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The Journey of Links
This blog is the first in a series that we will be writing about how to socialize and help an unsocial or frightened cat. Written by Becky Tegze the Pets Alive Cat Manager. Becky has years of experience in socializing and assisting feral, semi feral, or frightened...
Let's Get This Cowboy Home!
By Jenessa Taylor, Executive Director Pets Alive Westchester We are so incredibly touched and grateful to all of you who have reached out to us in support of Cowboy. When Cowboy showed up on our doorstep there was never hesitation from our staff to bring him in from...
Working together with other organizations saves lives
Helping Hands and Paws: It all started out with a phone call, as it usually does. An elderly woman in the hospital and all her cats being thrown outside by a family member. Cats everywhere. In trees. On the roof. In the garage. In the yard. In the street. Racing all...
Cowboy's Hope
Blog by Jenessa Taylor, Executive Director Pets Alive Westchester In rescue you learn early on to never plan out your day because inevitably you will never get to even the first item on your list. Every day you are faced with a decision, a situation, an animal in need...
Scotty
Blog by Jenessa Taylor, Executive Director Pets Alive Westchester People often ask why we don’t take in animals from the public, otherwise known as owner surrenders. This is not our primary objective as a no kill rescue, our mission is to reduce the amount of animals...
Goodbye my friend….R.I.P. Patrick Whitacre
Today at Pets Alive, we lost our canine behaviorist. Today I lost one of my closest friends. Today the dogs of the world lost an amazing advocate. I've started and stopped this blog a dozen times because I don't think there is any way that I can get the words to come...
Jen's Latest Update – Pets Alive Westchester
End of Year Update It's so hard to believe that the year is coming to an end. We have seen our ups and downs, some really great moments and some rough times. Through it all YOU have all continued to stand by our side. YOU have supported our mission, YOU have loved all...
Who and What is Pets Alive?
Just who and what is Pets Alive? I discussed some of this in another blog but I think this would be good to explain fully in a separate blog, because we often get the same question or confusions. This is the Pets Alive mission statement: Pets Alive is a no-kill animal...
Port Jervis Humane Society – rejects our offers to help save the lives of their animals
So since my last offer of help to the Port Jervis Humane Society they have rejected all. OK, ok, I was expecting that. It is hard to accept help from someone that just revealed ugly things about your org. I understand that. So today I will up the ante to the Port...
Open Letter to the Board of Directors of the Port Jervis Humane Society
Pets Alive is not looking for the Port Jervis Humane Society to close down. We are looking for a better level of care, commitment and compassion for the animals in your care. No animal shelter in the HISTORY of these battles has EVER won when the public has taken on...