Tuesday: Rally for Abused Animals at Rochester Kill Pound
Three years into his first term, Mayor Malik Evans has ignored longstanding problems at Rochester Animal Services.
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It’s October 18, 2024. This is The Weekly Poop.
This week, advocates in Rochester are preparing for next Tuesday’s City Hall rally aimed at prodding Mayor Malik Evans to address longstanding health and safety issues at Rochester Animal Services.
Protest plans were preceded by a video, taken by a whistleblower on staff, that showed dogs living in waste-covered kennels at the city-operated kill pound. As longtime RAS observers made clear, deplorable conditions documented in the video are more rule than exception. RAS is starved for funds and personnel — issues that Evans, who’s been mayor close to three years now, has had ampl…
