The Blog
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...