An Update on Bennett and Blizzard
Bennett, the cat we rescued from the ACC in Brooklyn, continues to be a bit of a medical mystery. He has gained a little weight, but he continues to weigh less than he should. He spent a week at...
View ArticleA Year Later – Evacuation Day
By Erin Guilshan, Executive Director, Pets Alive Westchester Today marks the anniversary of a time in our lives we will never forget. It was the hardest day we have had to endure in the history of...
View ArticleFrom a Legacy of Survival to a Legacy of Love
Each of the dogs that come through our doors has a story of their own to tell. Quite often we are sure their stories would make us very sad to hear. We don’t need to hear them though, we can see from...
View ArticlePets Alive Seeks Justice for Abused Horses
This is a story about how the legal system failed. This isn’t fiction. This isn’t something that happened somewhere you have never heard of, in some place far away. This happened here, in our back...
View ArticleAudrey’s Update – April 2015
When I was first started in animal rescue many years ago, I watched what was going on at Pets Alive on social media and here on the blog – the mass rescues, the amazing number of adoptions, the...
View ArticleSaving Julia – And Her Unborn Puppies
There is a tempting human tendency to see things strictly in terms of black and white, of good and evil. Goodness knows I’m as guilty of this as anyone, and it’s an especially tempting trap to fall...
View ArticleSaving a Kitten in the Middle of the Night
By Audrey Lodato, Executive Director at Pets Alive Companion animals in trouble don’t have a lot of options. This is especially true for cats. There’s animal control, if you live in a town lucky enough...
View ArticleSweet, Scared Licorice
About ten days ago my neighbors knocked on my door. I live near a dog park in the South Bronx, and it’s not unusual for dogs to be dumped there. A black lab puppy had been dumped in the park and was...
View ArticleProviding A Life Worth Living
By Audrey Lodato, Executive Director at Pets Alive The definition of sanctuary is “A place where someone is protected or given shelter.” We take the fact that we are a sanctuary very seriously....
View ArticleAnnouncing the New Pets Alive Blog!
Hey, big news! The Pets Alive Blog is MOVING! We’ll be leaving this up, but it will no longer be updated. Come join us at our new home!
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