The Blog
Rescuing horses after couple arrested
By Mary Ann Bopp, Development Director, Pets Alive Middletown Here at Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary, we never know when we'll get the next call about an animal in need. It could be any day or night; neglect doesn't discriminate. Such was the case when we got a call on...
Audrey’s August Update
Hi there! It’s been several months since my last update, and what a wonderful few months they have been. We’ve got so much going on here in Middletown that I hardly know where to begin, so I’ll start with the happiest news – adoptions! Since January of 2015, we’ve...
Help This Pony Ride Again!
All right, I'm gonna admit to a little bait-and-switch here - there's a dog I want to tell you about, and we're calling him Pony. But at the shelter, he was known as Capone, which is a stupid name for a dog. Dogs - especially shelter dogs - shouldn't be named after...
Kane Seeks Home With Citizen
(OK, I know the headline is REALLY bad. It's late!) With the closing announced of Pets Alive Westchester, we have some very special animals we'd like to see in homes, and we'll be telling you about some of them here in the weeks to come. When the facility closes we'll...
Pets Alive Westchester To Close Doors
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein For several months last year Pets Alive Westchester was closed due to structural deficiencies in the building. The short version is that the building is located on unstable fill on top of...
Partnering to Save Lives – Rescuing Joey
By Audrey Lodato, Executive Director Pets Alive Middletown We’re always happy when someone from local law enforcement calls and asks us for help because it shows that they are serious about protecting animals. They don’t HAVE to call, but when they do it usually means...
A Rottweiler Meets Two Unicorns
Pets Alive Westchester started when Pets Alive took over the Elmsford Animal Shelter in 2010. At the time the shelter was stuffed to the gills with animals far beyond capacity; there were approximately 600 dogs in residence in a facility designed for 200. Over time...
Animals Rescued from Minisink are Ready for New Homes
By Audrey Lodato, Executive Director Pets Alive Middletown The animals from the hoarding situation in Minisink have been through hell, but there's some good news. We're done with the sickness and the worry. We're getting to the end of the antibiotics, the surgeries,...
Keeping Our Lifetime Commitment to Andrea
Andrea came to us with her three siblings from an overcrowded municipal shelter in Georgia, where they would have been killed for lack of space. Pets Alive made a commitment to rescue them, and soon these four adorable, roly-poly puppies were on their way to a fresh...
Heaven Can Wait!
Missy was diagnosed with a large bladder stone and her owner decided that it would be best to bring her to New York City Animal Care and Control (NYCACC). The staff there instantly fell in love with her and we just so happened to be there to pick up some kittens the...