Brooklyn, NY: ACC Protest & Press Conference this Sun., Apr. 26

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PLEASE, ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO CAN TAKE ACTION AND/OR ATTEND THE PROTEST AND PRESS CONFERENCE, DO IT...AND STAND UP FOR THE ANIMALS SO THE ATROCITIES AT ACC WILL STOP PRONTO!

 

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infoDate: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:54:07 -0300ACC Protest and Press Conference at City Hall this Sunday. Council Member Tony Avella to speak

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NYC area animal loving citizens, New Hope Partners and Mayor’s Alliance Groups,Please join us as we voice our opposition to continuing the City contract with Animal Care & Control (ACC) unless the disinterested and inexperienced Board of Directors including Executive Director, Charlene Pedrolie, are replaced with forward thinking, humane shelter professionals and animal rights advocates!Sunday, April 26On the Steps of City HallNoon to 2pm

Council Member Tony Avella will hold a press conference at that time.

 

Please bring your rescued dog with you if possible.New York City Hall is located at the center of City Hall Park of Lower Manhattan between Broadway, Park Row and Chambers Street.

In October of 07, the Board of Directors of ACC hired Charlene Pedrolie, a business woman with not a shred of shelter or medical experience to run ACC. The Board has inexplicitly stood by and watched as mass resignations of key personnel and firings of long term, dedicated employees and volunteers have decimated the ACC into the nearly unrecognizable entity it is today.

 

Despite recent ACC press releases claiming that euthanasia is down, the fact is, the ACC is contracted to kill animals and is also responsible for finding homes for them. This conflict of interest has resulted in the dishonest reclassification of countless thousands of animals from adoptable to unadoptable for reasons of sickness and temperament. More often then not sickness overtakes the animals in a matter of days and sometimes hours (Strep Zoo Oubreak) as they wait in unsanitary conditions. Witnesses have watched as Temper Tests are deliberately set up to fail terrified animals. Inexperienced, uncaring and untrained ACC staff bungling has resulted in an avalanche of

documentation to the office of Council Member Tony Avella. E-mails and phone calls have outlined the worst cases of accidental death, negligence and abuse. Just last week Mr. Avella announced his office is seeking to obtain all records regarding euthanizations, length of stay for animals brought into ACC, physical examination, as well as records concerning owner notification. This was in response to the case of Angel the Collie who was illegally euthanized a mere 4 hours after admittance into the system despite a 72 hour

stray hold mandated by New York City law.

 

A number of ways exist to improve New York City's animal control system. Read more from the NYC Bar Association Committee on Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals.The AC & C contract is up on June 30, 2009. We believe this leaves plenty of time to search for people who are fit for the job. Laurie BleierDirector Brooklyn Animal Foster Networkinfo

 

Who to call and email:

 

Thomas Frieden, M.D.Commissioner NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygene who runs ACC.tfriedenWork: 212-788-5261Work fax: 212-964-0472From the Board of Directors of NYCACCThomas FriedentfriedenCHAIRMAN Bruce Doniger Hedgefund traderbbdoniger 212 888-5151Treasurer Dr. Jay KuhlmansjkuhlmanVeterinarian37 E 19th StNew York, NY 10003(212) 477-4080 Patrick Nolan of Penguin Bookspatrick.nolan

 

 

 

Mayor Michael R. BloombergCity HallNew York, NY 10007PHONE 311 (or 212-NEW-YORK outside NYC)FAX (212) 312-0700E-MAIL:http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html

 

 

Petition to remove the Board of Directors of Animal Care & Control:

 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/22/a-petition-to-replace-the-current-board-of-directors-of-nycacc

 

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