Re: FL: NOW!!!! Petition-remove MDAS director HORRIBLE ENVIRONMENT || Petition: Support Rep. Nadler: Protect Cats from Elective Declawing || NY: Setting the record straight! PS SHARE WIDELY
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In a message dated 1/19/2026 4:45:06 PM US Eastern Standard Time, zpe...@twcmetrobiz.com writes:
- FL: NOW!!!! Petition-remove MDAS director HORRIBLE ENVIRONMENT PLS READ & SIGN
- Nationwide: Petition: Support Rep. Nadler: Protect Cats from Elective Declawing
- NY: Setting the record straight/Mamdani’s NYC DOH ACC Starts '26 With Medical Torture Killing
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Petition-remove MDAS director HORRIBLE ENVIRONMENT PLS READ & SIGN PS SHARE WIDELY
Compassion is not enough, you must act!
Jody Schenk Duarte
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From: Mitch w/ Animal Commons <in...@animalcommons.com>
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Subject: Sign the Petition: Support Rep. Nadler's Resolution to Protect Cats from Elective Declawing – to be a nation-wide law!!!
Support Rep. Nadler: Protect Cats from Elective Declawing
Declawing is often described as a simple fix for scratched furniture—but the truth is far more disturbing. Elective cat declawing isn’t a nail trim. It’s an amputation, removing the last bone of each toe and permanently altering how a cat walks, balances, and defends itself. When this surgery is performed for convenience instead of medical necessity, it forces animals to endure pain and long-term harm for the sake of human preference. That’s why we’re urging you to support Rep. Jerrold Nadler’s resolution opposing elective cat declawing and take a clear stand for humane treatment of companion animals.
Cats aren’t decorations. They’re family. Yet in the United States, cats are still subjected to elective declawing—a painful, permanent surgery often done for human convenience, not medical need. Declawing isn’t a simple grooming procedure. It is an amputation that removes the last bone of each toe, leaving many cats with lifelong physical and emotional consequences.Declawing can cause chronic pain, nerve damage, infection, mobility problems, and lasting behavioral changes. Many declawed cats struggle with litter box use because stepping on litter can hurt. Others become fearful or defensive, resorting to biting because their natural protection has been taken away. This is not responsible pet ownership—it’s preventable suffering.
We know what works instead. There are simple, humane alternatives that protect both cats and households: scratching posts, nail trims, soft nail caps, behavior support, and education for pet guardians. These solutions don’t involve cutting off part of an animal’s body.
Across the country, cities, states, veterinarians, and animal welfare advocates are recognizing what should be obvious: elective declawing is cruelty, not care. Rep. Nadler’s resolution sends a vital message that cats deserve compassion—and that the U.S. should catch up with modern animal welfare standards.
Congress should use its platform to discourage this harmful practice and encourage humane, science-based treatment of cats.
We call on every member of the U.S. House to support Rep. Nadler’s resolution opposing elective declawing and help end this unnecessary cruelty once and for all.
Thank you for all that you do,
Mitch w/ Animal Commons
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Congressman Jerry Nadler | Nadler Introduces Resolution Opposing Elective Cat Declawing
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A number of people have reacted to the posting re Mamdani, on the recent NY Scoop (scroll down), with which I generally agree.
He is a really clever politician…the smile, the “to do list”, etc - which appeal to all kinds of voters. I am not a Mamdani supporter for a number of reasons…however, giving him and his wife their due I would not want to spread any false information and would ask that others do the same…so please see the following. This does not mean, of course, that he will be doing anything meaningful re the carriage horse ban or make any attempts to fix the shameful situation in our failed animal shelter system! We will have to wait and see…zp
Rama Duwaji, wife of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, wore a distinctive brown coat with faux fur cuffs and trim at his public inauguration ceremony on January 1, 2026, designed by Cynthia Merhej of Renaissance Renaissance, making a notable statement with Middle Eastern design and sustainable fashion.
Details of the Coat
- Designer: Cynthia Merhej (Palestinian-Lebanese)
- Brand: Renaissance Renaissance
- Material: Wool with faux fur trim
- Style: A brown, funnel-neck, princess-line coat with a tiered fringe and fur at the cuffs and hem, adapted from the brand's Autumn/Winter 2023 collection.
However, neither Mayor Zohran Mamdani nor his wife, Rama Duwaji, are vegetarian or vegan.
