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NYC ACC Killed 291 Cats and 390 Dogs in Q1 of 2025
The city kill pound system barely improved upon last year's live release rates — the worst since COVID.
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Brad Aaron
ACC, NYC DOH Killed 1,315 Cats and 1,644 Dogs in 2024
New York City's "animal care centers," which are controlled by the city health department, have destroyed nearly 34,000 adoptable cats and dogs since…
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Brad Aaron
NYC ACC Killed 391 Cats and 451 Dogs in Q3 of 2024
The city kill pound exterminated 2,245 cats and dogs through the first nine months of the year.
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Brad Aaron
NYC ACC Adoption Rates Belie Agency Propaganda. So What?
ACC claims New Yorkers are down on adopting cats and dogs. Agency data reports don't agree — and it's really beside the point.
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Brad Aaron
NYC ACC Killed 616 Cats and 787 Dogs in the First Half of 2024
The pace of ACC's perpetual cat and dog slaughter increased in the second quarter.
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Brad Aaron
NYC ACC Killed 264 Cats and 382 Dogs in the First Quarter of 2024
Though ACC is taking in fewer cats and dogs, its live release rate has not improved.
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Brad Aaron
34-Year Contract in Hand, NYC ACC Is Taking in Fewer Cats and Dogs, and Killing More of Them
Since renewing its contract with the city in 2019, ACC live releases have declined, even as system intakes have dropped sharply since the pandemic.
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Brad Aaron
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