Blessing of Death Row Animals, Event Notice & Related No-Kill Infos
From No Kill New York, Event Notice:
NYC ACC – October 2, 2010 – 4:00 pm
During the first weekend of October, compassionate people around the world will honor animals. They will ask for blessings in the name of Gandhi, whose birthday was October 2nd, and in the name of St. Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Animals. Join No Kill New York in NYC for a special blessing of the animals whose very lives depend on us. The blessing will take place at NYC Animal Care & Control: 326 E. 110th St. (1st & 2nd Ave.) at 4:00 pm. (See map below.) Please feel free to bring your own companion animals as long as they are on leash, in carriers, or otherwise under your control. Dog and cat treats or toys will be accepted as an offering.
The poor kitten pictured above is dead. His name was Toby and he had a life and potential and all he wanted was to be loved and to have a home. He was killed at NYC’s Animal Care & Control. No one knows why, as rescuers were standing by to take care of him and to save his life. They will say he was ‘euthanized’, given a peaceful, humane death because he was too sick to save. We’ll never know because Toby wasn’t even given a chance. If Toby had a choice, he would have chosen life. But he had no choice, so now he is dead.
The animals who are housed at Animal Care & Control have done nothing wrong. They are victims of a society that puts little value on their lives. They want nothing more than to live, to share our homes and to give their unconditional love and devotion to us. Instead of sheltering them, the animals that are not adopted are killed by lethal injection. No Kill New York and compassionate people everywhere believe that this senseless killing must stop immediately.
No Kill New York is a coalition of individuals and groups dedicated to ending the abuse, the exploitation and the killing of animals. It is our primary mission to end the killing of animals in the NY Shelter System. We believe that animals have the inherent right to live, and to be treated with respect and dignity. No animal should be killed for any reason other than for dire and untreatable medical conditions. No animal should be treated as a disposable object.
Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Time: 4:00 – 7:00 PM
Place: 326 East 110th St. (1st & 2nd Aves.)
Please help us spread the word about this important event. Post this notice on Facebook, MySpace and any other social networking or activist sites, bulletin boards, blogs, etc. We know the location is not convenient to most. The animals at ACC desperately need your help. They need for each of us to draw attention to the beautiful haunting faces of the animals whose precious lives are being snuffed out so casually.
Find out how you can help No Kill New York, or sign up for our e-mail list,
by contacting us at:
Email: nokill-newyork@optonline.net
Phone: 646.267.9934
Click for the Facebook No Kill New York Group
RELATED:
Nathan Winograd, No Kill Advocacy Center Blog
Rescue Roundtable presents Nathan Winograd – No Kill Advocacy Center
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Opt to Adopt- An Animal Shelter Video
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From Nathan Winograd Blog:
No Kill is a revolution. And behind every revolution is a declaration—a statement of grievances, and a listing of rights and principles that underscore our great hope for the future. We assert that a No Kill nation is within our reach—that the killing can and should be brought to an end. Join us in endorsing The Declaration of the No Kill Movement in the United States.
The No-Kill Declaration is HERE.
Our Compass 
a blessing to the little sweet lives that were lost
into the garbage cans of man, so cruelly tossed
a blessing to the others who sit in cages and wait
as humans walk by, contemplating their fate
a blessing to all the good people out in the world that care
who do whatever part that they feel they can comfortably share
a prayer that one day no more needles, no more gas
and death row for god’s creatures
will be a thing of the past
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GOD GAVE THESE ANIMALS THEIR LIFES THE SAME AS US WE SHOULD TRY AND SPARE THEIR LIFES RATHER THAN TAKE IT WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO JUST PURE GREED FOR MONEY WHICH REALLY DOES NOT BRING HAPPINESS
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While all this horror is going on, killing animals because they are “surplus,” puppy millers merrily continue on, imprisoning, torturing, churning out puppies by the thousands daily to put them on the “market.” It couldn’t be any stupider or more insane if they tried. When will puppy millers be done away with…what is it going to take?!
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Remember people. it is animal control, not a shelter or does not have humane attached to it. the spca euthanized so why not the ACC of New York. IF you call they will need the animals number because thats all they have not a name. It is not a good place for animals. I think that kitten was just there too long or they didn’t want to deal with it so they killed it. HOw nice they have that power to kill who they want and the government does nothing to step in and help these animals because they dont pay taxes so they mean nothing. We have to read the meaning behind why they are legally killed, humans work and pay taxes etc and so elected officials get a paycheck, animals can not so they are not worth saving only prisoners that did so much far worse are worth being rehabed tho. funny.
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