Albany Lawmakers to Homeless and Abused Cats and Dogs: Drop Dead
It wasn’t just SARA. State legislators chose not to pass other bills that could have helped companion animals who are fighting for their lives.
The Scoop New York is a newsletter dedicated to companion animals and the New Yorkers who care for them, from Buffalo to Brooklyn. NYC ACC KILLS, published by TSNY, enumerates and memorializes adoptable cats and dogs who were nonetheless exterminated by Animal Care Centers of New York City.
As The Scoop New York has reported, state legislators declined this year to take up the Shelter Animal Rescue Act, which would have required animal control facilities to release endangered companion animals to qualified rescues, rather than kill them.
SARA wasn’t the only piece of animal-centric legislation that Albany lawmakers failed to pass this session. Other measures to make homeless and abused cats and dogs safer will also have to wait another year.
Shortly before the session ended, state senator and lead Senate sponsor Michael Gianaris (D…
