Category: Cats

By Posted on Posted in Alliance Participating Organizations, Cats, Feral Cats & TNR

    In 2005, Valerie Sicignano, an animal welfare veteran, began her work with the program that became the NYC Feral Cat Initiative (NYCFCI) of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals. In the ten years since, as NYCFCI’s Community Outreach Director, Valerie has spearheaded key NYCFCI initiatives, including implementing a free specialty training workshop series for feral cat caretakers that covers …

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By Posted on Posted in Cats, Feral Cats & TNR

Congratulations and thanks to Becky Robinson and Alley Cat Allies for 25 amazing years of advocating for feral and stray community cats! Your excellent educational and outreach efforts have been key in bringing the facts about Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and community cats into the public spotlight. Your hands-on work with colonies such as the Boardwalk Cats of Atlantic City serve as …

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By Posted on Posted in Cats, Feral Cats & TNR

The NYC Feral Cat Initiative (NYCFCI), a program of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals committed to solving NYC’s feral cat overpopulation crisis through the humane, non-lethal method of Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), welcomed its newest team member, Kathleen O’Malley, at the beginning of 2015. Kathleen joins NYCFCI as Director of TNR Education, with responsibility for outreach to the TNR community and …

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By Posted on Posted in Cats, Events & Campaigns, Fundraising, Helping Pets and People in Crisis, Wheels of Hope/Transport

    Since 2005, the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals has transported 80,000 cats and dogs to partner rescue groups, adoptive and foster homes, spay/neuter appointments, and veterinary providers with our Wheels of Hope transport program. Our six transport vans run seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, to help NYC’s shelter pets and feral and stray community cats. This …

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By Posted on Posted in Alliance Participating Organizations, Animal Care & Control of NYC, Cats, Dogs, Events & Campaigns, Fundraising, Pet Adoption, Pet Fostering, Press Release, Rabbits, Wheels of Hope/Transport

Help is Now Needed to Keep those Wheels Turning. Monday, December 22, 2014 – New York, NY – Neither rain nor snow, nor sleet nor hail can stop the Wheels of Hope program from saving the lives of thousands of animals in NYC shelters anxiously awaiting new homes. But a bad transmission just might. Wheels of Hope, a lifesaving program …

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