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Letter of the Month – The Lemonade Stand
We got the greatest letter in the mail this week with about $17 in cash and change. It was from a group of young girls that decided to have a Lemonade Stand to benefit Pets Alive. Here is the letter that went with it. You'll die it is just so cute: Matt, I received...
Rob Thomas’ Sidewalk Angels Foundation Saves Unwanted Pets
$100,000 Gift is Part of Ongoing Commitment to Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary [Middletown, N.Y. CA/USA – Nov. 30, 2009] Pets Alive, one of the nation’s oldest no-kill animal sanctuaries, will keep on saving unwanted pets with a $100,000 gift from Sidewalk Angels...
Giving Thanks
Tomorrow we gather for our Thanksgiving meal, stuff ourselves and then spend a tryptophan-induced restful afternoon with the people we love. Back in 1620, a group of about 100 religious dissidents from England found themselves in Plymouth, Massachusetts after a short...
Hunter – Debunking the myths and mistruths
So a lot of you had contacted us about the "Hunter situation" here in Orange County. Hunter is a dog at the Orange County Sheriff's K9-Unit. His handler, Deputy Edward Josefovitz, was leaving the department and wanted to take Hunter with him. I must say that at...
'Oreo's Law' Would Give Dogs a Second Chance at Life
Tonight (Wednesday), as animal lovers hold a candlelight vigil outside the ASPCA offices for Oreo, the miracle dog killed by the ASPCA, we are thrilled to let you know that we received word that a bill to allow animal welfare organizations the right to request animals...
Failing Oreo
We are naive. For organizations like the ASPCA, "animal welfare" is big business. They are money raising machines, using star power to raise millions to further their efforts. Paying their CEO, Ed Sayres, the man who responded to staff emails trying to save Oreo,...
ASPCA New York: Using your donations to murder animals
Hi everyone. Matt here. At Pets Alive we are eager to collaborate with other shelters. We try very hard to set aside political views, debates over kill or no-kill, personalities and everything else, staying laser focused on the animals. They are all that matter. We...
Kerry's Update – November 11th
Sanctuary animal updates: Since my last update on October 6th we placed the following dogs: Blackjack, Olivia, Goldie, Lizzie, Jennie, Ashley, Kisska, Bones, Charlie, Kohli, Lenny, Autumn, Luka, Batman, Jolie, Bobo, Tinkerbell, Hannah, Posey, Abby, Zoe, Nana, Billy,...
Of grief and redemption
I'm supposed to be working on my monthly update right now but my heart it isn't it. I can't seem to concentrate on it and I was sitting here looking at the blank page and trying to figure out why. I wandered over to twitter and exchanged some tweets with others. ...
Kerry's Update – October 6
Manhattan Comedy Club - PLEASE STOP YOUR CALLS AND EMAILS! Thank you ALL for your letters and calls to Rich at the Manhattan Comedy Club - PLEASE STOP NOW. Rich spoke to us and we have ironed it all out. It was a bad misunderstanding that we settled very amicably....