K 384: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2025, as Pet Cruelty Awareness Month in the State of New York

 Assembly Resolution No. 384 BY: M. of A. Brabenec MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2025, as Pet Cruelty Awareness Month in the State of New York 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 2025, 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 2025, 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.