Mission
Bobbi and the Strays believes that animals deserve our love, compassion, and respect.
Our purpose is to undertake rescue operations and to provide essential care for orphaned,
stray, abused and special needs cats and dogs. Through rehabilitation, socialization and
adoption, we endeavor to provide a humane service to all animals that come into our care.
Additionally we generate awareness in the community about the prevention of animal abuse
and neglect as well as spay/neuter programs and their important effect on the dog and cat
overpopulation crisis in New York City.
In the summer of 1995, Roberta “Bobbi” Giordano was driving on a busy street when she saw
a car strike a dog - and then drive away! She immediately came to the dog's aid, taking him to
a vet for care. Sadly, the dog had a broken back and was unable to be saved. Although Bobbi had
always been helping animals, having done her first rescue at the age of nine, it was this
experience that was the pivotal one. Soon after, Bobbi quit her job in order to turn her
passion for helping animals into a full-time mission. In 1998 she established Bobbi and the Strays.
We are a 100% non-profit no-kill animal rescue organization, located in Queens, New York.
We rescue stray dogs and cats from the streets, and from situations of abuse and neglect.
Additionally, we rescue many of our dogs and cats from “death row” at the kill shelters in NYC.
All rescued animals are examined by a veterinarian, lab tests are completed, then the animals are
updated with vaccinations, spayed/neutered, and treated for any health problems and rehabilitated
as necessary. Our main goal is to find permanent, loving homes for all the dogs and cats that we
rescue. We have a guaranteed return policy on all adoptions – because our goal is to place animals
into good homes for life.
Please click here for our 2009 Maddie’s Fund Shellter Statistics.
Older statistics: [2007]
[2008]
We also provide educational programs to schools and the community, educating children and adults on
responsible pet ownership and organizing spay/neuter services and events. We are also active members of
the ‘Mayor's Alliance for NYCs Animals’. Bobbi and the Strays has dedicated staff and volunteers who
help rescue, foster, and care for the animals. Other volunteers coordinate fundraising & adoption events
and contribute to special projects as well as complete routine administrative tasks.
Donations are always needed to continue our work, and we rely on the support of people like you
who share our vision of a world where animals are treated humanely and adopted into loving homes – a world
where organizations such as ours will one day no longer need to exist.