Alliance News - With Maddie's Help, Alliance Exceeds Expectations in 2005 - November/December 2005 - Out of the Cage!, the E-Newsletter of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals

Home > Out of the Cage! > November/December 2005 > Alliance News: With Maddie's Help, Alliance Exceeds Expectations in 2005

Alliance News

With Maddie's Help, Alliance Exceeds Expectations in 2005

Mayor's Alliance/Maddie's Pet Adoption Festivals played an important role in gaining public exposure for hundreds of adoptable animals in 2005.

As the first year of the Maddie's Pet Rescue Project in NYC draws to a close, we are pleased to report that the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals exceeded its 2005 targets for increased adoptions in NYC. In fact, we exceeded our first-year goal of 2,800 more adoptions within only 10 months, thanks to the unwaivering efforts of the Alliance Participating Organizations (APOs).

Based on adoption reports through October of this year, the Mayor's Alliance has paid out more than $357,000 in adoption subsidies to Maddie's Pet Partners, for 3,271 more adoptions to date than in the same period in 2003. Of the 87 participating organizations in year one of the Maddie's Adoption Incentive Program, six groups received subsides of $20,000+, five groups received subsidies of between $10,000 and $19,999, eight groups received subsidies of between $5,000 and $9,999, and 60 groups received funding below $5,000 each. A total of 79 groups received funding through Maddie's Fund to help increase adoptions and reduce euthaniasia in NYC. (You can read more about Maddie's Pet Rescue Project in NYC in the Maddie's Fund Newsletter.)

In 2005, the Mayor's Alliance van transported over 1,000 animals from AC&C to other APOs for adoption.

Also in 2005, the Mayor's Alliance transport van program resulted in more than 1,000 animals being transported from Animal Care & Control shelters to other APOs for adoption into permanent homes. And since January 2005, the Picasso Veterinary Fund and other medical grants helped pay for medical treatment for more than 560 animals. The Picasso Veterinary Fund is a special fund administered by the Mayor's Alliance that helps pay for medical treatment for animals transferred from AC&C to other APOs.

"We are heartened by the numbers of lives saved as a result of our efforts this year," says Alliance president Jane Hoffman. "And we look forward both to tackling the challenges that lie ahead in 2006, and to seizing the opportunity to save more lives than ever before."

About Maddie's Fund

Maddie's Fund, The Pet Rescue Foundation (www.maddiesfund.org), is a family foundation funded by PeopleSoft Founder Dave Duffield, and his wife, Cheryl, to help create a no-kill nation. The first step is to help develop programs that guarantee loving homes for all healthy shelter dogs and cats throughout the country. The next step will be to save the sick and injured pets in animal shelters nationwide. Maddie's Fund is named after the family's beloved Miniature Schnauzer who passed away in 1997.