Category: Maddie’s Fund

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Several weeks ago we published an article about Susanna Fitzgerald and her generous donation of handmade cage comforters to the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals. No sooner had Susanna’s shipment arrived that Dr. Susan Whittred of The Patricia H. Ladew Foundation, a private cat rescue organization on Long Island, contacted the Alliance. She had just taken in seven adult cats …

Donated Cage Comforters Ease Transition for Cats Left Homeless by COVID-19 Read more »

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    The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals was created in 2003 as a New York City 501(c)(3) non-profit animal welfare umbrella organization. Our mission was to transform NYC into a no-kill city, where no healthy or treatable cats and dogs are killed simply because they do not have homes. Before the Alliance’s founding, the live release rate at NYC’s municipal …

Alliance Transfers Lifesaving Animal Welfare Programs and Shares Plans for the Future Read more »

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    Zoey is celebrating her one-year adoption anniversary this month. Thanks to the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals and our mega-adoption events in NYC, she is loving her new life (and new haircut!) with her adopter Katie in sunny Florida. “I couldn’t be happier to have Zoey as my best friend and partner over the past year,” wrote Katie. Zoey …

Adoption Events: From Stray to Happy Home Read more »

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Evon Handras, Director of Administration and Liaison to the NYC Feral Cat Initiative, joined the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals in 2007. Her primary focus was to administer Maddie’s Spay/Neuter Project in NYC, which was a multi-year Maddie’s Fund grant aimed at making free and low-cost spay/neuter widely available to low-income families and individuals. The program increased steadily over the …

Meet the NYC Feral Cat Initiative Team: Evon Handras Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Alliance Participating Organizations, Cats, Dogs, Events & Campaigns, Fundraising, Maddie's Fund, Pet Adoption, Press Release

Maddie’s Fund® Exceeds National Goal with More Than 15,000 Adoptions in Two Days Wednesday, June 11, 2014 – New York, NY – An unprecedented 15,000 dogs and cats found homes this past weekend at the nation’s largest free pet adoption event, Maddie’s® Pet Adoption Days, sponsored by Maddie’s Fund®. In New York City, more than 90 shelters and rescue groups …

Close to 5,500 Pets Adopted in NYC Area During Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days Read more »