Bill Text: NY K00255 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2023, as Pet Cruelty Awareness Month in the State of New York, in conjunction with the observance of National Animal Cruelty Awareness Month

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 23-6)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-30 - adopted [K00255 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-K00255-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 255

BY: M. of A. Brabenec

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        April 2023, as Pet Cruelty Awareness  Month  in  the
        State   of   New   York,  in  conjunction  with  the
        observance  of  National  Animal  Cruelty  Awareness
        Month

  WHEREAS,  Millions of pets across New York and throughout the United
States are abused, abandoned and neglected; and

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this  Legislative  Body  to  memorialize
Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim April 2023, as Pet Cruelty Awareness
Month in the State of New York, in conjunction with  the  observance  of
National Animal Cruelty Awareness Month; and

  WHEREAS,  In  observance of April as Animal Cruelty Awareness Month,
animal-control officers are  reminding  residents  of  what  constitutes
cruelty; and

  WHEREAS, In addition, they are encouraging neighbors, family members
and all residents of the State of New York to learn the signs of cruelty
to animals and to report these incidents to police; and

  WHEREAS,  Helpless  animals depend on humans to intervene when their
conditions are uninhabitable or unfit; and

  WHEREAS, Each year, the  American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of
Cruelty  to  Animals  (ASPCA) urges supporters across the country to "Go
Orange for Animals" throughout the month  of  April  since  the  ASPCA's
charter was signed in 1866 to raise awareness for its cause; and

  WHEREAS,  Together  we  can  improve  the  lives of animals in every
corner of New York State;  Go  Orange!  Glow  Orange!  Show  Orange  for
Animals!; and

  WHEREAS,  It is imperative that there be greater public awareness of
this serious issue, and more must be done to increase  activity  at  the
local, State and national levels; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2023, as Pet Cruelty
Awareness Month in the State of New York,

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.