Category: Pet Adoption

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

    Three-day ASPCA® Mega Match-a-Thon Brings Pets to the People March 30–April 1 New York, NY – Monday March 19, 2012 – The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals® will present a three-day pet adoption extravaganza — the ASPCA® Mega Match-a-Thon — on Manhattan’s Upper West Side from Friday, March 30, through Sunday, April 1. Adopters can meet their furry match …

Cats and Dogs for Adoption Make Special Appearance on Manhattan’s Upper West Side Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Animal Care & Control of NYC, Cats, Dogs, Events & Campaigns, Pet Adoption, Picasso Veterinary Fund

    The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals presents the: ASPCA® Mega Match-a-Thon Three days to meet your match! Friday, March 30 2:00–7:00 p.m. Saturday, March 31 Noon–5:00 p.m. Sunday, April 1 Noon–5:00 p.m. One convenient location! 67th Street & Broadway Manhattan’s Upper West Side Fall in Love with Dogs and Cats from: ASPCA Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C) …

Get Ready…Get Set…ADOPT! Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Cats, Pet Adoption, Pet Care & Training, Spay/Neuter

by Jon Spinac, Guest Blogger Cats make wonderful pets because they offer us friendship, love, trust, and they teach us responsibility. My cat Phanny offers lots of love and comfort for my family and me. Phanny, like most cats, is fun to play with. They’re relatively independent animals and are easy to care for. We feed Phanny each day, give …

Thinking of Adopting a Cat? Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Cats, Feral Cats & TNR, Pet Adoption

A litter of six newborn kittens, umbilical cords still attached, was found tied up in a garbage bag and thrown into a trash dumpster in Corona, Queens. A passerby heard their cries of distress and hit the Internet looking for help. The NYC Feral Cat Initiative of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals responded immediately. Our trapper arrived within minutes …

Newborn Kittens: We’re Not Garbage! Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Cats, Feral Cats & TNR, Pet Adoption

Onyx was found during a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) project late last year in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The six-month-old kitten was bleeding profusely, having sustained a recent stab wound to the eye. According to the veterinarians who treated her, the injury likely was the result of a deliberate act of cruelty Following emergency surgery, Onyx was on the mend. The NYC Feral …

Onyx Mends, Now Making Friends Read more »