"Graphic" Images From Buffalo "Shelter" Just Inspected by New York State

The City of Buffalo Animal Shelter is abusing the animals in its care, with the approval of its overseers at the state agriculture department.

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A dog living in her/his own waste at the City of Buffalo Animal Shelter, which was inspected by the state two weeks earlier. Video still: WKBW

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It’s October 11, 2024. This is The Weekly Poop.

This week the ABC affiliate in Buffalo, WKBW, aired an exposé on the City of Buffalo Animal Shelter.

The city says the facility, managed by the public works department, gives “injured, abused, lost, and abandoned animals food, care, shelter, and comfort before finding loving and responsible homes for them.” Wherever that shelter is, it does not resemble the one toured by reporter Ed Drantch.

To the contrary, conditions at Buffalo animal control are so hellish that Drantch warned vie…