The Blog
Pets Alive Opens Stalls to Horses Rescued from Abuse
In May of this year the local SPCA was alerted to a very serious neglect and abuse situation involving multiple horses. It turned out to be one of the most brutal cases they had seen in years. As they investigated the report they discovered 25 horses living in...
$5 Friday- Ivan's Story
Today's $5 Friday is dedicated to Ivan, a young adult from the Cayman Islands was just a pup when he was brought to a shelter. Due to the limited number of appropriate homes in the area, his future looked bleak until he was transported to Pets Alive this past summer....
Three Months of Love
Erin Guilshan, Executive Director, Pets Alive Westchester It was a very rainy day when Sammy, a little black Chihuahua arrived at Pets Alive Westchester by someone who found him at the nearby SAM’s Club parking lot (hence his very creative name). It was obvious he had...
Pets Alive Announces New Future in Puerto Rico
We are excited to announce that we will be seeking out new partnerships in Puerto Rico in order to better serve the island’s abandoned, neglected, abused and mistreated dog population. We have been on the ground in Puerto Rico for just over two years and we are very...
Pets Alive $5 Feline Friday! Help Support Kitties in Need
Every Tuesday night you can find a group of women loading up a van with humane live traps, sardines, sheets, carriers and cat food. They are the Pets Alive TNR (Trap Neuter Return) Team, a group dedicated to improving the lives of feral cats in our neighborhood by...
Vote for the Pets Alive King and Queen of the Senior Prom!
We love our seniors and we know you love them too! So to celebrate all things senior we are having our first ever Senior Prom at Pets Alive and no Prom is complete without a King and Queen. The nominees are in and its time for you to cast your vote for this year's...
Cupid's Story– UPDATE!!!
As many of you know Pets Alive currently operates the only formal Trap, Neuter and Release program in the community. As part of our commitment to the Middletown area and the feral colony population we have also committed to evaluating all of the cats trapped for their...
Pets Alive Year of the Horse- The Mane Story
By Jenessa Cutler and Cindy O'Brien When Sara Whalen founded Pets Alive it was out of her appreciation and love for a sweet senior golden retriever, Brandy, who saved her young child’s life. At that time there was no way she could have foreseen just how important...
Our Greatest Challenge
By Erin Guilshan, Executive Director, Pets Alive Westchester On March 14th we faced what would begin our greatest challenge in the history of Pets Alive Westchester. What started off as small cracks in our building grew to be so large that you could see through them...
Meet our Newest Additions!
By Dottsie Perez, Executive Director We recently received a plea from a woman who was a victim of domestic violence. To save herself, she had to make the hardest decision of her life, she had to leave her home along with all that she loved, including her six goats....
