TESTIMONY
Allie Taylor, President of Voters for Animal Rights, on the Legacy of Paul Vallone's Advocacy for Homeless Animals and Animal Shelters in NYC
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Allie Taylor, President of Voters for Animal Rights, testifies on the impact of council member Paul Vallone's work on animal welfare, emphasizing the establishment of full-service animal shelters in every borough, especially Queens and the Bronx.
- Taylor honors the memory of Paul Vallone, highlighting his advocacy for homeless animals and the people who care for them.
- Vallone's legislation led to the construction of full-service animal shelters in Queens and the Bronx, offering various essential services.
- Taylor shares personal anecdotes of Vallone's commitment to animal welfare, including rescuing a stray cat.
- The testimony ends with a thank you for naming the Paul Vallone Queen's Animal Care Center in honor of Vallone's contributions to animal welfare.
Allie Taylor
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Thank you, and good morning, everybody.
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Thank you to speaker Adams for introducing this bill, and thank you to health committee chairperson Schulman and the health committee for the opportunity to honor the memory of counsel member Paul Malone.
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My name is Allie Taylor, and I'm the president of voters for animal rights here in New York city.
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This legislation is such a fitting way to ensure that Paul Malone's legacy and spirit of advocating for homeless animals and the people who care for them will live on forever.
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I will never forget that day in June of 2018 when Paul's bill passed to mandating full service animal shelters be built in every borough, which was incredibly needed considering that Queens and the Bronx had no full service animal shelter at all.
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Council member of the loan fought for over a decade to make this happen alongside his brother.
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And now thanks to him, Queens and the Bronx will finally have equal access to an adoption center, low cost vet care, humane education, dog training, a pet food pantry, a lost and found, and a surrender prevention counseling unit.
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I have many fond memories, one of which was getting a call from Paul when he found a stray, orange cat in his neighborhood.
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And he didn't hesitate to drop everything he was doing and bring the cat indoors.
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Whether it was shelter pets, wildlife horses, or animals in the circus, Paul unapologetically stood up for the animals and never backed down even when he was challenged by those who couldn't understand why there was such a need to protect our city's animals.
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As a trap newter release cat rescue or myself, I know the difficulties at wreck fewer's face.
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So I can't stress enough how impactful the opening of the Bronx And Queens Animal shelters will be for generations to come.
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Thanks to the work of Paul Malone.
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In on behalf of the cat rescue community, thank you for honoring his memory.
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Through the official naming of the Paul Avolon Queen's Animal Care Center.
