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Spencer Roveto presented with the Kameron Jacobsen Award at the Pets Alive...
The Kameron Jacobsen Award: Spencer Roveto Kameron Jacobsen was a 14 year old boy with a very loving and gentle nature. He was kind, giving, and generous. He volunteered with his family at Pets Alive...
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Dottsie Perez awarded VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR award at the Pets Alive 2013 Fur...
Dottsie Perez is someone that you meet once and you don’t forget. We have all witnessed again and again a woman that doesn’t ever stop doing all she can to help find animals homes. Dottsie took on the...
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Dr. Paul Johnson awarded Starfish Award at the Pets Alive 2013 Fur Ball
The Starfish Award: Paul Johnson DVM Each year Pets Alive bestows our “Starfish Award”. The “starfish” award is so named because of an old parable: One day, an old man was walking along a beach that...
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You Can Save Them All: An Introduction to Canine Hospice, Senior, and Special...
Do you have an interest in providing hospice (end of life) care for dogs but aren’t sure how to get started, or what the experience is like? Are you interested in adopting a senior animal but you’re a...
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ASPCA Gives 52 Dogs New “Leash” on Life in Collaboration With Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary, Great Plains SPCA ASPCA transports dogs from Kansas and Missouri to Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary in New York’s...
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Pets Alive Welcomes Katie Emerson, DVM, as Full Time Staff Veterinarian
Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary in Middletown and Elmsford NY, with another facility in Puerto Rico, has just hired a full time veterinarian to join their staff. Dr. Emerson’s time will be spent mostly at...
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What’s happening now at the Port Jervis Humane Society?
Many people have been wondering what is happening now at the Port Jervis (Deepark) Humane Society. You’ll remember that we did a series of blogs a few months ago about some really horrid conditions...
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Rehoming pets online or in newspaper ads – BAD IDEA. Help fight these sites!
Recently a new Facebook page cropped up. It is called REHOMING PETS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY. It is a FaceBook page for you to post your no longer wanted animal and other people can adopt them from you, or...
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Each Day Is a Gift – Adopting a Senior Pet
Written by Pets ALive Cat Manager, Becky Tegze “No you didn’t?” “Are you crazy?” “My god you have a heart of gold.” “I could never do that.” “Really a 16 year old cat?” “I wish I could.” “I don’t know...
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Wicket Cat for People with a Non-Caring Attitude
By Erin Guilshan, Executive Director Pets Alive Westchester Wilfred is a beautiful Russian Blue cat that was abandoned on the doorstep at Pets Alive Westchester with nothing but a note. In this note...
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Kerry Clair, Pets Alive executive director, & board president, retires
So this is my swan song. Today, I have officially resigned from Pets Alive. I will be here for the next few weeks or a few months, to train a replacement and work for a smooth transition. I love this...
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Kerry Clair announces retirement from Pets Alive
Kerry Clair announced on Saturday that she would retire as Executive Director and President of Pets Alive, Inc. based in Middletown, NY. For the past 6 years, Kerry has been at the helm of Pets Alive,...
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A Soldier’s Dogs
Recently at Pets Alive Westchester in Elmsford, New York we took in two dogs from a soldier who was suddenly deployed overseas. Unable to find homes for his beloved dogs he came to Pets Alive...
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Starting Off On The Right Foot
Asia is a beautiful 7 month old girl that came to us from a high kill shelter in South Carolina. This charming girl’s personality wins over everyone at the sanctuary. She is always so happy to see...
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Boomer’s Blog
By Erin Guilshan, Executive Director, Pets Alive Westchester Boomer arrived at Elmsford Animal Shelter in 2008. The two year old Boomer was one of 600 dogs that would only know life in a kennel with...
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They Still Need You! The “Broken Cats” One Year Later
Pancake, Syrup, Pop Tart, Links, Marmalade, and Smuckers: Their names read like an iHop’s breakfast menu. It’s been almost a year since we got the phone call about 50+ cats thrown out into the cold...
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Saving Sarah
“I’m ready for this winter to end.” “It’s been brutal this year.” “Polar Vortex, that’s a new one, never heard of that before!” “When did they start naming winter snow storms anyway?” All of us who...
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The Phoenix Rises
On January 8, 2014, Pets Alive Puerto Rico rescued the dog you see in these photos. Many times since then we wanted to share his story, but the words just would not come – until now. For the past 8...
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Emergency at Pets Alive Westchester
This is a very difficult thing to say to all of you, but our building is in serious jeopardy. It has been determined that Pets Alive Westchester is structurally not sound and needs to evacuate as soon...
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Pets Alive Westchester Update
First and foremost all of our animals are safe tonight! Thank you all for your tremendous support. Every day at Pets Alive is amazing but its days like this that leave us all down right speechless with...
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