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City's death-row pets have a chance to live By HEIDI SINGER, ADVANCE CITY HALL BUREAU A Silicon Valley billionaire has provided a historic opportunity to virtually end the mass killing of homeless dogs and cats in New York City. But to make it happen, the troubled shelter system must practically re-invent itself. Already staggering under its burden of 60,000 animals a year amid crippling budget cuts, the city is racing against time to repair its shattered relations with animal welfare groups and open up an institution that had become increasingly isolated in recent years. The largest animal welfare fund in the nation's history, called Maddie's Fund, was created in 1999 with an astonishing promise of $1 billion to be divided among cities that pledge to eliminate killings of adoptable animals by 2008. The fund has already given out 1/5 of its current endowment, and a number of major cities are working to become no-kill and get a piece of the cash...
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