The Weekly Poop
This week: Animal welfare bills clear the state Senate, Hochul announces shelter funding awards, overcrowding leads Rochester shelter to turn animals away, and what if kitten season never ended?
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.
Headlines from Buffalo to Brooklyn
It’s Friday, April 12, 2024.
This week, Governor Kathy Hochul touted the latest round of state-sponsored animal shelter capital funding. While doling out millions of dollars to often severely underfunded companion animal facilities is not nothing, it accounts for a nano-sliver of the state budget. Meanwhile, another shelter — this time in Rochester — had to stop taking in animals due to overcrowding.
Here’s the latest New York companion animal news:
The State Senate passed a package of animal welfare bills to mark cruelty awareness month.
Hochul announces shelter capital funding awards — good news for Webster, Orleans County, Southampton, and Middletown.
Syracuse: Wayne’s Canine Carnival annual adoption and fundraising event is shutting after 14 years.
Rochester Animal Services suspends intakes due to overcrowding.
Westchester SPCA looking for homes for mama dog and puppies abandoned outside shelter.
Kitten dies, other cats and a dog saved from parked car in Commack; car owner charged with neglect; additional charges possible.
NYC pols want the city to stop indiscriminately poisoning animals.
New York’s new law banning the slaughter of horses for consumption won’t mean much if it’s not enforced.
Amityville rescue icon Janet Brasco dies at 91.
This week on The Scoop New York
Heinous Acts of Animal Cruelty Have DA, SPCA Asking Albany for Help
“Drug addicts potentially face longer prison sentences. This is wrong.”
Food recalls
The recall of ADM farmed animal feed has expanded to include 17 additional lots. The complete list is here.