Carelessnes at the NYCACC - Sad and Outrageous

[Mrs.K]

It would have been more humane to put him to sleep the day he arrived.

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[Kayos and Havoc]

I agree. Poor dog.

[Dainerra]

I can't open it. what happened?

[Mrs.K]

Here is the quote:

“Life is as dear to the mute creature as it is to a man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not to die, so do other creatures.”—— The Dalai Lama

What would you do if you walked into someone’s home and saw a dog lying in a crate, in obvious distress? What if that dog was lifeless and only still breathing due to its sheer will to live? What if blood was oozing out of his nose? Would you just ignore the dog and continue your visit… talking, laughing and catching up on the latest gossip? Would the memory of that dying dog in the crate be erased from your mind as you said your good-byes and carried on with the rest of your day?

We would hope that most people would be outraged and would insist on taking the dog for medical care. To do anything less would be inhumane and show an obvious disregard for life. Don’t you agree? What if that person was a veterinarian or vet tech? Would you be even more alarmed and upset??? Do you think the ASPCA and other animal “advocates” would stand up and speak out against that person? Probably…

If a situation like this is unacceptable in a private home, why is it allowed to happen constantly at the NYC AC&C? Just last week, two dogs were allowed to suffer and die slow miserable deaths in their cages. The thought of what they went thru will haunt me forever. Today, I want to share the story of Hidalgo…


On November 11th, Hidalgo arrived at the shelter… a stunningly handsome, happy and healthy 1 year old. He was 67 lbs of pure love and was given the stellar rating of “average” by the evaluator. This dog was totally adoptable and just starting his life. Who would have thought that just 8 days later, Hidalgo would be lying in his cage, struggling to breathe while he slowly slipped away?


As with most dogs at the NYC AC&C, Hidalgo caught the “cold." Every day it grew worse until it had progressed into what is thought to have been pneumonia. On November 18th, he was placed on the euth list (or shall we call it the “at risk list”). His fever spiked to 105 degrees and a bloody mucus was dripping from his nose. He was near death. The medical staff were alerted to his condition. A compassionate vet would have treated Hidalgo or euthanized him for humane reasons… but not our friends at the NYC AC&C; instead, they let him lie in his cage, knowing that he would be dead before the evening was through. By 6 AM, Hidalgo was no more… sometime during the night, while the dogs barked and the staff did god only knows what, the light left Hidalgo’s eyes and he left this world… alone, afraid, and in pain.


Rest in Peace Hidalgo. I am so sorry no one came to your aid or cared enough to end your suffering. The AC&C destroys healthy adoptable dogs every day. Why was it too hard to show Hidalgo compassion?? If you could not treat him properly or take him to a hospital that would, why did you make him suffer so greatly in the end?

Gandhi was quoted as saying “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated"... doesn’t look too good for us, does it?


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This is what he looked like when he got in:



After a Week:

[DharmasMom]

That is beyond unacceptable. Once he got sick, if they had no intention of treating him, they should have euthanized him. Horrible. Beyond horrible. What on EARTH is this world coming to when a place called a "shelter" for animals allows one to suffer in such a way?

[selzer]

Could this be written by a disgruntled or discharged employee? I mean, who else would know the timeline and how much attention to the dog was given? I guess you really have to wonder who would be in no position to do something, but would be in a position to know all of this, and write it up?

[Mrs.K]

Originally Posted by selzer

Could this be written by a disgruntled or discharged employee? I mean, who else would know the timeline and how much attention to the dog was given? I guess you really have to wonder who would be in no position to do something, but would be in a position to know all of this, and write it up?

I've worked with the person who wrote this. She's not a disgruntled or discharged employee. There are many many things going seriously wrong at that place.

[selzer]

Originally Posted by Mrs.K

I've worked with the person who wrote this. She's not a disgruntled or discharged employee. There are many many things going seriously wrong at that place.

Alrighty then, could you tell us how someone could no the dog's intake day, behavior rating, when it got the cough, whether or not it was treated by the vet ever, how high its temperature was, and how and when the callous decision was made to just let the animal die? And that person did absolutely nothing to help the dog in question? How does that work?

[Mrs.K]

The ACC in NY is pretty much known to neglect dogs. That is why there is an entire facebook network trying to pull as many dogs as they can as fast as possible. I've had three fosters from NYC ACC

[selzer]

I am really not surprised. Cleveland, when I was a kid used to electrocute dogs. You could smell the shelter from the bus stop. My brother and I went down their looking for our dog. It was gruesome. This was back in the seventies, so a couple of years ago. People used to sue them for putting dogs down before the three days were up.

But in NY they have the ASPCA. That has a multi-million dollar place with a full veterinary staff if I remember correctly. Donations pour in from everywhere. I am guessing this is not the same place.