ABG learned of the situation that Pets Alive, formerly the Elmsford Animal Shelter building had been deemed unsafe for occupancy and ordered evacuated. They have moved some animals to sister facilities, trailers and are desperately seeking adoptions of their animals. This is a “no kill” animal facility. If you’ve ever considered adopting a pet, now is a great time to do so!
From Pets Alive Westchester's Facebook page:
From Pets Alive Westchester's Facebook page:
This is a very difficult thing to
say to all of you, but our building may potentially be in serious jeopardy. It
has been determined that Pets Alive Westchester is structurally not sound and
needs to evacuate as soon as possible. There is no way around these horrible
words.
Our plan is to set up trailers on
the property to house all of the animals, and we are in desperate need of
foster families and adopters for our dogs, cats and rabbits. Although this is
going to be a difficult time, we know we shall get through this. We will set up
shop right on the property, trailers will be brought in as soon as possible.
Dog runs will be there. Some of our cats thankfully will go to the rescues of
our sister location in Middletown as well as Mid Hudson Animal Aid &
Pibbles and Kits, such amazing people who have done so much to help us through
this - but we would much rather see them in foster homes or adopted.
All of our dogs, however, are in
need of foster or adoptive homes and we are pleading to all of you to consider
taking one of them in. All adoptions are free and are desperately needed,
immediately. Please come to the shelter this weekend and adopt. If you're
interested in adopting or fostering a cat, dog or rabbit, contact adoptions@petsalivewest.org
to find out who will be the best fit for your home during this time. Please use
email to contact us right now as we are not sure how long we will have access
to our phones. We will keep you updated as the days progress. One thing you can
be certain of is that Pets Alive Westchester is a survivor of all that it has
endured and been though. We will get through this and together we will
celebrate a new page. Thank you for all your support and help us to spread the
word. We need adopters, we need fosters, and we need them now. We need YOU now.
We need your help.
UPDATE: We are almost
completely out of the building but we still have a need for a small group of
volunteers tomorrow, Sunday, at 10am.
You do not need to have
taken our orientation, please just show up - we are at 100 Warehouse Lane South
in Elmsford, NY. When you come to the building - DO NOT ENTER THE BUILDING. The
condition of the building is rapidly deteriorating and possibly dangerous.
Please meet in the loading dock area (to the left of the main entrance) for
instructions. We need everyone to stay safe! All of our animals are out of the
building and we are almost finished emptying the entire building and loading
all of the contents into trailers. We have been given a reprieve by the city
before they bar us from entering the building and shut off our utilities but we
must have absolutely everything out by Sunday night. Please join us if you can
and THANK YOU!! We will be unable to respond to questions by phone or email at
this time - we have no phones, no computers, no usable base of operations -
yet. We're working on it.
At this time we do not need
any donations of materials - we have almost no animals left on site. Thank you
all so very much for everything donated, especially all of the crates and
carriers and storage containers and boxes. We could not have done it without
you.
If you are interested in
fostering or adopting - especially one of our dogs - please email us at
adoptions@petsalivewest.org. We beg your patience as we are receiving thousands
of emails per day right now and it may be some days before we can reply.
If you are interested in
one of our cats, most have gone to Pets Alive
in Middletown and Mid Hudson
Animal Aid in Beacon, New York. Please contact them for information
on fostering and adopting. Anything you can do would be gratefully appreciated.
Tell 'em we sent you.
All of our bunnies have
been adopted or fostered.
We could very much use
donations of money if you are able to do so. We will lose the use of our
facility for a very long time and we have many unpredictable expenses. Anything
you could spare would be gratefully appreciated.
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