Spayed, Slaughtered, Slandered: What NYC DOH ACC Did to Chestnut
ACC is exterminating more dogs since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office, while medical torture killings continue apace.
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It’s March 28, 2026. This is The Weekly Poop.
This week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s gang of downward-punching bullies at Animal Care Centers of New York City [sic] took out their dissatisfaction with their pointless existences on Chestnut, a 5-year-old stray beloved by volunteers and staff members, whom ACC subjected to a medical torture killing they tried to justify by insisting the bitch was asking for it.
There were other victims, of course. Like 7-month-old Godzilla, whom Risa Weinstock and Ellen Curtis and Gieun Im and Tara Mercado and Jessica Vaccaro and Robin Brennen and Biana Tamimi and Phillip Reid and Katy Hansen and the rest happily poisoned to death after all of 10 days, with no effort to place an easily placeable puppy in a loving home — that being their job and all — because killing is easy, they are lazy, and inflicting maximum pain upon animals and humans alike is their kink.
Chestnut arrived at ACC on New Year’s Eve and soon came down with kennel cough, a rite of passage for dogs at ACC due to ever-present unsanitary conditions. She was spayed on March 1.
Before and after alteration, DOH/ACC veterinary staff — or clerical staff; or kennel cleaners; or dog walkers; who knows? — drugged her with more Trazodone and Gabapentin than the recommended human adult dosages of each medication. Like exposing dogs to CIRDC, administering high doses of human-grade sedatives — to both cats and dogs — to induce compliant stupor is standard DOH/ACC practice.
I was on Trazodone for a while, for insomnia. The first time I took it I made the mistake of not going directly to bed. Sitting on the sofa, streaming “Adam-12” or whatnot, my arms and legs began to feel very heavy, as if weighted by cinderblocks. I could hardly move. The dizziness followed. To the point I wasn’t sure if I could, or should, try standing up. From then on, I never took Trazodone more than a few minutes before my head met the pillow.
In addition to Trazodone and Gabapentin, the DOH/ACC compliance cocktail includes Clonidine, of which Chestnut received almost twice the maximum dosage recommended for human adults. Again, standard practice.
Chestnut was spayed three weeks and change before her extermination date. Given the alarming number of spay-neuter-kills so far this year (TSNY’s A-list advos are keeping count), subjecting a cat or dog to alteration only to kill them soon after is edging toward routine for DOH/ACC malpracticing sawbones sadists.
Here’s what her foster said about Chestnut:
Meet this sweet girl who’s been an absolute dream in foster care! She adores cuddles and will happily snuggle up with you any chance she gets, especially when she’s cozy in her favorite jammies. She picked up loose-leash walking incredibly quickly and is a joy to take out for strolls. In the home, she’s been a perfect houseguest: no accidents, no chewing or getting into things, and no reactivity. She’s gentle, well-mannered, and ready to bring comfort, love, and lots of snuggles to her next home.
An ACC staffer agreed:
Chestnut arrived as a stray with no ID and has blossomed into a gentle, affectionate companion in shelter and foster care. She's a total snuggle bug who loves to be cozy (her foster even reports she enjoys cuddling up in her jammies) and is quick to offer affection. Though she shows some nervous body language likely from a difficult past, she warms up with calm, patient introductions and is an absolute sweetheart once she trusts you.
Below is what an ACC flack — Katy Hansen being the most logical perp, though we don’t know for certain since ACC and DOH haven’t replied to a single TSNY query this year — said about Chestnut when asked why DOH/ACC exterminated this “absolute sweetheart” in the prime of her life.
Here is the dog DOH/ACC says was so hopelessly vicious and out of control she had to die.
Not convinced? Here’s another clip, with a soundtrack that makes what Mamdani’s kill pound did to her that much worse.
A regular Cujo this one, huh?
The blithering idiot who sent that text, being a blithering idiot, was likely unaware that it presents as a confession, not just concerning Chestnut but every cat and dog DOH’s ACC puts to death for “behavior.”
They acknowledge that under normal circumstances — that is, a stable home environment, cared for by normal humans who don’t want to kill her because she is a dog — Chestnut was fine. They further acknowledge that, to the extent her behavior was an issue at all (spoiler: it was never an issue), “shelter” conditions were the primary precipitating factor.
This is what ACC does to every 1-2 cats and 2-3 dogs who enter the system. Cram them into cages in a cold, loud, filthy, hostile shithole, for 23 or more hours a day, surrounded by unfeeling strangers who want them dead, then kill them for reacting normally — naturally — out of fear and self-preservation.
Then the capper: victim-blaming. The blithering idiot refers to Chestnut as if she was an unrepentant miscreant who decided to wild out until she got what was coming to her, when to anyone with half a brain and a functioning moral compass she was obviously a frightened dog who wanted nothing but to love and be loved. “Part of the picture”? “Misleading”? Are you fucking serious?
There it is, clear as can be. DOH/ACC thugs exterminate because, if you ask them, their victims deserve it. Imagine being so feeble-minded, so mentally unstable that you are triggered by the actions of a cat or dog. Seriously: How do these knuckle-draggers make it to work every day?
The Scoop New York asked DOH and ACC for evidence that Chestnut was a raging hellhound who had to be put down lest she wreak bloody havoc upon the good people of New York City. They of course provided none, because there is none. Professional liars lie. It’s what they do.
Like his kill pound and the health department that pseudo-supervises it, Mamdani has ignored queries regarding ACC, even as his DOH death squad exterminated a significantly higher number of dogs in January than in January 2025. This might be because, given Mamdani’s amateurish flailing to this point, it’s unclear if his admininstration can walk and chew gum at once. More likely it’s that, like every other New York elected, his interest in companion animals begins and ends with how effectively he thinks he can use them for personal gain.
Either way, until mister “govern audaciously” lives up to his own hype, here’s the volume knob.
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.
How embarrassing: Halfway through what is likely NYS lawmakers’ fourth consecutive no-show session, that renowned bastion of enlightened governance — Utah — made it illegal to kill animals rescues want to save. Skunked by a deep red state. Heckuva job, Lupardo & Hinchey.
Related: Sullivan County Assembly Member Paula Kay has introduced a bill that would make felony animal cruelty eligible for bail.
Related: Put these freaks under the jail.
Mamdani made a campaign promise to boost funding for city parks, but has instead decided Eric Adams didn’t neglect them sufficiently.
Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley — the only shelter in Schoharie County for both cats and dogs — expects its new vet clinic to open in the fall.
A new private shelter for dogs is coming to North Syracuse.
“After Tragedy, an Ulster Park Woman Builds a Sanctuary for Rescued Pigs”
FIFY: “Can I Shame My Mayor Into Acknowledging His Kill Pound?”
Finally: What became of this cat? And the helicopter rescue was amazing, but how did this dog wind up in the middle of the river?
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.