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Cocoa Puffs Needs Your Help!
Cocoa Puffs has been diagnosed with a rare form of diabetes called Diabetes Insipidus. This disorder affects water metabolism, preventing the body from conserving water and releasing too much of it. The medication is very costly at $500 per month. That’s $6,000 a...
A Revolution: Dogs Playing For Life At Pets Alive
Dog Play Photos by Valen Kester Have you ever had a moment when you realized that a deeply held belief is totally wrong? Up until recently I might have told you that I knew a little something about dog-on-dog aggression and introducing dogs - I have dog aggressive...
Was Justice Served for Soligen and Count?
By Audrey Lodato, Executive Director at Pets Alive Middletown Johanna Kloer, the woman who starved her horses, had her sentencing hearing on Thursday, May 7, in Blooming Grove court. Was justice served? We don’t think so. In court on Thursday, we tried very hard to...
Providing A Life Worth Living
By Audrey Lodato, Executive Director at Pets Alive Middletown The definition of sanctuary is “A place where someone is protected or given shelter.” We take the fact that we are a sanctuary very seriously. Although it would be wonderful if we found every animal a new...
Announcing the New Pets Alive Blog!
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Providing A Life Worth Living
By Audrey Lodato, Executive Director at Pets Alive The definition of sanctuary is “A place where someone is protected or given shelter.” We take the fact that we are a sanctuary very seriously. Although it would be wonderful if we found every animal a new home within...
Sweet, Scared Licorice
About ten days ago my neighbors knocked on my door. I live near a dog park in the South Bronx, and it's not unusual for dogs to be dumped there. A black lab puppy had been dumped in the park and was acting aggressively towards people who tried to get near him. I...
Saving a Kitten in the Middle of the Night
By Audrey Lodato, Executive Director at Pets Alive Companion animals in trouble don’t have a lot of options. This is especially true for cats. There’s animal control, if you live in a town lucky enough to have animal control for cats. Sometimes a particularly...
Saving Julia – And Her Unborn Puppies
There is a tempting human tendency to see things strictly in terms of black and white, of good and evil. Goodness knows I’m as guilty of this as anyone, and it’s an especially tempting trap to fall into in the world of animal sheltering. With emotion amplified by the...
Audrey's Update – April 2015
When I was first started in animal rescue many years ago, I watched what was going on at Pets Alive on social media and here on the blog – the mass rescues, the amazing number of adoptions, the advocacy on behalf of the animals that were being mistreated in our...