The Shelter Access bill will provide a framework for shelters and qualified rescues to work together.
As it always has,
the Shelter Access bill would require shelters to contact all eligible rescues on the list prior to euthanasia of an animal in an effort to try to find a placement for the animal.
The Paulin
Shelter Access bill will make sure all shelters work with rescues and at the same time that animals will be safe and provided with adequate care.
The Shelter Access bill also clarifies the time frames when shelters must act.
The Shelter Access bill clarifies rescuers are free to complain about conditions in the shelter or anything else really as long as they don't disrupt or interfere with lawful operations.
Rescues have enforceable rights of access under
the Shelter Access bill.
The amendments clarify that
the Shelter Access bill is indeed a mandate for shelters, that shelters must maintain a list of qualified rescues that they must contact and work with in trying to place animals that would otherwise be euthanized.
The Shelter Access bill sets up the framework to require access for them to do that, without compromising the responsibilities of a shelter to the public or jeopardizing the health and safety of animals.
The Shelter Access bill has always required shelters to make the list of rescues public and provide in writing the specific reasons, including a description of any act or omissions, as to why the rescue is not eligible for the list.
The New York
Shelter Access bill provides a strong framework that will require shelters and rescues to cooperate in saving lives.
New York Assembly Member Amy Paulin has re-introduced as a stand alone bill provisions from last session's
shelter access bill that would help owners find lost pets.
Not exact matches
Cuomo is pursuing a resolution to an impasse with New York City Mayor
Bill de Blasio in the city's attempt to secure
access to state funds to launch a new program to help the homeless move out of
shelters.
Mayor
Bill de Blasio celebrated the passage of three City Council
bills increasing
access to tampons and pads in schools, jails and
shelters with a Tuesday signing ceremony and press conference.
UPDATED New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pursuing a resolution to an impasse with New York City Mayor
Bill de Blasio in the city's attempt to secure
access to state funds to launch a new program to help the homeless move out of
shelters, an aide to the governor said Wednesday.
For example, California has perhaps the most extensive and productive network of rescue organizations in the country, supported by provisions of the 1997 Hayden
Bill that mandated
shelter access and extended hold times for strays, but it has a weak network of low - cost or free spay / neuter services.
For more on a New York
bill sponsored by Assembly Member Amy Paulin and Sen. Greg Ball, that would require animal
shelters to allow rescuers
access to save animals from euthanasia.
This
bill will help protect victims of domestic violence from emotional and psychological trauma caused by acts of violence or threats of violence against their pets by establishing a federal grant program to help ensure that domestic violence survivors have
access to safe
shelters for their pets.
Because the focus of the
bill should be
shelter access, the
bill no longer makes any attempt to amend the section of the code that addresses when euthanasia should be performed during the hold period.
Bills, A. 5449 - C sponsored by Assembly member Amy Paulin and A. 7312 - C introduced by Assembly member Micah Kellner have been filed in New York «s legislature to mandate rescue
access to public
shelters.
This purpose of this
bill is simply
shelter access.