PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Latonya "Sassee" Walker, Independent Animal Rescuer from Brooklyn
3:11:47
·
3 min
Latonya "Sassee" Walker, an independent animal rescuer from Brooklyn, shares her experience and challenges in animal rescue work. She emphasizes the need for more support and resources in low-income areas, particularly for spay/neuter services and enforcement of breeding regulations.
- Walker highlights her exhaustion from constant rescue work while maintaining a full-time job
- She calls for increased enforcement of breeding regulations in apartments and stores
- Walker stresses the need for accessible spay/neuter services in her neighborhood
Latonya “Sassee” Walker
3:11:47
Hello.
3:11:48
Hello, everyone.
3:11:48
Hi.
3:11:49
First, I wanna thank you guys so much of having this platform for us to speak.
3:11:54
I've done this before a few years ago.
3:11:56
Nothing came out of it.
3:11:57
And but this feels different.
3:11:59
This feels like you guys are listening, you're asking the right questions, and I just have a really positive feeling about it.
3:12:05
Thank you, and thank god for us all being here healthy.
3:12:07
A big shout out to all the rescuers here that made it.
3:12:10
I know a lot of them, so you're gonna hear some great testimonies.
3:12:12
I want to first say my name is Latanya Sassy Walker, better known as Sassy.
3:12:16
I am a one woman show.
3:12:18
I am in Brooklyn, in Brownsville area.
3:12:21
I'm rescued in Karnarcy in East New York.
3:12:24
They're at lower income.
3:12:25
I'm a night trip resident.
3:12:26
So I see it all.
3:12:27
I get it all, and I feel it all.
3:12:29
I don't have my notes because I'm too busy today.
3:12:32
I had to drop off at that ASPCA.
3:12:34
Yesterday, it was cat cafe, Flatbush cats.
3:12:36
Like, you know, I'm just everyday.
3:12:37
Just and I work a full time job for New York City Healthcare Hospital.
3:12:41
So I work there to support the cats.
3:12:44
Right?
3:12:44
I've found so many checks.
3:12:45
I've been I I was gonna bring you my bag of all the paperwork for just this year alone so you guys could get a kick out of it, but I was rushing, and I forgot it.
3:12:53
So I just wanna say, you know, I'm coming from the heart.
3:12:56
Like, you know, I am the cat person, the dog person, the bird person, the rabbit person.
3:13:02
I am bored every day all day.
3:13:05
I am so exhausted.
3:13:07
I am so exhausted that sometimes I say I am running and leaving.
3:13:11
I am leaving New York.
3:13:12
I speak to people all over the world.
3:13:14
They have free Spain noodles.
3:13:15
They don't go to all of this.
3:13:16
It's like, why do I have to Look, I don't even have my nails done.
3:13:19
I don't dress up.
3:13:20
I don't go nowhere.
3:13:21
You know?
3:13:22
All I do is cats.
3:13:24
Cats, people be like, what's your word?
3:13:25
Like, cat food.
3:13:26
Cat food.
3:13:26
Anything.
3:13:27
You know?
3:13:27
And it's like I want a little bit of a life.
3:13:30
I would love a little bit.
3:13:31
Just a little bit of me time.
3:13:33
Go to the gym.
3:13:34
Just do something nice.
3:13:35
So this is all I do.
3:13:36
And I'm also the feeder.
3:13:37
I have to help 20, 30, 40 people who feed.
3:13:40
The elderly are my specialty.
3:13:42
They call me for everything.
3:13:43
I would never tell them no.
3:13:44
I will drop whatever I'm doing.
3:13:45
Give them my last.
3:13:46
I also help the straight population.
3:13:49
You know?
3:13:49
So I'm gonna sum it up and say what?
3:13:51
The solutions for me would be for nature.
3:13:53
I would like for them to start going to the apartments and seeing what is being done with these dogs, and the breeding is out of control.
3:13:59
You have to go into the apartments and see what's going on because it is ridiculous.
3:14:03
I am dealing with the dog because out of control.
3:14:06
Also, I would like to see the Department of Health.
3:14:09
I used to the stores used to let me fix the cats.
3:14:11
Now they all breeding and selling the kittens.
3:14:13
Department of Health used to come to the stores.
3:14:15
They used to give their tickets.
3:14:16
Now no one wants me to even fix the cats.
3:14:18
They gotta get back on board with that.
3:14:20
I've called millions of times.
3:14:21
Animal cruelty department.
3:14:23
I called them all the time.
3:14:24
I got all their numbers.
3:14:25
I'm not seeing chain.
3:14:26
I need more help from them as well.
3:14:27
ACC has always helped me from the beginning.
3:14:30
I've been doing this since 2011.
3:14:31
ASPCA, they help me.
3:14:33
They do the best they can do.
3:14:34
We all do.
3:14:34
We're to the max.
3:14:35
We're maxed out.
3:14:36
So I just wanna say that.
3:14:38
And thank you, and I look forward to free spade noodle in my hood because they can they not go on the cat cafe, and they not go on the flatbush cat's way I live at.
3:14:46
You gotta put it in front of their door so they can walk right out and say here, fix my bed.
3:14:50
So yeah.
3:14:50
So Right.
Evril Caesar-Mason
3:14:51
Thank you.