Category: Pet Adoption

By Posted on Posted in Alliance Participating Organizations, Events & Campaigns, Pet Adoption

Longtime Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals volunteer, Nick Kavanagh — a familiar face at many past Alliance events — is helping animal shelters and rescue groups gain greater traction from their Facebook outreach. Nick and his colleague, Alexa Millstein, work at Facebook, where this tech-savvy “dynamic duo” developed a special program to provide free advertising to pet adoption groups active …

Volunteers Direct Facebook Ads to Help Homeless Pets Read more »

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

If ever there was a time that demonstrates the unquestionable bond between humans and animals and the essential role animal companions play in our lives, now is that time. As the pandemic swept across the globe, bringing fear, uncertainty, and anxiety into our lives, reports of people turning to their pets for comfort have became commonplace. When Animal Care Centers …

The Human-Animal Bond in Action Read more »

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Recently the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals received a generous donation of dog food from a thoughtful donor looking to help animals during the coronavirus crisis. We reached out to Healthy Pets Project of NYC, an organization that helps NYC pet owners in crisis care for their pets, and offered them the food, which they were delighted to accept. So …

Alliance’s Targeted Transports Fill Gaps for NYC Rescue Community Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Alliance Participating Organizations, Cats, Maddie's Fund, Pet Adoption Tagged with , , , , , ,

Several weeks ago we published an article about Susanna Fitzgerald and her generous donation of handmade cage comforters to the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals. No sooner had Susanna’s shipment arrived that Dr. Susan Whittred of The Patricia H. Ladew Foundation, a private cat rescue organization on Long Island, contacted the Alliance. She had just taken in seven adult cats …

Donated Cage Comforters Ease Transition for Cats Left Homeless by COVID-19 Read more »

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Susanna Fitzgerald is making a difference for NYC’s homeless pets despite the upheavals caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. She recently wrote to the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals about her plans to make cage comforters “during the current craziness. I just ordered some fabric today to support my local sewing shop.” She asked the Alliance to help direct her donations …

Creative Animal Lover Turns Difficult Times Into an Opportunity to Help Read more »