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September 16, 2014 Sophie Weiner

In January, the NYPD took over responsibility for animal cruelty cases from the ASPCA, allowing the latter to focus more on direct care and less on enforcement. This reorgonzation has led to a “record breaking” number of rescues and prosecutions against sadistic assholes. Additionally, the new police unit has been investigating the link between animal […]

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June 9, 2014 Marina Galperina

The one-year-old cat who was viciously kicked by terrible person Andre Robinson, has been taken to a new home just hours after being put up for adoption by the ASPCA. It took sixteen people hours of searching for the injured cat before he was brought into the ASPCA Animal Hospital for emergency veterinary care on May 6. “We are […]

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February 20, 2014 Andy Cush

Police commissioner Bill Bratton announced this week that the NYPD will begin enforcing rules to ensure horse-and-carriage rides are done in as humane a fashion as possible. Previously, that duty was held by the ASPCA. According to CBS, cops will conduct stable inspections and are “trying to figure out how police will enforce rules banning […]

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August 20, 2013 Kyle Chayka

Cats have been making more and more appearances within the art world lately — from commissioned royal cat portraits to an entire exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and at White Columns gallery, where cats were offered for rescue, and that’s just within the past few months! And now, the ASPCA and Fresh Step have partnered up to create […]

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February 8, 2013 Andy Cush

The ASPCA and Downtown Brooklyn’s One Love Animal Hospital will be hosting an event this weekend in which 30 straight-up adorable cats–all of which were rescued from a hoarder in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy–will be placed up for adoption, with all fees waived. Great, you love cats! You voted for one, didn’t you? That’s […]

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