The Blog
An Introduction To Canine Hospice
Do you have an interest in providing hospice (end of life) care for dogs but aren't sure how to get started, or what the experience is like? When Pets Alive took over the Elmsford Animal Shelter, we found hundreds of dogs that were seniors. Some had even arrived ten...
How Mikey found love
(Written by Pets Alive volunteer Monika Roosa) Earlier this Spring, I had heard about a Rottweiler that was brought in to Pets Alive by the police a few nights before. He had been brought in on a snare pole because the police weren’t sure if he was aggressive and they...
In Honor of Butchie
(Written by Jen Taylor, Executive Director of Pets Alive Westchester) I don’t typically write many blogs or personal view points. I am fortunate enough to have some of the most amazing animal welfare advocates I have ever met deeply and closely involved with Pets...
Kameron Jacobsen award recipient – Andrew Solimeno
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 lost his...
Pets Alive Annual Starfish award: Recipient – John Sibley
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 tide. As he walked he...
Kerry's Latest Update – Pets Alive Middletown
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 months, but...
Why choose death when there is a LIFE alternative?
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...
The Itty Bitty Kitty Rescue
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 list. What in the...
Jen's Latest Update – Pets Alive Westchester
Sanctuary Animal Updates It's been a few months since my last update and boy have we been busy!! We had a very rough few months and due to budget constraints and a decreasing population of animals we made the very tough decision to lay off nearly a third of our staff...
Local Teenagers Demand Emancipation
Pets Alive Westchester supports their decision but needs YOUR help It all started with pre-teen Lucinda, 12, who had been saving up for a place of her own for over a decade, nearly twelve years to be exact. In January (thanks to the depreciated housing market) her...