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New York City’s Animal Care Centers keeps adoptable dogs drugged-up and in squalid conditions – only to then “mercilessly” kill them – while the agency uses half of its profits on salaries instead of on canine welfare, a new federal lawsuit alleges.
The poor living conditions the pooches are subjected to mean there is “rampant pneumonia” at the shelters, where dogs “are sedated with anti-depressant Trazodone indefinitely,” the suit claims, citing the findings of audits conducted by the city comptroller’s office in 2015 and 2020. ACC President Risa Weinstock and other management rent an “expensive Park Avenue office” – but could be renting in cheaper boroughs and using the savings “for the welfare of animals rather than the posh lifestyle of the employees,” the filing alleges.
Home Stretch then suffered “reputational and monetary losses” since the ban was public and they were removed from ACC’s list of partners “making it appear unworthy as a rescue when it was not,” the suit claims. The city comptroller’s office found serious issues with the conditions at ACC and with how they spent their money in a 2015 audit.
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