clear the shelters

Best Friends Animal Society’s Hannah Stember virtually stops by New York Live to tell Sara Gore the benefits of fostering a pet and how to adopt.

Jacque Reid chats with the Director of ASPCA Adoption Center to find out how they are connecting pets to potential owners.

Paul Costabile shares how some pets are spending this time. This includes Otis, Rambo and Eleanor from Muddy Paws, who are all up for adoption right now!

Sara catches up with Lisa from the SPCA of Westchester to find out how they continue to clear the shelters by offering appointment-only meet and greets from potential adoptions.


Sara Gore virtually meets with our friends at Little Shelter and Best Friends Animal Society to see how they are helping their community and its pets at this time.

The director of an organization that helps find foster homes for dogs in shelters said last year at this time, the organization had applications from about 140 people per month — it’s now around 3,000

There are still ways to help animals out during times of crisis.

Animal shelters across the U.S. say they’ve placed record numbers of dogs, cats and other animals as people suddenly find themselves stuck at home amid the coronavirus pandemic

New York Live’s Jacque Reid chats with Maria Pantin from Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter about how to care for your dog during isolation.

New York Live’s Sara Gore sits down with Rachael Ziering from Muddy Paws to chat about ways to foster a pet and see how shelters are doing during quarantine.

Animal shelters are facing a new set of challenges during the coronavirus pandemic as shelter-in-place and mandatory stay-at-home orders are impacting homeless pets and animal adoption services.

Shelter pets may be a great companion as a foster or adoption as you are staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic. “Stay Home and Foster” is working to help people connect with shelters and foster animals while maintaining proper social distancing.

Gus Rosendale speaks with Colleen Venable from Animal Care Centers of New York about what makes guinea pigs great pets.

Our pals chat with New York Live’s Sara Gore and Paul Costabile about four adoptable pets they brought along as well us an exciting upcoming event.

I-Team’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Gus Rosendale speaks with Christine Hahn from Animal Care Centers of New York about a new program that aims to reunite lost pets with their families.

Our friends from Little Shelter stop by with pets up for adoption in our mission to help clear the shelters.

Gus Rosendale speaks with Jessica Thoren and Christine Hahn from Animal Care Centers of New York about what to know if you’re considering fostering a pet.

SPCA of Westchester stops by with another adorable group of puppies that are up for adoption.

Animal experts say pets often process loss in a manner similar to humans. In a recent newsletter published by the Funeral Consumer Alliance of Maine, researcher Jessica Pierce says a growing body of research into ‘animal thanatology’ suggests common pets such as dogs and cats seem to share with humans many behavioral reactions to death, such as mourning and rituals...