Mayor's Alliance/Maddie's Pet Adoption Festivals are held on a regular basis on weekends in New York City parks throughout the five boroughs. These events are designed to raise public awareness of the problem of unwanted pets and to encourage those who can adopt to make a homeless pet part of their household.

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Mayor's Alliance/Maddie's Pet Adoption Festivals

Mayor's Alliance/Maddie's Pet Adoption Festivals are held on a regular basis on weekends in New York City parks throughout the five boroughs. These events are designed to raise public awareness of the problem of unwanted pets and to encourage those who can adopt to make a homeless pet part of their household.

For more information, contact Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals at info@AnimalAllianceNYC.org or (212) 252-2350.

Upcoming 2008 Festivals

May 2008

Mayor's Alliance/Maddie's Pet Adoption Festival – Staten Island

Saturday, May 17, 2008 (rain or shine)

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Wolfe's Pond Park (near the Park House), Staten Island

Wolfe's Pond Pooches is hosting this adoption festival. In addition to adoptable cats, dogs, kittens, and puppies, this event features a steel drum band, low-cost microchipping ($25, includes insertion and registration) for dogs and cats, and Ask the Veterinarian, Ask the Trainer, Ask the Groomer, and Ask The TTouch Practitioner booths.

For more information, contact the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals at (212) 252-2350 or info@AnimalAllianceNYC.org.

June 2008

Mayor's Alliance/Maddie's Pet Adoption Festival – Manhattan

Sunday, June 8, 2008 (rain or shine)

Noon–4:00 p.m.

Washington Square Park, MacDougal Street and Washington Square South, Manhattan

Washington Square Park Dog Run Association is hosting this adoption festival. In addition to adoptable cats, dogs, kittens, puppies, and rabbits, this event features low-cost microchipping ($25, includes insertion and registration) for dogs and cats.

For more information, contact the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals at (212) 252-2350 or info@AnimalAllianceNYC.org.

August 2008

Mayor's Alliance/Maddie's Pet Adoption Festival – Brooklyn

Saturday, August 2, 2008 (rain or shine)

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Prospect Park, Brooklyn

FIDO is hosting this adoption festival in honor of their 10th anniversary. In addition to adoptable cats, dogs, kittens, and puppies, this event features a steel drum band, low-cost microchipping ($25, includes insertion and registration) for dogs and cats, and Ask the Veterinarian, Ask the Trainer, Ask the Groomer, and Ask The TTouch Practitioner booths.

For more information, contact the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals at (212) 252-2350 or info@AnimalAllianceNYC.org.

Brooklyn Cyclones' "Bark in the Park" Day

Monday, August 11, 2008

Time TBA

KeySpan Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn

Dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens will be available for adoption, and low-cost microchipping will also be available. Maddie, the Maddie's Fund mascot, will throw out the first ball. More details TBA.

For more information, contact the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals at (212) 252-2350 or info@AnimalAllianceNYC.org.

October 2008

Adopt-A-Cat at CFA-Iams Cat Championship New York

Saturday, October 18, 2008

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Madison Square Garden (Garden Terrace), Manhattan

Come out to Madison Square Garden and meet your new feline love! Cats and kittens of all kinds, sizes, colors, and breeds will be available for adoption from more than a dozen shelters and rescue groups. And this year, the cat show's agility competition will be open to the feline public and rescue cats!

For more information, contact the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals at (212) 252-2350 or info@AnimalAllianceNYC.org.