January 22, 2011 We’ve been undermined.  And we can’t be silent about it. Christine Quinn, the Speaker of the NYC Council who has blocked every meaningful animal protection bill introduced since 2006, has co-opted one of our own groups, NY-CLASS, to both work against us and build support for her in the animal advocacy community. She’s [...]

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On January 18, 2011, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn pushed a bill through the City Council that makes it illegal for NYers to tie up their dogs more than 3 hours. On its surface, this law sounds like a godsend for dogs because chaining is unspeakably cruel. But if you scratch the surface, you’ll see [...]

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At a public hearing on April 27th, 2010, Mayor Bloomberg justified his support of the bill to protect and strengthen NYC’s horse-drawn carriage trade by stating that the ASPCA believes the industry is humane: Why does the ASPCA protect the horse-drawn carriage trade by allowing lawmakers, carriage operators and even a Franciscan monk to (falsely) suggest [...]

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