Max's House Information

Max's House Animal Rescue, originally known only as "The Cat Guys from Fordham", was established in 1963 in the Bronx, NY in order to help animals primarily in the Fordham, Belmont, & Grand Concourse sections of the Bronx, where there were no city supported animal welfare organizations other than AC&C, which primarily only euthanized stray and feral cats. The group's founder moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey in 1985 and incorporated as Max's House Animal Rescue, Inc. in 1999 in tribute to a dearly loved deceased cat. Since our inception in 1963 we have rescued and homed over 23,500 cats. Many of those cats were rescued from municipal and county animal shelters where they were scheduled to be killed when the statutory 7-day holding period expired. Many of those cats were rescued literally minutes before they were going to be killed. Many were victims of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. Some were thrown from moving vehicles or tossed into dumpsters like trash. We have also and spayed, neutered, and vaccinated over 12,500 feral cats in an effort to humanely reduce the free roaming cat population and reduce the systematic killing of feral cats. Thousands of beautiful, loving animals are put to death daily in shelters and thousands more suffer horribly in laboratories, pounds and on the street. We are dedicated to saving as many of these unfortunate souls as possible. These victims are rescued, given medical care, spayed & neutered and cared for by our volunteers until suitable homes are found for them. This vital life-saving work is critical for these unfortunate animals since their only crime is to be born unwanted or abandoned. It is our mission to prevent cruelty, promote spay/neuter, promote Trap Neuter & Return (TNR) to reduce the free roaming population and to encourage awareness through education, while also teaching respect for all animals and the environment in which they live.