It had been six years since they’d last seen one another, but Nicky remembered Doug Halsey. The beautiful black-and-white Pit Bull mix enthusiastically greeted Doug, who now runs Ready for Rescue, an Alliance Participating Organization. Then he sat down by Doug’s side, mouth open, panting gently with excitement. The fact that Nicky can open his mouth at all is due …
When Sam arrived at the Brooklyn Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C) shelter, he was already a mature Bullmastiff around six or seven years old. He was also clearly the victim of poor owner care. The dog was extremely thin, had lost most of his hair, and had a skin infection. His claws had not been clipped and his …
Thursday, March 13, 2014 This time, an explosion rocked East Harlem. Two buildings collapsed and hundreds of families were displaced on Wednesday due to a gas leak. On Thursday, the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals stepped in* to help pet owners rescue their beloved animals from the adjacent buildings. Each family was given only a few minutes to fetch what …
Alliance Responds and Rescues Pets Stranded by East Harlem Explosion Read more »
Puppy Bowl Experience January 27–February 1, 2014 Discovery Times Square, 226 West 44th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues), Manhattan As part of the 10th anniversary of the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet, the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals and the ASPCA will host on-site pet adoption events at Discovery Times Square’s live, interactive Puppy Bowl Experience exhibit every …
Living in New York City, people are accustomed to hearing all sorts of sounds at all hours of the day and night, especially if they live in busy midtown Manhattan. Even so, one resident of an apartment building with windows facing an exit road for the Midtown Tunnel did not expect to hear a kitten meowing loudly outside her windows …
Miracle on 35th Street…or the Meow Heard Round the City Read more »