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.
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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, an…
