PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Evril Caesar-Mason on Challenges in Animal Rescue and Care
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Evril Caesar-Mason shared her personal experiences with animal rescue and care in New York City, highlighting the challenges faced when trying to help stray animals and access affordable veterinary care. She emphasized the need for better coordination between animal welfare organizations and more accessible, affordable veterinary services.
- Described difficulties in getting help from ACC for trapped stray cats, despite initial assurances
- Highlighted the high costs of veterinary care, citing a $1,046 bill for treating a rescued cat
- Called for more responsive animal welfare organizations and affordable spay/neuter and veterinary services in the area
Evril Caesar-Mason
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Okay.
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Good afternoon.
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Gidi, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to speak today.
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I just wanna talk a bit about my experience as I listened earlier to the the panel from from from ACC.
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I never knew that that was the amount of money that they had, you know, to to to help with animals in December of 2022.
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I bought I bought a 100 a hundred toys, and I took it to the ACC shelter on Linden for the dogs.
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His armadog, you know, armadog lover never had a cat before.
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I took it there and then I inquired because there were some cuts that I was feeding in my yard.
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So I had a conversation.
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I told them about the cuts.
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I said, I feed them, you know, and it was really cold and I asked.
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I said, if I get the cuts trapped, can I bring them in, you know, to get and fakes and stuff like that?
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They told me, yes.
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I got in touch with someone referring to Sassy cats, and she came out right away, and she trapped them.
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And I took them there.
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I took them to ACC.
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I called first, and they they were so the lady said, well, she was so nasty with me on the phone.
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She was like, you can't bring them here.
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We're not gonna take them.
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I said, well, what am I gonna do with them?
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And she just like, oh, just let them go.
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I but we you guys are trying to to, you know, control the population, so at least get them fixed.
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But I was able to get in touch with someone, and I paid the money out of my pocket to get them fixed I picked them up, I said, you know what?
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I'm gonna bring them in the house because it was so cold outside.
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I took them in.
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And there are a lot of the organization I find that when you call, they're not responding, they're not doing anything, I I picked up a kitten that I witnessed a dog, picked up and shook the kitten so bad, broke the kitten back.
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I didn't know what to do.
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I called so many different places.
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I had to take the kitten to the Thank
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you for your testimony.
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It's a big surprise.
Lynn C. Schulman
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We we need you to sum up.
Evril Caesar-Mason
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Yes.
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So what do we really need help?
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Oh, yeah.
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I see the cuts in my area.
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I Stasi is great when I call her whenever she can.
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She come.
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But we really need help with the organization to come out, you know, and lend a hand, and we need more, you know, dependable and affordable state and nurturing credits and and vets.
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We really need help with the vets.
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Because one of the cuts that I took to the vent, the vent was $1046, and I had to pay that off by parking.
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Okay.
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And also, we really need the help out here.
Lynn C. Schulman
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Thank you very much.