On Saturday, May 22, dozens of adoptable
dogs and cats took Washington Square Park
by storm, winning the hearts of hundreds of
animal loving New Yorkers eager to adopt, or
just “dogle,” at the first annual
Adoptapalooza – an exciting pet adoption
event orchestrated by the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals. Approximately 50
lucky doggies and kitties from Sean Casey
Animal Rescue, Animal Care & Control of NYC
and the Picasso Fund of the Mayor’s Alliance
for NYC’s Animals, found new loving homes!
This successful adoption event makes NYC
one-step closer to their “no-kill” goal.
A number of celebs stopped by to show their
love of animals including, actor
Zach Braff,
from the the hit TV series
Scrubs;
Tinsley
Mortimer, Manhattan socialite and
star of CW’s
High
Society;
LX New
York’s
Maria
Sansone, host of the weekly
rescue segment, “Maria’s Pet Project;”
Prince
Lorenzo Borghese, a pet lover and
founder of “Royal Treatment”-- a line of
natural pet grooming products, and who also
starred on Season 9 of ABC’s hit show
The
Bachelor;
Shallon
Lester and
Sarah "Klo" McLynn from MTV’s New
Summer Show “Downtown Girls” (premieres June
1 at 11pm MTV) and
indie-rock darlings, Care Bears on Fire.
Last year, through the efforts of the
Mayor’s Alliance and its 160-plus
participating shelters and rescue groups
(including AC&C), euthanasia at AC&C
shelters was reduced to 33 percent,
representing a 57 percent decrease in
euthanasia since 2003, the first year of
operation for the Mayor's Alliance.
For those interested in adopting a little
New Yorker, please visit:
http://www.animalalliancenyc.org/services/adoption.htm
for a full list of our participating
shelters and rescues.
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About the
Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals®
The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals,
Inc., founded in 2002 and powered by
Maddie’s Fund®, The Pet Rescue Foundation,
with support from the ASPCA, is a coalition
of more than 160 animal rescue groups and
shelters that is working with Animal Care &
Control of New York City (AC&C) to end the
killing of healthy and treatable cats and
dogs at AC&C shelters. To achieve that goal,
the
Alliance, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation,
helps its Alliance Participating
Organizations (APOs) work to their highest
potential to increase pet adoptions and
spay/neuter rates, with the goal of
transforming
New York City into a
no-kill community by 2015.