Poop City

Key BK council election tomorrow

On Tuesday, voters in Brooklyn's District 40 (Kensington, Prospect-Lefferts, Ditmas Park, parts of Crown Heights, Flatbush, and East Flatbush) will have the opportunity to elect a pro-companion animal candidate to City Council.

Community organizer and advocate Zenobia McNally is running for the seat vacated by Yvette Clarke, who was elected to Congress. If elected, McNally has promised to support Intro 13, the Pets in Housing Bill, which would ensure that no-pet lease clauses, once waived, can not be reinstated during a tenant's residency. She also favors the foie gras ban opposed by Governor Spitzer, as well as humane education and awareness programs.

McNally has been endorsed by the League of Humane Voters, and received a thumbs-up from SuperVegan, which has a video of a recent McNally speech. As always, vote early and often.

Related:
- Education chair signs on to humane ed. resolution. [LOHV]

In other news:
- Eyes opened to deaf dogs. [NYT]
- Slope Street Cats TNR 225 in two years. [TGL]
- BARC ponders guerrilla marketing. [BARC Blog]
- Pets preferred to potential mates. [Gothamist] 

Photo: Zenobia McNally and Savannah

Shelters brace for post-holiday rush

This brief piece from yesterday's Post, about the post-holiday flood shelters experience as numbskulls "return" their ill-planned "gifts," is packed with subtext. Notably, a good number of the surrenders are purebred puppies, many of whom will pay the ultimate price even as their breeders continue to cash in on slightly newer models. Also, the story not-too-subtly hints that if you absolutely must turn in your unruly new toy to a shelter, you are most likely an idiot who didn't stop to think about what it means to bring a young animal into your home. Unfortunately, the burden of your arrogance and stupidity will be borne by the defenseless, trusting soul you can no longer be bothered to deal with. (That's PC talking, not the Post.)

In other news:
- No arrests in slaying of Queens woman and "cherished" dog. [Queens Chronicle]
- Spitzer defends "right" to cruelty. [NYS]
- A bus driver with a heart (fourth item). [NYT]

Photo: Brooke, available for adoption at BARC, c/o lisacat