What NYC DOH ACC Does to Unaltered and Pregnant Cats and Dogs

Dr. Robin Brennen and her ACC vet team aren't slaked by exterminating the living. They want the fetuses too.

May 01, 2026

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Almond Milk, a pregnant dog assigned a submoronic handle and placed at mortal risk by NYC DOH ACC brass, because they can. Top left: Robin Brennen, ACC senior vice president of animal health and welfare. Almond Milk poster via. Photo illustration: The Scoop New York

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It’s May 1, 2026. This is The Weekly Poop.

This week, as networkers and others who do NYC ACC’s job scrambled to protect a mama dog and her near-viable puppies from kill-pound ghouls, the New York City Council announced a pending crackdown on ~~the wanton perpetual slaughter of homeless animals~~ dog shit.

ACC veterinary staff, led by senior VP of “animal health and welfare” (lllooollll) Dr. Robin Brennen, were reportedly threatening to spay a pregnant 2-year-old dog they had already burdened with the typically careless handle “Almond Milk” (admitted with “Cashew Milk” — such wit!). That Almond Milk was about to give birth, making the surgery particularly risky for her, was of no consequence. Dr. Brennen, it seems, wanted those puppies dead before they could live. If mama doesn’t make it, well, two birds and all that.

This is nothing new at Animal Care Centers of New York City [sic], which you’ll be shocked! shocked! to hear has a long record of altering cats and dogs regardless of suspected illness, extant illness, fever, coughing, vomiting, diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, pregnancy and other conditions that would cause any reputable veterinarian to BTFO. No vet you’d want within a ZIP code of your own pet would have anything to do with the butchery that Brennen and her ACC minions get up to (and get off on, clearly) on any given day.

As of now, Almond Milk and her babies appear to be safe, thanks to the aforementioned mensches, New Yorkers and non-, who don’t collect a salary from ACC and (with some exceptions) IRL care about the “health and welfare” of those Brennen et al. would just as soon see filling garbage bags.

Others were not so lucky.

Hot Coco [sic]: 1-year-old puppy whose own pups were aborted when DOH/ACC spayed her. Set to die at any time.
Nova: 2-year-old dog reported in heat on April 4, spayed on April 23, and shunted to death row five days later. On kill command at this writing, could be exterminated at any moment.
Caramel: 2-year-old dog spayed while in heat. Set to be exterminated tomorrow.
Bingo: Dosed with Trazodone despite no reported behavior problems. Neutered despite possible CIRDC infection. Exterminated.

Here are more who made it out under their own power, no thanks to Brennen and company, who after cutting them open put them on death row:

Cheeto: Neutered two days after suffering from nose bleeds and a temperature of 101. Escaped thanks to foster.
Gucci: Zonked out on Trazodone and neutered three days after intake despite being underweight and sick with diarrhea. Saved from death row by a rescue at the last minute.
Loyal: Neutered one day after having bloody diarrhea. Escaped thanks to foster.
Oberon: Neutered though vomiting and shitting blood. Oberon was actually adopted, a feat ACC manages to pull off for only about half its “live outcomes.” (The rest are pawned off on rescues or reclaimed. A competent no-kill shelter, on the other hand, relies on rescues to place about 20 percent of intakes, according to the No Kill Advocacy Center.)

Luckily, Moose made it — thanks to a rescue. Tap to engage.

While DOH/ACC vets are elbows deep in the blood and amniotic fluid of innocents, the City Council, whose job is to make sure ACC does what it isn’t doing and doesn’t do what it always does, was occupied with more pressing matters: tut-tutting New Yorkers into picking up after their dogs.

Now, only an asshole deliberately leaves dog shit around for others to deal with. Everyone knows this. But there are quality-of-life issues and there are “quality-of-life” issues. Legislation to put poop bag dispensers next to garbage cans and compost bins at dog runs belongs squarely in the latter column. The City Council has done virtually nothing to add to column one since … when, exactly? Anyone?

The last remotely relevant council action happened in 2024, when New Yorkers lined up for eight hours to testify to the hardships of serving as an unpaid labor force for the nation’s preeminent kill pound. Council members were told the city desperately needs low-cost or free spay-neuter, and lots of it. A full year later, the council came back with a one-shot one-clinic pilot to cover less than 2 percent of the number of procedures cat rescuers — those in the trenches 24/7/365 — say are needed every year.

That was eight months and one “animal welfare caucus” ago. And now this? Bills for poop bags and compost bins and nanny signs and a PR campaign that no one who wasn’t already complying will notice?

One carcass every three hours for an entire goddamn year and that’s your top “welfare” priority, Council Member Epstein? That’s the lede? Shit?

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TSNY queried ACC, DOH, Robin Brennen and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office concerning Almond Milk and ACC puppy/kitten abortion policy in general. As usual they had nothing to say for themselves, since there is no legitimate explanation for what they do and what they endorse. And they know it.

There’s a reason Brennen gets away with it. There’s a reason that like her partner in derision Patrick “40K” Nolan she can publicly piss on New Yorkers (story TK) who dare question the dosing and overdosing and unnecessarily risky surgeries and elective puppy abortions and, oh yeah, the eight carcasses a day for 12 months straight.

That reason is Harvey Epstein. It’s also Lynn Schulman. Mostly, though, right now that reason is the People’s Mayor. The Sunshine Socialist. Who when push comes to shove has shown himself to be just as self-serving and politically avaricious as any elected to ever shit between two rocks — that one’s for you, Harv — and is now presiding over a kill pound that has only revved up the death chambers since he assumed the position.

Thanks to a new Substack tool, a few weeks back TSNY added what we call an “accountability box” to every editorial and article involving officials who refuse to do their jobs — that is, all of them, pretty much.

Below you’ll find contact info, complete with links, for about every city elected and bureaucrat responsible for the grisly goings-on at DOH’s ACC. The only way this stops is to use it. Then use it again.

By all means. Light ‘em up.