The Blog
What happens to "evidence" dogs?
You ever read the newspaper and read about these dog fighting rings being broken up? Police or Animal Control moves in and breaks up the ring, arrest people, put a stop to it? We all rejoice. Yay. More scum put behind bars where they should be. More dogs taken...
In the interests of Tyson
At Pets Alive my job is mainly decision making. I probably make hundreds of decisions a day. Some are easy. Some are tough. But I think if you put it all in a nutshell that is my primary function as the executive director here. Make decisions. Yes, some are...
Kameron Jacobsen Youth Award & Memorial Garden
This year at the Pets Alive Annual Fur Ball (our most important fundraiser of the year), we awarded the very first annual Kameron Jacobsen Youth Award. The award was in honor of 14 year old, Kam, who took his own life, after suffering intense peer bullying in his...
Chrissy's Update – Pets Alive Puerto Rico
It’s been a very hard month for Pets Alive. All of us have been affected by it. We’re a family so if one of us is hurting we all are. Kerry writes about it in more detail in her blog and I would really encourage you to read it:...
CAARA – URGENT ALERT!
With only a couple of weeks left in the legislative session, it is urgent for New Yorkers to contact NYS Senator Joseph Robach and urge him to bring the Companion Animal Access and Rescue Act (CAARA) to the Senate floor for a vote. CAARA will save roughly 25,000...
Questions, Doubts and Recrimination
What a month at Pets Alive. One of the worst I can ever remember. It has actually defeated me a little bit and slammed me to my knees. I'll get back up again and dust off and go on, but sometimes we need some time to sit in the dust and cry. This is one of those...
Oreo's Law Redux – WE NEED YOU NOW!
Oreo's Law (now CAARA) WILL "die" without your calls and letters! On Monday or Tuesday, Oreo’s Law (now known as CAARA - Companion Animal Adoption & Rescue Act ) will be voted on by the New York State Assembly Agriculture Committee. But it is not likely to pass...
Joy's Latest Update – Pets Alive Westchester
Foster program With more than 140 senior dogs and more than 100 senior cats up for adoption at PAW, creativity is the key to getting those furries into the loving homes they deserve at this time of their life. Unlike other foster programs in which the foster parent...
Chrissy's Latest Update -Pets Alive Puerto Rico
One month turned to two and a dream became a reality……… I arrived in PR mid-March to search for land for Pets Alive Puerto Rico and received an exciting phone call from my good friend, fellow rescuer and all around angel, Iris. The First Lady of Puerto Rico had heard...
Huckleberry needs a special home
Huckleberry came to Pets Alive Westchester a few months ago from a high kill shelter in the south where he had been turned in as a stray. He was in very poor physical condition and he had a large wound on his neck. As is the fate of so many dogs who wind up in the...