The Blog
URGENT: 15 dogs rushed to Pets Alive now need you!
Racing against time, we worked diligently with one of our transport partners, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue in Asheville, NC, who transported dozens of animals from an animal shelter in Tennessee. The shelter's Director was arrested on charges of animal cruelty last...
Holiday magic. Theo finds happiness after 6 years.
A warm and cozy bed. A yard to run around in and play. Endless hugs. That's how Theo will spend New Year's Eve. But it wasn't always that way. Theo, a yellow shepherd, arrived at Pets Alive from a shelter in Georgia when he was just barely 4 months old. That was in...
Thank you!
THANK YOU! The 48 stray dogs from Orange and Sullivan Counties we helped in 2018 say THANK YOU. The 219 stray cats rescued from our local streets say THANK YOU. The 159 community cats who were spayed, neutered and vaccinated in 2018 because of our local...
Dear Santa
Dear Santa, Hard to believe 2018 is coming to an end. So many wonderful things have happened since I wrote you last year. Ms. Becky tells me that over 500 of our friends here at Pets Alive have found loving homes! Some of her long-time friends finally have homes to...
The Twelve Strays of Christmas – Leon
1,698 days. That’s how long Leon has been waiting for just the right family to come along and make him their very own. This sweet, big boy was found wandering in the backyard of two of our volunteers.They knew right away that the handsome boy was lost or, worse, had...
The Twelve Strays of Christmas – Laura
Not every dog who comes to Pets Alive is socialized and ready for adoption. We also take in very shy animals who have had little or no human contact. That’s the backstory of Laura, part of a litter of 8 puppies from North Carolina. With much training and patience on...
The Twelve Strays of Christmas – Kalamazoo
A stray pig! We kid you not. Our loveable, big boy Kalamazoo somehow found himself wandering the streets of the Bronx! New York’s finest knew right away that this adorable stray needed to get out of the big city and off to a country life ASAP. After an overnight stay...
The Twelve Strays of Christmas – Hercules
Hercules - a Roman hero and god known for his strength and many adventures! Our Hercules was found running on the streets of Middletown, NY over a year ago. We will never really know what adventures Hercules had before finding safety at Pets Alive, but we do know his...
The Twelve Strays of Christmas – Paris
Three months old, scared, cold, unsure of the world and surviving on the streets of Middletown, NY. That was Paris four years ago before she found her way to Pets Alive. Paris slowly started to grow and feel more comfortable in her new, safe surroundings of the Pets...
The Twelve Strays of Christmas – Valentina
February 2017. A lonely dog wandering alongside a road in Sullivan County on a cold and snowy afternoon. Every rib protruding, her backbone showing, small wounds on her face. And yet, a will to live in her eyes and hope in the wag of her tail. Starved not only...