![]() ![]() Unlike NYC’s municipal shelters, HSNY is located in an easily-accessible, heavily-trafficked residential neighborhood in midtown Manhattan. HSNY SHOULD BE A HIGH VOLUME ADOPTION SHELTER Note: In August and September, Donny Moss and several other advocates sent letters to HSNY board member Cornelia Guest to address the issues raised in this article. ![]() The animals who have been living in HSNY cages for months or years have waited long enough. DeFeo is unwilling to begin making renovations that would allow her to re-open the building to the public, then she should send the animals to foster homes and/or adoption centers where they would have a chance of finding permanent home. In shelters, which are stressful for animals, the dogs and cats spend the vast majority of their time in cages and kennels, where they pace, over-groom and show other signs of distress. In a loving home, animals can move about freely, interact with their human families, play, climb, explore, patrol, stalk and engage in other behaviors that come naturally to them. One thing we do know (and any well-intended, experienced animal welfare professional would agree) is that animals are better off in real homes with families than in shelters. DeFeo either doesn’t want to dedicate the extra time needed to adopt while she keeps the building closed to the public, or she truly believes that the animals are “home” at HSNY. Given that the cages at the HSNY are filled with animals who need homes, we don’t know why the organization is neither responding to adoption applications nor promoting the adoptable animals online. The Executive Director of the Humane Society of New York, a shelter that is not allowing members of the public to meet the animals, describes the cages as “apartments.” Since closing its shelter to the public 18 months ago, HSNY has posted just 12 photos of adoptable animals (on Instagram only), and it did not respond to questions posted by people who expressed an interest. HSNY DOES VIRTUALLY NO ADOPTION PROMOTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA Karash, who either discouraged them from adopting or told them that the Executive Director of the shelter would follow up with them, which did not happen. Four of them called back until they reached Ms. ![]() ![]() Two of them left voicemails but did not receive a return call. Six of the nine people called HSNY one or more times to follow up on their applications. TheirTurn asked nine other people who have or had companion animals and were willing to adopt to fill out and submit adoption applications. HSNY IS NOT RESPONDING TO ADOPTION APPLICATIONS Karash refused to provide any information and, in several instances, suggested they contact another shelter. When the callers asked specific questions about how they could meet the animals after submitting their application, Ms. In every case, Anne-Marie Karash, the Associate Director of HSNY, directed them to submit an application and wait for a response. In August, TheirTurn asked several advocates, including people interested in adopting, to call HSNY to inquire about the process. HSNY IS DISCOURAGING CALLERS FROM ADOPTING The Humane Society of New York is closed to the public and is warehousing animals instead of finding homes for them ![]()
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