The Weekly Poop
The week in New York companion animal news
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.
NYS Animal Protection Federation Honors Hochul, Takes on Housing Discrimination and More in 2024 “Humane Agenda”
ALBANY — Members of the New York State Animal Protection Federation ventured to Albany last week to enumerate their priorities for the 2024 state legislative session, a.k.a. the NYSAPF “humane agenda.” Measures on this year’s wish list include fewer obstacles to investigating animal crimes, tougher penalties for animal cruelty convictions, and protections for bipedal New Yorkers who face pet-related housing discrimination.
Headlines
NYC ACC says its new Queens facility should open before summer.
Lives are in the balance as Pomona’s Hi-Tor Animal Center tries to finally turn things around.
The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation has hired former DA and Congress Member Kathleen Rice.
The AP, via WFLA, has a nice write-up of Manhattan's Schwarzman Animal Medical Center.
With local facilities full, a Syracuse daycare is being overrun with abandoned dogs.
Close to 50 dogs rescued from a Beekmantown facility will soon be ready for adoption.
A Lindenhurst senior was charged with cruelty after more than a dozen cats were seized from her home.
Otsego County woman with dead and dying dogs on her property is arrested.
More than a dozen starving dogs and cats were saved from a home in Queens.
Police are looking for the person who pushed two dogs from a car in Smithtown.
Found abandoned by a NYC highway at Christmas, Peanut Butter now has legions of fans.
Food Recalls
The FDA issued no pet food recalls over the past week.