TASK FORCE TO START TRAINING OFFICERS Animal Cruelty Task Force Meets, Renames Self PETS By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – PETS, Stacie Haynes said, are the county’s tools for combating animal cruelty. “PETS stands for Prevention, Education, Training and Systems,” said Haynes, Susquehanna SPCA executive director. “That is the new name we have given the Animal Cruelty Task Force.” The group, which formed in February, met this morning at the county Sheriff’s Department offices to agree on…
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SPCA, Sheriff, District Attorney Form Animal Cruelty Task Force COOPERSTOWN – The Susquehanna SPCA will partner with the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney’s office to look at creating a task force dedicated to combating animal cruelty in the county. “In addition to having a system in place for when we do have animal cruelty cases involving animal seizures, we plan to educate and empower law enforcement and the public about the humane treatment of animals and what…
SQSPCA, D.A., Sheriff Unite Vs. Animal Cruelty By LIBBY CUDMORE HARTWICK SEMINARY – Stacie Haynes, Susquehanna SPCA executive director, won’t be caught off guard by animal cruelty. “What always scares me about these cases is that they went unnoticed for so long before they blew up,” she said. “These animals were suffering. We needed something to prevent that suffering and get them help sooner.” To work to that goal, Haynes partnered with Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. and District Attorney…
On Thursday, July 27, the Otsego County Office of Emergency Services made a presentation to the Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals that marks a significant milestone in animal welfare efforts in this county. Emergency Services Coordinator Victor Jones and two of his staff members were on hand at the SQSPCA to officially introduce shelter officials to a brand new livestock trailer for use in farm animal rescues, as well as an animal response trailer fully stocked…
OUR Stacie Haynes Among Top 10 U.S. Animal Defenders Animal Legal Defense Fund Singles Out Local Director For List Of Best HARTWICK SEMINARY – Stacie Haynes, Susquehanna Animal Shelter executive director, has been named one of America’s Top 10 Animal Defenders by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, based in San Francisco for serving on “the front lines of enforcing animal protection laws.” These animal protection heroes will be honored this week, National Justice for Animals Week. Here’s is the citation:…
Debate Renewed On Funding Animal Shelter By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com INDEX – It all began with a helpful conversation, and erupted while the SQSPCA was doing what it does best: saving Zoe, who chewed off her leg to stop the pain of a tumor. The spark: one word, “unilateral.” The issue: Is Otsego County funding the shelter to minimum standards? Richard Sternberg, a Susquehanna SPCA supporter, Cooperstown village trustee, retired surgeon and MIT graduate, stopped by the…
PETS Task Force’s First Case: Rescue Pigs From Pittsfield Farm HARTWICK SEMINARY – It was a scene Stacie Haynes has seen play out before. Two pigs, skinny and without food, water or hay, trying to eat the corpses of two dead pigs in a trash pile at a farm on County Route 18, Town of Pittsfield. “They were shivering and cold,” she said. “We got called out there at night in a rainstorm, and we seized them.” Now playfully dubbed…
According to animal law experts, here in New York State animal abuse and cruelty laws are hidden away in an obscure section of our legal framework (Article 26 of New York State Agriculture and Markets law), making enforcement and prosecution difficult at best.…
The Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is seeking golfers and community supporters for its Robert B. Schlather SQSPCA Golf Tournament held at the Otsego Golf Club the weekend of August 11-13. This annual fundraiser commemorates longtime SQSPCA friend and avid golfer, Bob Schlather.…
Foundation grant boosts Farm Friends Program capabilities Thanks to a grant from the John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation, Otsego County’s only farm animal rescue program is poised to take things to the next level. The Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SQSPCA) Farm Friends Program began as an offshoot of the Otsego County Animal Cruelty Task Force, an ongoing partnership between the SQSPCA, the Sheriff’s Department, the District Attorney’s Office, and local veterinarians since 2019.…