New Yorkers will have dozens of opportunities this season to adopt pets at Mayor's Alliance/Maddie's Pet Adoption Festivals, on North Shore Animal League America vans, and at other fun and festive events.
Mayor's Alliance Events: What's Coming Soon?
From NYC's street corners to its parks to Coney Island, Little New Yorkers will find loving homes at Mayor's Alliance events from now through the fall.
In fact, our 2008 adoption event season began early this year, during February's "I Love NYC Pets" month celebration, when North Shore Animal League America (NSALA) graciously provided its adoption vans to host many Mayor's Alliance groups for adoption days. And because those van events proved to be so effective in reigning in adopters, we decided to keep them coming most weekends throughout the spring and summer months.
In May alone, NSALA vans located throughout the city will feature dogs and cats for adoption from KittyKind, Social Tees, SaveKitty Foundation, Kitty Shockwave, K9Kastle, Linda's Feral Cat Assistance, Zani's Furry Friends, Bideawee, The Humane Society of New York, Anjellicle Cats, Only Hope Cat Rescue, Mighty Mutts, and Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons. Check our Calendar of Events for details about these and other Mayor's Alliance groups holding adoption days in the coming months.
Mayor's Alliance/Maddie's Pet Adoption Festivals will again this year bring Little New Yorkers to meet adopters in NYC parks. This year the Mayor's Alliance is collaborating with the dog associations in some of New York's most popular parks to create special events that will engage the pet-owning public in these neighborhoods: Staten Island's Wolfe Pond Park on Saturday, May 17; Washington Square Park in Manhattan on Sunday, June 8; and Brooklyn's Prospect Park on Saturday, August 2 (in conjunction with a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the park's dog association, FIDO). Each of these park events will feature dogs and cats for adoption and a Mayor's Alliance low-cost microchipping clinic.
Broadway Barks! founders Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters pose with the Maddie's Fund mascot at last year's event.
Animals for adoption will take to the stage again this year at Broadway Barks!, the adoption extravaganza in Shubert Alley presented each year by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore, the event's founders and also creators of the Picasso Veterinary Fund of the Mayor's Alliance. Many Mayor's Alliance participating organizations will be on hand at this year's event on Saturday, July 12, to give their animals the spotlight, and a good shot at adoption. If you've never been to Broadway Barks!, make a point of going this year — it's a summer afternoon you won't forget!
On Monday, August 11, the Mayor's Alliance and the Brooklyn Cyclones team up for a very special "Bark in the Park" evening at Coney Island's KeySpan Park, home to the Cyclones baseball team. This big night of fun will begin with dog and cat adoptions outside the park, and a low-cost microchipping clinic inside. Cyclones' fans are invited to bring their well-behaved dogs to the game that night, where they'll watch the Maddie's Fund mascot throw out the first pitch of the game. Maddie's Fund's Pet Rescue Project in NYC is the official sponsor for the evening, and we're working to gain good media coverage for the Maddie's Project and the Mayor's Alliance's efforts in NYC. Watch our Calendar of Events for more details about the event as they become available.
Several low-cost microchipping clinics also are scheduled, in addition to those being held at the adoption events mentioned above. On Saturday, September 20, Mayor's Alliance microchipping will be offered at the American Kennel Club's Responsible Dog Ownership Day in Madison Square Park. The following month, microchipping again will be offered at the Central Park PAWS Country Fair on Saturday, October 18.
A human-sized cat welcomes Adopt-A-Cat attendees to Madison Square Garden while a video featuring cats for adoption plays on the giant outdoor plasma screen.
Photo by Rick Edwards
And finally, on the weekend of October 18 and 19, Madison Square Garden will be the place to be for cat lovers, when our annual Adopt-A-Cat event takes place in tandem with the Cat Fancier's Association/IAMS Cat Championship. This event is always a favorite among NYC's feline fanciers, and one for which you'll want to mark your calendar now!
Stay tuned for more events in the making, and keep abreast of the details by checking our Calendar of Events. We hope to see you at some of our events this year!
