REMARKS
Recognition of rescue organizations and their challenges
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Council Member Schulman acknowledges the numerous rescue organizations and independent rescuers in New York City, emphasizing their invaluable contributions and the challenges they face.
- Recognition of various rescue organizations and independent rescuers
- Highlight of organizations working with feral cat populations
- Challenges faced by rescuers, including lack of resources and funding
- Critical need for access to low-cost and high-volume spay/neuter services
Lynn C. Schulman
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ACC is not the only organization doing this valuable work.
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I wanna thank the numerous rescue organizations and independent rescuers throughout the city who dedicate their time and resources to this issue.
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Including the organizations that I have visited over the past few weeks.
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It is vital that we recognize all their invaluable contributions and explore how the city and ACC can support them better.
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This is especially true for those who volunteer their time and energy to helping the half a 1,000,000 feral cats estimated to be living on the streets and in feral cat colonies around the city.
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These rescuers face substantial challenges that lack adequate resources funding and most critically access to low cost and high volume spanned new to services, which is very necessary to make a meaningful impact on stabilizing the feral cat population.
