Headlines from Buffalo to Brooklyn
It’s October 3, 2026. This is The Weekly Poop.
This week’s Poop is a crossover, featuring the latest New York companion animal news as well as the latest NYC DOH ACC Puppy/Kitten Death Row Show podcast.
As the title of this week’s episode suggests, we’re again plumbing the coldest depths of the human psyche at absentee Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s family pet kill pound.
Before we go any further: I advise listening to this week’s show at 1.25 speed, at least. Unless you happen to be sleep-deprived, in which case my somnambulant, throaty delivery — caused by what I do not know — might be just the thing.
Our first preview clip covers Cosmo, a dog ACC for whatever reason hid from networkers and the public prior to yesterday.
As of this writing offered to New Hope affiliates with a $1,000 stipend, Cosmo was admitted with three other dogs, all found with their deceased owner in the Bronx, all separated from one another by the “care center.”
As discussed on the show, and clipped below, poor Sirius was exterminated by ACC on September 27.
Sibling Atlas — a year-old puppy — is currently on DOH ACC death row.
Also this week: Hannibal Lecter pups, alien abductions and more.
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Here’s the latest New York companion animal news:
You can love companion animals or you can love watching their adoptive families terrorized by the government, but not both.
Good news: Rochester Animal Services is hosting a pet food pantry. Bad news: Rather than fund the project via the city budget, Rochester is double-taxing residents who make donations to pay for it.
Long Beach, in Nassau County, has renewed its contract with rescue Posh Pets to handle cat and dog placements for another five years.
The Saratoga County district attorney and sheriff are co-hosting an October 24 adoption event for Saratoga County Animal Shelter, which is reported to be “at capacity.”
A New York City rescue for rabbits and guinea pigs has opened a café in East Harlem for fans and potential adopters.
Chautauqua County Humane Society has paused intakes due to an influx of sick and potentially-sick cats and dogs who had to be quarantined.
Apparently unslaked by the agency’s brutal killing of Rocky, for good measure the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation had to go exterminate Bullwinkle too.
A 207-mile animal-testing protest march from Albany to Wayne County wraps today with a vigil outside Marshall BioResources, whose unspeakable cruelty is sanctioned by Albany.
A former ASPCA director says big-money animal welfare non-profits are more concerned with banking hundreds of millions of dollars than helping animals. Yep.
Finally (and sadly): Manhattan Plaza Health Club, a Hell’s Kitchen climbing gym that welcomed members’ cats, is no more.
From NYC ACC KILLS
Food recalls
FDA announced no pet food recalls this week.
Check here for more info on FDA-announced recalls, and here for details on prior FDA advisories and outbreaks.
