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Examination of agency relationships with rescuers and TNR involvement

1:35:19

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Council Member Ariola questions agency representatives about their relationships with rescue organizations and their involvement in trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs.

  • The Office of Animal Welfare collaborates with individual rescuers and rescue organizations on various issues
  • ACC works with rescue organizations that pull animals from their shelters, providing spay/neuter services and medical care
  • ACC's involvement in TNR is limited and not part of their primary funding from the city
  • Concerns raised about affordability of spay/neuter services for rescue organizations
Joann Ariola
1:35:19
Okay.
1:35:20
That would be great.
1:35:21
When you say you have a relationship with rescuers, especially even the NICA housing, how does that how do you make that contract How do you contract with that rescue service?
1:35:31
And I'd like to know who it is.
Alexandra Silver
1:35:34
I think I mentioned that I'm sorry.
1:35:36
Let me I'll write my notes.
1:35:38
Yeah.
1:35:38
So I mentioned that well, there's there's 2 different things.
1:35:41
One is the Office of Animal Welfare is frequently contacted by and in touch with individual rescuers and rescue organizations, and China collaborate with them in agency.
1:35:50
So for example, sometimes there have been rescuers who have been working in part of the city where they need access to a city controlled site.
1:35:56
Right?
1:35:56
So I'll work with the agency to try to figure out, can we get access what what's needed to resolve this.
1:36:03
So there's that kind of coordination with NICEA, it's different.
1:36:05
NICEA on its on its own, and I I don't wanna speak for them, so we'll have to get back and follow-up with any specific questions.
1:36:11
But they have contract that it went again, it went through night shift, not through the Oxford And Welfare, to contract with a well known animal rescue organization to do TNR.
1:36:23
And I I think that's actually, you know, as we talk about support for rescuers, I think that's a very promising model.
1:36:28
So I'm happy to speak further.
1:36:30
You know, we can with Nitro with you and figure something out.
Joann Ariola
1:36:33
Alright.
1:36:33
You also mentioned with ACC that you don't really do a lot of trap do to earn the lease.
1:36:39
Right?
1:36:39
But the people in this room do.
1:36:41
And they oftentimes have a problem because they cannot afford.
1:36:45
So you say that that you you provide, especially at the 1 in Queen's, affordable neutering in Spain.
1:36:52
What is considered affordable?
1:36:56
And how do they qualify?
1:36:57
You said it it goes it depends on income.
1:37:00
When you're talking about rescuers that are coming in, so that's that's me.
1:37:03
If I have a pet and I wanna have the pet new dirt or spade, and then you look at my income and then I'm charged accordingly.
1:37:09
What about the rescue organizations?
1:37:11
The rescue organizations that are working on a bare minimum?
1:37:15
How would that be treated?
Risa Weinstock
1:37:17
The rescue organizations that we work with who pull animals from ACC are getting spey and neuter and vaccines and medical exams.
1:37:28
The rescuers that need the help in terms of trapped new to return, ACC doesn't have the it's not in our contract to trap cats.
1:37:39
And to then put them back in the community.
1:37:42
We do work with community rescue groups.
1:37:44
We have a community cat program that is similar in that they have the ownership of those cats, and we have actually done Spay Nuda on a limited basis, not to the extent of a robust TNR program, but that is not part of our funding with the city of New York.
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