Mayor Mamdani is a noted food enthusiast who eats a variety of cuisines, including meat and seafood dishes. He has been documented eating the following:
- Chicken (chicken roast, chili chicken, chicken biryani).
- Lamb (lamb adana).
- Seafood (fish, salmon).
- Various other foods including egg and cheese sandwiches, aloo (potato) bortha, tingmo bread, aloo dum, momos, and more.
While he is a regular at some plant-based establishments, such as Urban Vegan Roots, his diet is not exclusively plant-based.
His wife, Rama Duwaji, also eats meat. News sources and social media posts mention her eating shawarma and an individual on a public forum noted she wore a fur coat at their wedding events, which indicates she is not a vegetarian or vegan
Also, n.b. - Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, wore a dark fur coat over her wedding dress during their civil ceremony events in February 2025.
Key details about her attire include:
- The coat She wore a dark (described as brown or black in different sources) fur coat, which some sources indicate was a full-length faux fur or textured coat, layered over her dress for warmth and style as they moved outdoors in New York City's winter weather.
- The dress For the ceremony itself, she wore a white, spaghetti-sleeved lace dress that stopped just below her knee.
- The event The outfit was part of their intimate civil wedding ceremony at the NYC City Clerk's office, not the later public inauguration ceremony where she wore a different custom brown faux-fur trimmed coat.
- Context The wedding photos, which featured the couple riding the subway and walking around the city, went viral online and drew attention for their casual, "vintage" and "funky" style, which included the fur coat.
It is unlikely that Zohran Mamdani's religious beliefs as a Muslim would absolutely prohibit him or his family from ever having a dog. While the issue of dogs in Islam has various interpretations, recent information indicates Zohran Mamdani is open to pets and has even interacted with dogs.Religious Context
- Varying Interpretations: In Islam, there are different scholarly opinions regarding dogs. The primary concern in many schools of thought is ritual purity (dogs' saliva is often considered najis, or unclean), which leads many Muslims to avoid keeping dogs inside their homes as pets.
- Working Animals are Permitted: Most interpretations allow dogs for specific purposes like hunting, herding, or security, as mentioned in both the Quran and Hadith literature.
- Personal Choice: Ultimately, the decision to own a pet dog can come down to an individual's personal interpretation, cultural background, and preference.
Mamdani's Stance and Actions
- Openness to Pets: Zohran Mamdani has stated that he and his wife hope to get a pet, specifically mentioning a cat (though he is currently allergic and is getting shots). He has not explicitly ruled out a dog based on religion.
- Interaction with Dogs: Social media posts and articles from his mayoral campaign show him interacting with and petting dogs at public events, suggesting he does not have a strict personal aversion. He has also posted about an honorary NYC Dog Mayor on his Instagram.
- Focus on Animal Welfare: Zohran Mamdani has received endorsements from animal rights groups, indicating a general support for animal welfare.
Therefore, any decision regarding pet ownership would likely be a personal one for the Mamdani family, rather than a strict religious prohibition.
On Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 04:42:26 PM EST, <zpe...@twcmetrobiz.com> wrote:
Mamdani’s NYC DOH ACC Starts '26 With Medical Torture Killing
Meanwhile, a lawmaker who could stop cat and dog culling statewide, but won't, will waste space in Albany for another year.
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The Scoop New York is a website and newsletter covering the movement for a true no-kill New York State, from BUF to BK. NYC ACC KILLS, published by TSNY, enumerates and memorializes adoptable cats and dogs who were exterminated by Animal Care Centers of New York City.
Mamdani’s NYC DOH ACC Starts '26 With Medical Torture Killing
Meanwhile, a lawmaker who could stop cat and dog culling statewide, but won't, will waste space in Albany for another year.
Jan 10
Clockwise from top left: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, New York Assembly Member Donna Lupardo, New York Senator Michelle Hinchey, and NYC DOH Acting Commissioner Michelle Morse. Photo illustration: The Scoop New York
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It’s January 10, 2026. This is The Weekly Poop.
This week, New York Assembly Member Donna Lupardo announced she will not run for another term this year.
As regular TSNY readers know, Lupardo chairs the Assembly agriculture committee, which along with the Senate ag committee determines the fate of almost every companion animal-related bill in Albany. A Democrat based in Binghamton, Lupardo is known to New Yorkers as perhaps the single biggest obstacle to animal-friendly legislation in the state.
Biggest obstacle perhaps runner-up? Michelle Hinchey, Democrat from Kingston and Lupardo’s counterpart in the New York Senate.
