On Wednesday, the NYS Assembly Agriculture Committee will take up
Assembly Bill A05449A by Amy Paulin. A05449A is an ASPCA-written bill that seeks to undermine support for true shelter reform and true shelter access, a rival to
Assembly Bill A07312, the Companion Animal Access & Rescue Act (CAARA) by Assembly Member Micah Kellner. If this bill passes, shelters will be granted the legal authority to refuse rescue groups for arbitrary reasons, such as the rescue group is in a neighboring county, or the rescue group criticized the shelter for poor, abusive or neglectful conditions. In addition, it eliminates the holding period for scared cats, feral cats, shy dogs, and traumatized animals by granting shelters the legal authority to kill animals for being in “psychological pain” immediately on intake. They could be killed within a minute of arrival. With this bill, the ASPCA is trying to not only stop rescue access, but to erode what few protections animals in shelters already have.
The vote is Wednesday and it is expected to pass. WE MUST NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. TAKE ACTION NOW! Alert #1 of 4:
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