Category Archives: Notes From the Underground

NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND Volume 13 – An ACC Employee Speaks Out

Posted on May 3, 2012

INTRODUCTION Shelter Reform Action Committee is proud to publish a report by an ACC employee. We cannot reveal the employee’s name, of course, because that would be the end of his/her employment at the ACC. ACC Management will fire any employee with … Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Volume 12 – A Volunteer’s Journey: Volunteering

Posted on April 5, 2012

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 volunteer of his/her experiences in the Manhattan … Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Volume 11 – Report by a Transport Volunteer

Posted on March 23, 2012

This is a report by a person who volunteers for a rescue group that pulls animals from the ACC. Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground -Volume 10- A Volunteer’s Journey: Interview to training

Posted on February 18, 2012

Here’s the Applicant-Volunteer’s second installment, reporting on the Interview to Shelter In House Training. Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Volume 9 – A Volunteer’s Journey: Starting with Orientation

Posted on January 22, 2012

Here’s the Applicant-Volunteer’s first installment, reporting on the ACC’s January 18th Volunteer Orientation meeting. Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Volume 8

Posted on January 13, 2012

This report is by a person who recently adopted a cat from the ACC’s Manhattan shelter.
My husband and I had just lost a pet to an illness, and were anxious to find a new friend for our cat at home. Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Volume 7

Posted on January 10, 2012

STATEMENT BY FOSTER NO.1:
The rescuer had warned me that cats would arrive with upper respiratory infections (URI) they had caught at the ACC. So, I was prepared. Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Volume 6

Posted on January 2, 2012

STATEMENT BY VOLUNTEER NO. 4:
A Day in Mid-December 2011 Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Volume 5

Posted on December 27, 2011

The following is a report from a member of the public who visited the Manhattan shelter two weekends in a row this month.
Saturday Dec. 17, 2011 and Friday, December 23, 2011 Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Volume 4

Posted on November 23, 2011

STATEMENT BY VOLUNTEER NO. 3:
November 23, 2011
It’s the evening before Thanksgiving.
NYC’s Animals Care & Control will be closed tomorrow and Friday. Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Volume 3

Posted on November 21, 2011

STATEMENT BY VOLUNTEER NO. 2:
I’m an ACC volunteer.
I get a knot in my stomach every time I’m on my way to the shelter. Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Volume 2

Posted on November 10, 2011

REPORT FROM A CAT RESCUER
I’m a cat rescuer.
I pull cats from Animal Care & Control.
In October a litter of kittens appeared on the ACC’s nightly euthanasia list for “ILLNESS.” Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Volume 1

Posted on October 31, 2011

STATEMENT BY VOLUNTEER NO. 1:
I volunteer at the Manhattan shelter on weekends, sometimes Saturdays, sometimes Sundays. Sundays are the worse Continue reading →

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Notes From The Underground – Introduction

Posted on October 30, 2011

Animal Care & Control will not allow its employees, volunteers and rescuers to make public statements about the ACC that could be construed as putting it in a “negative light”. Telling the truth about the ACC clearly would put it … Continue reading →