Lupardo and Hinchey’s most consequential dereliction of duty in the companion animal space is joint opposition to the Shelter Animal Rescue Act, which would require New York kill pounds to offer death row cats and dogs to qualified rescues, rather than exterminating them.
SARA is revenue-neutral — it would cost taxpayers $0 — and should have been a slam dunk when it was introduced in 2021. It died because, rather than listen to New Yorkers who devote their wallets, purses and pocketbooks, along with most of their waking hours, to saving animals from kill pounds, Lupardo and Hinchey et al. obeyed the pounds and their enablers, all of whom have a personal interest in maintaining the status quo.
SARA opponents include the “shelter” personnel lobbyists/lawmaker patrons at New York State Animal Protection Federation and, naturally, the long-conners at ASPCA and Humane Society of the United States, which now calls itself “Humane World for Animals,” ‘cuz you gotta diversify these days and those high six- to seven-figure C-suite salaries and phat retirement plans and other gold-plated bennies ain’t gonna fund themselves now are they.
Lupardo will be shuffling papers in Albany for another year. Meantime, thanks to Lupardo & Hinchey’s refusal to support SARA, The Greatest Kill Pound in the World has the all-clear to abuse and torture and exterminate as many cats and dogs as necessary to satisfy the quota they set for themselves to avoid doing their actual jobs, insulated all the while by lies fed to New Yorkers via complicit media.
Ten days into his term, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has yet to name his health commissioner, a curious development that temp commish Dr. Michelle Morse — to the extent she thinks about ACC at all — must figure is unrelated to the ongoing scandal that is the abattoir she supervises, since her ACC goon squad spent the holidays as they abnormally do: inflicting suffering and death upon literal puppies and kittens in exchange for money, as terrorized New Yorkers look on.
A “Humane World for Animals” ad in a story about NYC DOH, because of course. Will you help their CEO fund their country house?
So apparently confident is Morse that the political posturing part of her job will render irrelevant the perpetual bloody horror she permits at ACC (again, to the extent she thinks about it at all) that the first known “care center” extermination of 2026 was a spay-neuter-kill victim.
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In addition to poor Tyrone — admitted, cut open by sawbones DVMs (if not aspiring-sawbones vet techs), overdosed with human-grade sedatives, poisoned until dead — over the past few weeks DOH/ACC put to death the following dogs they were entrusted to care for:
- Christmas: Dumped by owner three times, at ACC 20 days before extermination
- Arrow: Described by volunteer as “utterly adorable”; exterminated after 25 days
- Pepper: Admitted with sibling Brownstone; exterminated after 18 days
- Tiberius: Admitted to ACC with facial wound; exterminated after 25 days
- August: Found with wounds and lacerations, tied up with Arden (also on the kill list until he got a foster); exterminated on day 13
- Brownstone: Admitted with sibling Pepper; exterminated after three weeks
- Jazzy J: Year-old “beautiful boy”; sickened with kennel cough and diarrhea; exterminated
- Phoenix: Exterminated after 18 days
- Peanut Butter: 6 years old; “friendly,” “loves his squeaky toys” so much ACC declared it a behavior issue; exterminated
- Jovie: “Spirited,” “smart”; exterminated after nine days
- Baklava: “gentle,” “affectionate,” “an angel”; exterminated
- Sasha: 1 year-old puppy; exterminated after 19 days
- Bunnyrabbit: “Emaciated [with] muscle loss”; exterminated after 4 weeks because ACC “didn’t like that he wouldn’t stop jumping up for treats”
- Bennett: “Highly fearful,” “wants love and security,” “is ready to trust”; exterminated after three weeks
- Bruce: “Had enlarged lymph node, diarrhea, CIRDC [kennel cough] that turned to pneumonia”; exterminated after 19 days
- Barker T: Admitted when owner died; exterminated after shelter 23 days
- Murph: “Abandoned,” “entered [ACC] nervous but [with] wagging tail,” “social,” “leans in for pets,” “LOVES toys”; exterminated
- Sargento: 1 year-old puppy; “volunteer favorite,” “everyone’s dream boy”; exterminated
- Zo Juniore: Abandoned by family who left the country; “friendly, active and playful,” “loves bath time [and] chasing tennis balls”; exterminated after three weeks
- Bingo: 1 year-old puppy; neutered despite CIRDC suspected in pre-op exam, “then put in ISO for CIRDC”; “Trazadone on intake despite owner saying no behavior issues”; exterminated
- Mudpuppy: “Playful,” “high energy,” “exuberant”; exterminated after four weeks
The “banality of evil” is not just an expression. At DOH’s ACC, it’s a lifestyle.
