Category: Events & Campaigns

By Posted on Posted in Cats, Dogs, Events & Campaigns, Pet Adoption, Pet Care & Training, Press Release, Safety/Emergency

    Principal-for-a-Day Jane Hoffman, President of Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, Visits P.S. 209 in Whitestone, Queens New York, NY – Thursday, May 23, 2013 – On Thursday morning, May 23, more than a dozen cuddly, adorable cats and dogs, all available for adoption, visited P.S. 209 Clearview Gardens School in Whitestone, Queens (16-10 Utopia Parkway). They were there to …

Rescue Pets Teach School Children Valuable Lessons About Pet Ownership Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Alliance Participating Organizations, Animal Care & Control of NYC, Cats, Dogs, Events & Campaigns, Maddie's Fund, Pet Adoption, Press Release

    Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals Hosts “Maddie’s® Pet Adoption Days” June 1 & 2 New York, NY – Wednesday, May 22, 2013 – On Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and June 2, thousands of dogs and cats, puppies and kittens will all be looking for their forever homes at New York City’s biggest FREE pet adoption event ever. The …

NYC’s Biggest FREE Pet Adoption Event EVER Features Thousands of Dogs & Cats Looking for Forever Homes Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Cats, Dogs, Events & Campaigns, Maddie's Fund, Pet Adoption, Pet Care & Training

by April Lang, LCSW If anybody has any doubt that we are living in an ageist society, just turn on the television or peruse a fashion or gossip magazine. Youth is glamorized. Youth is glorified. Unfortunately, this attitude also extends to our companion animals as people clamor for the puppies and kittens at shelters and rescue groups, mostly oblivious to …

Adopting a Senior Animal Companion Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Cats, Dogs, Events & Campaigns, Maddie's Fund, Pet Adoption, Pet Care & Training

by Debra Horwitz, DVM, DACVB, Keep the L.O.V.E. Alive Behavior Express Tour Dr. Horwitz will be at the Ceva booth at Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days on Saturday, June 1, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., at Petco – 92nd/Broadway, 2475 Broadway (at 92nd Street), and Sunday, June 2, Noon–5:00 p.m., at Petco – Union Square, 860 Broadway (between 17th and 19th Streets), in …

Pet Behavior Tips for Happy Animals & Adopters Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Cats, Events & Campaigns, Feral Cats & TNR, Maddie's Fund, Pet Adoption

After traveling to Chicago in January to teach “fast-track” techniques for taming feral kittens for adoption — the first in the ongoing series of New York City Feral Cat Initiative (NYCFCI) of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals workshops taught by the NYCFCI’s Mike Phillips and Valerie Sicignano and sponsored by the Petco Foundation — Mike and Valerie pushed further …

Oregon Communities Welcome NYC Feral Cat Initiative Training Series Sponsored by Petco Foundation Read more »