Category: Dogs

By Posted on Posted in Alliance Participating Organizations, Animal Care & Control of NYC, Cats, Dogs, Events & Campaigns, Microchipping, Pet Adoption, Pet Care & Training, Press Release, Rabbits, Safety/Emergency

    NYC’s Original Mega Pet Adoption Fair Presented by the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals and Petco Foundation Sunday, May 31, 2015 – New York, NY – Manhattan’s Union Square Park was transformed today into New York City’s pet adoption capital as the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals (the Alliance), in partnership with the Petco Foundation, hosted Adoptapalooza, NYC’s Original …

Adoptapalooza Includes Hundreds of Homeless Pets for Adoption Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Animal Care & Control of NYC, Cats, Dogs, Helping Pets and People in Crisis, Press Release

    Comprehensive guide, launched today by the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, covers topics including domestic violence, homelessness, hoarding, illness, among others Tuesday, May 5, 2015 – New York, NY – A mentally challenged woman is evicted from her apartment but refuses to enter a shelter because it won’t allow her three cats. An elderly man refuses urgent medical care …

Online Toolkit Provides Social Workers with Resources to Help Pet Owners in Crisis Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Alliance Participating Organizations, Animal Care & Control of NYC, Dogs, Wheels of Hope/Transport

by Liz Keller, Glen Wild Animal Rescue In February 2013 I received a call from Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C) asking if I could take three Pit Bull mix puppies. Glen Wild Animal Rescue normally works with adult dogs, but I had recently founded Rescue Dogs Rescue Soldiers and thought this would be a great time to start …

A Tale of Two Sisters Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Alliance Participating Organizations, Cats, Dogs, Events & Campaigns, Pet Adoption, Press Release

    1,000 Shelter Dogs Adopted During the Past Five Years of Pet Adoption Weekly Segment Wednesday, February 18, 2015 – New York, NY – NBC 4 New York’s daily lifestyle show, New York Live, is proud to celebrate its fifth year of the beloved New York Live Pet Project. The weekly Thursday segment is responsible for the adoption of 1,000 …

“New York Live Pet Project” Celebrates Five Years on NBC New York Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Cats, Dogs, Feral Cats & TNR, Pet Adoption, Pet Care & Training

You can never start respecting and caring about companion animals too young! Here are some recently published books for preschoolers and elementary school age children that feature shelter animals or feral and stray community cats. The Silas Series: The Adventures of Silas and Opal by Grannie Snow This series of picture books, written in verse, details the adventures of a …

Children’s Books Inspire Humane Treatment of Animals Read more »