Please encourage the Archdiocese to let this managed colony stay! Thank you so much for taking the time to write on behalf of the feral cats at St. James’s Church. Your e-mails alone are 700+ in number so far, and we know your voices have been heard through phone calls also! Please continue your phone calls and e-mails to the …
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Church Groundskeeper Threatens Poisoning as Next Step New York, NY – Monday, March 19, 2012 – The small colony of eight feral cats has not been fed for almost two weeks at historic St. James Church in lower Manhattan. Father Lino Gonsalves and Father Walter Tonelotto have locked out caretakers there in an effort to starve the cats off church …
For those of you who have been following reports about last week’s suicide of actor Nick Santino after having his dog, Rocco, euthanized on Nick’s 47th birthday in reaction to alleged harassment by building management following the enactment of strict new dog regulations in his Upper West Side condo apartment building, we offer the following information. Animal Farm Foundation …
Efforts in New York City to create safe havens for victims of domestic violence and their pets was the subject of a New York Daily News article published on Saturday, January 28. According to the article, prepared by Daily News reporter Amy Sacks, nearly 85 percent of women who enter domestic abuse shelters report that their batterers had threatened, injured, …
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There seems to be some confusion about Local Law 59 (formerly Intro 655) and Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). We hope the following clarifies some of the issues. The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals has been a supporter of TNR in NYC for many years and has poured considerable resources into the New York City Feral Cat Initiative (NYCFCI) in the form of …