| Shelter Reform Action Committee (SRAC) ShelterReform.org: Everything you ever wanted to know about the AC&C, but were afraid to ask. |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
A Thumbnail History of the NYC Shelter System For the first time in its history, in 1977 the ASPCA turned to the City to fund it for caring for the City’s homeless and abandoned animals. It was a pact made with the Devil. The Mayor appointed the Department of Health (DOH) to set the ASPCA’s annual budget. The DOH did so, without regard to what was actually needed. From that point forward, the DOH has always cynically under funded animal shelter services. In 1995, the ASPCA walked away from its contract with the City. To ensure that no other organization could leave the City in the lurch again, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s office formed “The Center for Animal Care and Control” (CACC, later shortened to AC&C) to take over the City’s animal shelter system. The template for dysfunction was set. The DOH continued its disgraceful stewardship of the AC&C, even though the DOH’s mandate (to ensure people’s health) is in direct conflict with that of an animal shelter (to ensure companion animals’ health). Instead of appointing experienced professionals, city officials with no experience or knowledge in animal care were appointed to run these shelters. The Village Voice called AC&C "The cruelest animal rescue system in the country.” That same year, the SRAC was created to serve as watchdog over the DOH’s domination of the AC&C and to advocate for a total reform of the City’s animal shelter system. FOR THE FULL HISTORY OF THE NYC SHELTER SYSTEM, CLICK HERE. What is happening now at the AC&C
Problems that still persist: Without proper funding and buildings, the AC&C is unable to provide Professional Behavior Evaluations and Disease Control. Read more about what is happening at the AC&C: Get the latest news |
Why Remove The Mayor/DOH From Control Over The AC&C? Get all the information here |
| |||||||||||||||||
| Click HERE to see just a handful of the thousands of animals the AC&C euthanizes every year because of lack of space or the animals caught colds at the shelter. |
Shelter Reform Action Committee (SRAC) on Facebook
Read about the AC&C's New Volunteer Program.
Click Here
Julie Bank is the new AC&C Executive Director (she’s the
8th in as many years). We’ve already written about the
abysmal shelters conditions that greeted her when she
arrived in early April 2010. Read how she cannot
succeed in transforming the AC&C … without the help of
people like you.
Read More
Click Here
Julie Bank is the new AC&C Executive Director (she’s the
8th in as many years). We’ve already written about the
abysmal shelters conditions that greeted her when she
arrived in early April 2010. Read how she cannot
succeed in transforming the AC&C … without the help of
people like you.
Read More
SRAC asks the ASPCA to help NYC animals
Click here to read the correspondence between Shelter Reform and the
ASPCA Board. To date, members and officers of the ASPCA Board have not
agreed to help the AC&C by using their individual influence and connections.
****
In contrast to the ASPCA members who are chosen for their allegiance to the
ASPCA's goals, AC&C Board members are chosen for their willingness to
serve theCity’s Department of Health (DOH) and the Mayor. They have no
loyalty to or concern for the AC&C and its animals. Read about the current
roster of Directors by clicking here and why we encourage you to demand their
resignation. The AC&C deserves a Board as qualified and committed as
those who serve the ASPCA.
There’s a groundswell of anger about conditions at the AC&C.
For example, Nathan Winograd, a controversial leader in the no-kill movement,
recently focused his attention on the AC&C. Read his article. New
organizations and Facebook Discussion Groups are shining a spotlight how
AC&C animals suffer. See, e.g., No Kill-NY, NYCSunlight at nycsunlight.
blogspot.com, and “New Yorkers Fed Up with the AC&C” (NYFUACC) on
| The AC&C now claims it no longer euthanizes animals because of lack of space. Read about the politics and money behind this imaginary feat. |