Maggie Fund

In 2009, Animal Care and Control (AC&C) of New York established The Maggie Fund to address the grim medical needs of Maggie, a cat rescued by AC&C after she fell down an elevator shaft. Now The Maggie Fund is dedicated to raising support for the treatment of hundreds of injured or ill cats and dogs each year. The Fund pays for medical care provided by veterinarians in AC&C’s shelters and for emergency treatment and/or hospitalization in outside institutions. Recently, the Fund played an important role in saving the life of River, a one-year old Golden Retriever mix who was hit by a car on the Bronx River Parkway. After being rescued by AC&C field officers, River was brought to an AC&C shelter for immediate management of his injuries and then transferred to an outside veterinary hospital for stabilization and additional medical care. With The Maggie Fund paying for his hospitalization and treatment, River made a full recovery and has been joyfully adopted by a witness to the accident in the Bronx.

The Maggie Fund additionally covers medical care for animals suffering from cruelty or neglect, and for those in AC&C’s Foster Care Program. When Foster Care cats and dogs – animals too young or small to be spayed/neutered, nursing a litter, or too ill or injured to be adopted –need medical care, The Maggie Fund resources are available for them.

The Maggie Fund is clearly essential to AC&C’s ability to fulfill its mission to promote and protect the health and safety of pets and people in New York City. Each year, approximately twenty animals receive extraordinary medical attention with the Fund’s support. By contributing to The Maggie Fund, animal lovers can make a gift restricted for regular and emergency medical care and for the hospitalization of sick, hurt, or mistreated cats and dogs rescued by AC&C.