ANNUAL BOARD MEETING OF ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL JANUARY 31, 2012
The ACC and the City’s Department of Health (whose commissioner (Dr. Thomas Farley) also serves as the ACC Chairman) did their best to prevent people from attending the ACC Board’s annual meeting....
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Here’s the second installment of an individual’s quest to become an ACC volunteer. This person had previously reported on the first step of the journey for a volunteer applicant: the Orientation...
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We urge our readers to check out two series on Urgent Part2′s FB page: how the ACC continues to kill animals “by mistake,” and reports by ACC adopters. The next time anyone tells you that things are...
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Bill Bruce and his Calgary No-Kill Model
March 4, 2012 For its rescue group members, last week The Mayor’s Alliance hosted a presentation by Bill Bruce who heads the Animal Shelter in Calgary, Canada. Shelter Reform has been a Bill Bruce...
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Notes From The Underground – Volume 12 – A Volunteer’s Journey: Volunteering
By “it” we mean the neglect and institutionalized cruelty at New York City’s Animal Care & Control. (P.S.: The “it” happens to ACC cats, too.) Here’s the latest installment by a new ACC dog...
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NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND Volume 16 – Volunteers Report Overcrowding and...
Local Law 59 – fast-tracked through the City Council last September – relieved the DOH of its obligation to provide full service animal shelters in all 5 boroughs, including Bronx and Queens which have...
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AC&C In the News During July 2012
News About or Affecting NYC’s Animal Care & Control VOLUNTEERS REPORT OVERCROWDING AND NEGLECT AT THE MANHATTAN SHELTER Last week we reported that in contrast to assurances by the AC&C...
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NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND Volume 17: A volunteer reports how AC&C cleans up...
AC&C Executive Director Julie Bank recently announced she’ll be leaving the shelter system on October 19, 2012 citing family reasons. Julie Bank in front of the AC&C's Manhattan Shelter In the...
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Department of Health’s Response to MBP Stringer’s Searing Report on the AC&C...
Photograph Courtesy of Bethany Obrecht On January 6, 2013 MBP Scott Stringer addressed a crowd assembled near a dog run in Riverside Park. He unveiled his report entitled “Led Astray: Reforming NYC’s...
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Juana Mendoza: Story of a former AC&C Volunteer
JUANA MENDOZA: Another story of life after AC&C volunteer death Last year we published a report by former AC&C volunteer JEFF LATZER regarding his efforts to help AC&C animals even after...
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NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND: Vol 18: Volunteers Report on Shelter Conditions
August 2013 AC&C Momma Cat and Her Kittens Below are reports from 2 Manhattan AC&C shelter volunteers. At points in the narrative we’ve inserted our own “NOTES” to expand upon issues raised by...
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Is the DOH the AC&C’s BFF? The September 26, 2013 AC&C board meeting
DETAILED REPORT ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 AC&C BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Progress has been “fantastic,” “incredible.” AC&C has seen “great improvements.” AC&C...
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AC&C’s January 2014 Annual Board Meeting: the Good, the Bad, and the...
5 of the 9 Board Members 4 of 9 ACC Board Members While the recent AC&C Board Meeting bore a predictable similarity to all previous Board meetings — with Management claiming that things...
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THE STATE OF NYC’S ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL: BEYOND THE HYPE
WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING AT ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL As of March 2014 The good news is that the AC&C is no longer wallowing in the worst circle of Hell ….. a hell created by NYC’s Department of...
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June 19, 2014 AC&C Board Meeting: Will the AC&C Claim “Mission Accomplished”...
Attendance at the June 19th ACC Board meeting was predictably low due to short notice.. (Click here for an official video of the meeting.) There were the usual upbeat reports. What was unprecedented...
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