Mayor de Blasio’s “Office of Animal Welfare” Lacking Accountability, Follow-through - National Humane Education Society
Paws Down! To New York City’s Office of Animal Welfare, which has made no progress a year later.
December 3, 2020
In October 2019, Mayor de Blasio signed a bill that would require the city to create an Office of Animal Welfare which would oversee and investigate various animal welfare issues throughout the city of New York, according to the New York Daily News this fall. Upon further probing by the bill’s original sponsor, Councilman Justin Brannan, and investigators from the New York Post, it was discovered that nothing had been done for the new department aside from the creation of a basic website. Investigators have even uncovered poor conditions of dog kennels at Brooklyn’s Animal Care Center, according to this recent article by the New York Post.
This unfortunate situation is further evidence that while legislators often have good intentions when it comes to animal welfare issues, it is the still the citizens’ responsibility to hold their government accountable and to demand transparency in their local municipalities, especially when it comes to the care of helpless, abandoned animals.
Take Action: Citizens of New York City, contact Mayor de Blasio’s office and demand accountability and transparency in city agencies. Demand that the Office of Animal Welfare do its job to improve the lives of animals in New York!
Please do more to protect and care for all the homeless, abused, and neglected animals all over the New York city area as well as upstate. Strong protective laws and appropriate law enforcement against all animal abusers will help turn the tide and will show that New Yorkers are caring and compassionate citizens for all creatures. Animal abuse is linked to child abuse and abuse against all law abiding citizens. There should be a legitimate system in place so that all abuse will be decreased and hopefully fully eliminated. Just putting up a website is NOT ENOUGH. I urge those in charge to IMMEDIATELY rectify this problem NOW. Thank you.
Compassion for animals promotes compassion for people.
Especially in this time of the pandemic, it is important to care for animals that may have been abandoned or turned over to shelters because their people are no longer employed and can’t afford them. To abrogate your responsibility to these and all creatures that depend on you is deplorable. Fix it!