The Kill Quota: Why ACC, NYC DOH Will Never Stop Slaughtering Cats and Dogs

NYC ACC kill percentages have varied little post-COVID. There's a reason for that.

The Scoop New York is a website and newsletter covering the movement for a true no-kill New York State, from BUF to BK. NYC ACC KILLS, published by TSNY, enumerates and memorializes adoptable cats and dogs who were exterminated by Animal Care Centers of New York City.

NYC DOH’s ACC hid Otis, Kirkle, Ghost, Seagull, Rollie, Bewildered, Noodle, Paprika and Benji from advocates who were trying to save them. Then they killed them all. Photo illustration: The Scoop New York

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It’s June 27, 2025. This is The Weekly Poop.

This week, the non-profit contractor currently known as Animal Care Centers of New York City, in concert with its overseers at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, ceased communicating with volunteers about more than a dozen dogs the advocates were trying to save.

By the time advocates finally heard from them, ACC and DOH had exterminated nearly all the disappeared dogs.