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Councilman hosts pet adoption event
BY ANGÉLICA ACEVEDO
AACEVEDO@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
Councilman Robert Holden hosted a pet adoption
event to unite some furry friends with
happy owners over the weekend.
Holden, a longtime animal welfare advocate,
held the adoption event at Juniper Valley Park
on Saturday, May 15.
The councilman partnered with Puppy Kitty
NYC, an all-volunteer rescue group, and North
Shore Animal League America, a no-kill animal
rescue and adoption organization based in Port
Washington, to hold the adoption event in City
Council District 30.
“There were plenty of fur-ever friends available
at our latest pet adoption event,” Holden wrote on
a social media post.
Holden also took to social media to share images
of community members hugging their new cats
and dogs.
A proud cat owner of Rocky, Holden called on
the City Council to establish a committee to protect
animals in New York City in January.
“Creating a committee that could solely focus on
holding hearings and oversight over city agencies
that deal with animals would allow for our great
legislative body to continue the work of the countless
advocates who already do,” Holden wrote in a
letter to City Council Speaker Corey Johnson.
Animal welfare matters are addressed under the
Committee on Health, which Holden is a member
of. But he believes the committee’s “jurisdiction is
Councilman Robert Holden hosted a pet adoption event in Juniper Valley Park on May 15.
Photo via Twitter/@BobHoldenNYC
too vast,” according to the New York Post.
“While our city and country navigate the difficulties
resulting from the novel coronavirus
and the economic crisis, our animals have
also suffered. Even before the pandemic, animal
welfare-related policy had fallen by the wayside,”
Holden said. “Therefore, I believe it is time that we
have a standalone committee for animals.”
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