by Pets Alive | Jun 4, 2013 | Tributes
The Starfish Award: Paul Johnson DVM Each year Pets Alive bestows our “Starfish Award”. The “starfish” award is so named because of an old parable: One day, an old man was walking along a beach that was littered with thousands of starfish that had been washed ashore...
by Pets Alive | Jun 4, 2013 | Tributes
Dottsie Perez is someone that you meet once and you don’t forget. We have all witnessed again and again a woman that doesn’t ever stop doing all she can to help find animals homes. Dottsie took on the role of Volunteer Coordinator at Pets Alive three years ago. In...
by Pets Alive | Jun 4, 2013 | Tributes
The Kameron Jacobsen Award: Spencer Roveto Kameron Jacobsen was a 14 year old boy with a very loving and gentle nature. He was kind, giving, and generous. He volunteered with his family at Pets Alive and had a special bond with animals – his compassion truly made a...
by Pets Alive | Jun 3, 2013 | Animal Rescue, No Kill
What a crazy weekend. In all my years of volunteering, or working at animal rescues, I have never seen anything like it. Ever. I think that was the feeling of all of the staff, volunteers, and yes, even the adopters at this weekend’s Maddie’s Adoption Days...
by Pets Alive | May 17, 2013 | Animal Rescue, No Kill
When I first heard about low or no cost adoption fees, I was completely and totally against the idea. I had heard rumors of some places doing this, and I just thought to myself that they were disreputable and didn’t care who adopted their animals. Then I read...
