Ollie's Place — Local services in New York

I hate to give a rescue one star. If I was just rating our two visits to Ollie's, and the dedication of the volunteers, it would be an enthusiastic five. However, trying to adopt was completely different. We filled out the application four weeks ago. Left two voicemails to follow-up. I'll never know what was 'wrong' with our application, because they didn't respond. We are two financially stable professionals who work from home often and live in an apartment with window screens, cats ok on the lease, no other pets, no balcony, etc. We said we are anti-declawing, would hire a pet sitter when we travel (which is rarely), we have been prepping to adopt for months, and we were open to any and all advice. When asked what situations would cause us to give up the cat, we said we take this extremely seriously, so literally it would only happen if we both suddenly died, in which case our family would take her. What on earth could be wrong???

During our visits we learned that several cats had been there for years. I can only suppose this is because they prefer to keep them long term rather than adopt them and rescue more. I hope this changes. At the very least, they should contact people if they reject an application. Or reach out if there are issues and have a...

Fell in love with a cat here and was hoping to adopt, but had an awful experience with an individual named John who was disrespectful and aggressive during a home visit.

When he finally arrived at 3:30 for our 1pm scheduled visit, he said my application was strong, as I live alone and have no pets. I said I wanted to have an indoors-only cat. John became aggressive, saying, “What?? You’re saying you’d NEVER allow a cat outdoors to breathe fresh air and play in the grass?” I replied that I really think it’s safer for cats to be indoors, but maybe I could allow the cat out on a leash when visiting my mom in the countryside, but never in NYC. I was just trying to see things from his point of view, but it was a trap. He snapped, saying my application would be denied for considering letting a cat outdoors, then stormed out of my apartment. I felt hurt and offended by his rude manner and the way he twisted my words about my intentions of allowing a cat outdoors, when I was just trying to see things from a cat’s perspective. I have always been treated well by the volunteers at Ollie’s when I go in to play with the cats, so this was a super disappointing interaction and John’s behavior reflects poorly on Ollie’s / Mighty Paws as an...

Do not waste your time with this place. They do not want to really give the pets for adoption. Not to mention that the owner, John is rude and lack people skills and communication skills. He was actually talking us out of adopting the dog. Mind you that this particular dog is in their care for over 8 months, and he is not house trained because John said he doesn't have time to do so. If they really care for the pets they should do their job which is finding a home for the pets. We saw the dog online, sent an application, went to see the dog, spoke with John, told him that the issues the dog had didn't matter because we I loved the dog at first sight, and we would take him no matter what. We had everything they asked to adopt the dog (no kids, no other pets, etc...), but they still didn't approve us. Again, do not go to this place if you don't to feel angry...