Muddy Paws Rescue Announces New Partnership With International Coalition, Human Animal Support Services
New York, NY (November 15, 2021) – Muddy Paws Rescue has been selected to be a Partner Organization of the Human Animal Support Services (HASS) project. This international coalition is designed to transform the New York City shelter system with innovative solutions and community-based programs.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations across the country were embraced by their communities who fostered pets, adopted, helped lost or found animals get back to their homes and identified new resources to keep people and their pets together. Muddy Paws Rescue will provide a range of services and solutions to better support the people and pets of the New York City community. These include foster-based sheltering and with its new headquarters, community-focused lifesaving and much more.
Muddy Paws Rescue is among an elite group of progressive shelters and rescues to become partner organizations. Other partner organizations include: LifeLine Animal Project (GA), Cabot Animal Services (AR), Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control (NC), El Paso Animal Services (TX), Fresno Humane Animal Services (CA), Greenville County Animal Care (SC), Humane Rescue Alliance (DC & NJ), Kansas City Pet Project (MO), Los Angeles Animal Services (CA), Oakland Animal Services (CA), Pima Animal Care Center (AZ) and San Diego Humane Society (CA), just to name a few.
“We are honored to be part of this collaboration of innovative rescues having goals so closely aligned with our community vision,” says Muddy Paws Rescue Marketing Director Mallory Kerley. “New York will join a fantastic roster of elite cities in this initiative that are paving the way for a new model of animal rescue in the U.S.”
“We’re bringing thought leaders and experts in fields like human social work and public health alongside animal welfare researchers to create the community animal support centers of the future,” says Kristen Hassen, Maddie’s® Director of American Pets Alive! and the HASS project. “The impacts of COVID-19 have accelerated many organizations’ efforts to modernize animal services and we are excited to see many more animal shelters dedicate their energy to accomplishing this urgent goal.”
HASS is led by American Pets Alive! and powered by partners including Maddie’s Fund®, the Rachael Ray Foundation, South Fork Foundation, Michelson Found Animals Foundation, and Petfinder. For more information on Muddy Paws Rescue’s work, please visit muddypawsrescue.org. For more information about HASS, go to humananimalsupportservices.org.
About Muddy Paws Rescue
Muddy Paws Rescue is a leader in foster-based dog rescue operating in New York City, with a mission of building and supporting a thriving pack of dog-loving humans dedicated to ending unnecessary euthanasia of companion pups. Founded in 2016, Muddy Paws has helped more than 5,000 puppies and dogs find loving homes, with 764 adoptions in their first year alone. Partnering with open-intake shelters in New York and across the country, Muddy Paws facilitates transports, works with a foster network of more than 3,000 homes, and practices a conversation-based, open adoption model where adoption is a positive and stress-free experience for both the pup and their potential family. Muddy Paws remains dedicated to the foster-based model as they open their first ever headquarters in 2022 – a space that will center and strengthen their #MuddyPawsPack community and life-saving efforts. For more information, visit muddypawsrescue.org.
About HASS
American Pets Alive!’s Human Animal Support Services project is an international, collaborative effort of more than 1,400 animal welfare organizations and 4,500 professionals who are working together to keep pets with their families and reimagine animal services to better support their communities.
About AmPA!
American Pets Alive! (AmPA!) is the national education and outreach division of Austin Pets Alive! AmPA! empowers individuals, organizations and communities to transform animal shelter systems and end unnecessary killing of shelter animals. Utilizing lifesaving best practices born in Austin, AmPA! hosts the Maddie’s® Learning Academy with online courses, apprenticeships and fellowships, and provides ongoing crisis and operations support to shelters around the country.
