by Pets Alive | Jun 4, 2012 | Tributes
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 difference in their lives. Kameron...
by Pets Alive | Jun 3, 2012 | Tributes
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 the high...
by Pets Alive | May 25, 2012 | Updates
Sanctuary Animal Updates – Middletown Since my last update all the way back in February we took in 210 dogs, 81 cats (not counting the Itty Bitty Kitty Rescue), and 3 farm animals. We adopted out 196 dogs, 61 cats and 5 farm animals. Winter are the slowest...
by Pets Alive | May 24, 2012 | Animal Rescue, No Kill
So in the past two weeks Pets Alive has pulled 108 cats, kittens, and mamas from the NYC ACC (Animal Care & Control), including this little bottle baby today. After we found out about a kitten being euthanized there with no opportunity for rescue to pull, we...
by Pets Alive | May 16, 2012 | Animal Rescue, Legislation, No Kill
A healthy 3 week old kitten arrived at the ACC, and 45 minutes later was killed for “having no mother”. No adopter or rescuer was given the opportunity to save this kitten. On Mother’s Day, a mother cat and her two tiny kittens were on the ACC kill...