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NYS Animal Legislation
The ASPCA's Killing
of
Oreo
Enacts the shelter animal rescue act which requires the release of a shelter animal to a rescue group upon request of the rescue group prior to the euthanasia of such animal.
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to
requiring the release of a shelter animal to a rescue group upon request of
the rescue group prior to the euthanasia of such animal
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NYS Animal Legislation
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NYS Animal Legislation
The Shelter Animal Rescue Act (SARA) would save more lives than any other animal protection legislation in the history of NY State - an estimated tens of thousands every year at no cost to taxpayers. SARA would stop kill pounds across New York State from killing animals when rescues are willing to or are already in the process of saving them.
In New York City, the NYC ACC frequently rejects the fosters and adopters who were approved by the ACC's own vetted rescues. These rescues - the ACC's own New Hope Partners (NHP) - are experienced in animal rescue and have gone through an application process in order to be approved by the ACC as a rescue. The ACC often kills the animal instead, while there are often multiple adoption and/or foster offers.
Purpose or General Idea of Bill:
Mandates collaborative working relationships between municipal shelters
and not-for-profit organizations in order to reduce taxpayer costs,
reduce the number of animals killed, and increase local economic activity
ity and tax revenues through spending on adopted animals.
Please co-sponsor and support SARA. Vote YES.
By requiring municipal animal shelters to partner with non-profit rescue organizations, SARA would not only reduce expenses associated with having to care for, then kill and dispose of an animal, but it would transfer expenses from taxpayers to private philanthropy, as rescue groups would assume the cost of animal care and rehabilitation. Under SARA, shelters could also charge adoption fees to rescue groups, thereby bringing in needed revenues.
In addition to being inhumane, it is irresponsible to kill animals in the face of cost-effective alternatives; nor does it make sense that taxpayers are spending money to kill animals, when non-profit organizations are willing and able to save them at private expense.
Similar legislation passed at the state level in California and Delaware, and at the municipal level in Austin, Texas and Muncie, Indiana, saves lives and taxpayers’ money, is consistent with public health and safety, and improves public satisfaction with the job these governments are doing. New York State should join them.
It is not unreasonable, and it should not be a point of controversy to require shelters to notify qualified rescue organizations of all animals being threatened with death, and to give such groups two days to save them, provided an animal is neither dangerous to people, nor irremediably suffering.
For more information about SARA, refer to the Sponsor Memo, or this guide for lawmakers and advocates prepared by the authors of the legislation, the No Kill Advocacy Center: The Animal Rescue Act.
Please support and co-sponsor SARA.
A7155
based on
The Animal Rescue Act
from the
No Kill Advocacy Center
Visit
Main/NYCACC
for more about the killing of Gouda by the ACC.
Visit
Main/NYCACC
for more about the NYC ACC.
Matt Bershadker, CEO ASPCA
For more about troubling issues with the ASPCA visit:
The Kill Pound Lobby
Main/NYCACC
(See: Spay-Neuter-Kill. The killing of Bleu.)
Animal Defenders of Westchester (ADOW)
Call Assembly Member Lupardo
518-455-5431
SARA would win a vote. It’s not right that the will of the people is being suppressed by one committee head!
Tell Lupardo to allow the Committee to vote on SARA!
The ASPCA's Killing
of
Oreo
The ASPCA continues to fight against shelter reform laws to empower rescues.
The Shelter Animal Rescue Act
Silent killing
The Companion Animal Protection Act (CAPA) would end the killing of healthy and treatable animals forever.
Please support and co-sponsor
A7155
Shelter Animal Rescue Act (SARA)
based on
The
Animal Rescue Act
from the
No Kill Advocacy Center
The ASPCA's Killing
of
Oreo
The transparency amendment to qualify non-profit rescue organizations reads as follows: Bowie’s Law California We also have extensive experience in litigating with municipal shelters regarding their failure to comply with California’s Animal Shelter Law, known as the Hayden Act. In fact, I worked closely with Senator Tom Hayden and Assembly Member Tom McClintock, the Senate and Assembly sponsors, to write and pass the original legislation.
Watch:
No Kill 101
Please work with Nathan Winograd of the No Kill Advocacy Center.
shelternotes@outlook.com
Last modified April 2023.