals, from dogs and cats to birds and bees to lots of horses get to their home or another destination. They do that through The ARK at JFK, an animal cargo terminal that provides pre- and post-travel animal care and veterinary services at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. The ARK, according to its website, “provides an efficient, safe and low-stress environment for both our human and animal clients.”