Someday, as soon as the TSNY balance sheet allows, we’ll go deep on DOH/ACC’s cat victims, largely neglected on TSNY due to the laws of physics and constraints of space and time, and who by all accounts have it worse than the dogs.
Until then, if you’re a constituent, Mamdani says he would like to hear from you. You know what to do.
Here’s the latest New York companion animal news:
- You can love companion animals or you can love watching their adoptive families terrorized and shot down in cold blood by the government, but not both.
- State legislators are back in Albany as Governor Kathy Hochul and her declared election opponents prepare for a year of vomiting “affordability” propaganda while doing actually nothing for the well-being of companion animals or the New Yorkers who bankroll their care statewide.
- Related: Same garbage, different pile.
- “Mamdani on Friday announced a new office of ‘mass engagement’ that he said would seek input from New Yorkers and shape his administration’s policies.” Guess we’ll see won’t we.
- New York Focus dropped a bombshell report on state regulators willfully ignoring FBI “evidence on horse racing’s largest doping ring,” and what do you know: New York lawmakers are in on it.
- We can think of a few reasons why Town of Hempstead Supervisor John Ferretti would prohibit dogs at his corrupt TOHAS kill pound from leaving the premises — ever — and “protecting the public” or whatever flatulence Ferretti excreted from his face hole isn’t one of them.
- Before moving on to his next grift Eric Adams issued an executive order requiring horse carriage operators to have horses examined by a veterinarian or else lose their license to work them to death.
- Flatbush Cats produced a podcast about “urban crises and their relationship to cats on the street.”
- DOH/ACC and the drooling dipshits who run every other NY kill pound are surely inoculating their charges against dog flu, since withholding veterinary care would be rank animal cruelty of the sort that never happens here.
- Finally, Strong Island Animal Rescue badasses saved dozens of domesticated rats from a Rocky Point home and needs assistance from “experienced rat rescues” and goddamn if I don’t love me some New York.
Food recalls
FDA recently announced two pet food recalls:
- Gold Star Distribution, Inc., “multiple brand names” [salmonella, “presence of rodent and avian contamination and insanitary conditions during the storage process”]
- Country Vet Biscuits for Dogs [salmonella]
Check here for more info on FDA-announced recalls, and here for details on prior FDA advisories and outbreaks.
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SAVE YOUR $$$$!!! What does the ASPCA actually do to feed hungry animals, and how much do they spend on that?
The pitiful, sad, reappearing TV ads of animal suffering, that the ASPCA continues to grind out with their shamefully familiar ASK for more money, belie the facts and truth about where that money actually goes!!!
The ASPCA feeds hungry animals by partnering with local shelters, running pet food banks, providing emergency supplies during crises (like COVID-19), and funding community welfare initiatives, but specific spending on just food is hard to isolate; they spend millions annually on programs, but critics point to high overhead (salaries, advertising) and low direct grants to local shelters, with figures showing a small percentage of their overall budget (e.g., around 2-3% in recent years) going directly to community shelters for various needs.
Spending & Financial Transparency:
- High Revenue, Varied Spending: The ASPCA brings in significant revenue (hundreds of millions), but critics question how much goes directly to animal care versus overhead (salaries, marketing, administration).
- Low Grant Percentage: Reports indicate that only a small fraction of their budget, around 2-3% in recent years, is distributed as grants to local shelters.
- Example (2022 Data): Out of $100 in revenue, only about $12 (3%) went to grants, while significant portions went to compensation (35%), advertising (15%), and office expenses (18%) that equals 68% leaving just 32 % that actually goes to help suffering animals.
In essence, while the ASPCA funds broader animal welfare programs that include feeding, a significant portion of donor funds cover operational costs, leading to debate over direct impact on feeding hungry pets.
How They Provide Food & Supplies:
- Pet Food Banks: They establish and support pet food pantries to help owners keep their pets.
- Crisis Response: During disasters or economic hardship (like the pandemic), they provide emergency supplies, including food, to affected pet owners and shelters.
- Community Partnerships: They work with local shelters and rescues, offering funding, training, and resources to bolster their capacity to care for animals, which includes feeding.
- Direct Services: They offer free pet food, supplies, and veterinary care to underserved communities.
