NYCLASS

🐴 NYCLASS works to to end carriage horse abuse and gain legal protections for all animals through legislative action and activism.📣

[Nonhuman Rights Project @NonhumanRights]

Last week Happy died at the @BronxZoo after nearly five decades of confinement there. Patty does not have to suffer the same fate. Sign our petition and urge the #BronxZoo & Wildlife Conservation Society to release Patty to a sanctuary: https://t.co/wW9OyxQoc5

[PETA @peta]

THIS is why you should NEVER buy a bird from @Petco or any pet store.

A PETA investigator went undercover at a breeder in @Petco & @PetSmart's supply chains & what they saw will make you sick. A worker crushed birds’ necks, threw them to the ground, & ripped their heads off.

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

Exciting news: my legislation, the BARK Act, is now one step closer to becoming law! The bill will help pet food manufacturers and pet food stores donate usable, surplus food and supplies to shelter cats and dogs in need.

I joined my friends Penny and Julie at the Big Bad Woof, a beloved local business, to celebrate our progress.

[Tony Simone @tonysimone]

My bill will prohibit industrial octopus farming in New York State before it can start. We need to protect our ecosystems by bringing this bill to the floor and to the Governor's desk! 

Full story linked in bio. 🐙

[NYCLASS @nyclass]

Abusers often use beloved pets as tools of control, knowing many victims will not leave if it means abandoning an animal they consider family.

That is why this bill is so important and so urgently needed.

Thank you, @LindaBRosenthal and @NYSSenatorMRM, for advancing legislation that will help remove one more barrier to safety for domestic violence survivors and their pets. This is compassionate, lifesaving policy at its best. 🐾❤️

[Linda B. Rosenthal “the #OriginalRosenthal” @LindaBRosenthal]

Without pet-friendly shelters available, domestic violence survivors often are trapped in dangerous situations.

My bill with @NYSSenatorMRM will soon provide DV & homeless shelters across the state the guidance they need to help more survivors & their pets reach safety. 🐾

[NYCLASS @nyclass]

@lennypane We are so excited, especially since Lights Out Legislation aka #FlacosLaw will be reintroduced in the @NYCCouncil on June 11th! Let’s get it done and save the lives of hundreds of thousands of birds in NYC yearly. @LightsOutNYS @HarveyforNY

[Penny Lane @lennypane]

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[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

OUTRAGEOUS. A New Yorker took this video during rush hour showing a carriage driver forcing a horse with passengers directly into Times Square gridlock chaos at Broadway & 47th St. - one of the most congested, chaotic traffic zones in New York City and the country, filled with frightening stimuli for horses.

This comes just one week after yet another violent carriage horse incident, yet carriage drivers are still forcing horses and the public into more danger in the middle of Midtown chaos.

This violates the law and is another example of the carriage industry's complete disregard for the welfare of the horses, public safety, and traffic laws.

The City Council must fast track and pass #RydersLaw to finally get these horses out of harm's way and transition workers to safer modern jobs.

Credit: NYClass (Instagram).

[NYCLASS @nyclass]

@VegMediaWatch @MSNOWNews @crampell @Elise_Jordan @PabloTorre @RachelVanD @MSNOWComms I’m shocked that @MSNOWNews aired such an unprofessional, one-sided piece that can’t reasonably be called “news.” Please do better @crampell @Elise_Jordan @PabloTorre @RachelVanD @MSNOWComms

[NYCLASS @nyclass]

@NYPDnews @1animaladvocate Thank you!! 🐥

[One Green Planet @OneGreenPlanet]

Petition: NYC Horse Drawn Carriage Crash Demands Urgent Reform https://t.co/r9SmMzNItV

[Horseracing Wrongs @racingwrongs]

Another day, another dead racehorse. According to the chart for the 1st race @ #Gulfstream Friday, Holy Spicy “went bad nearing the quarter pole & had to be euthanized.” She was 3yrs old. #HorseracingWrongs #ENDHorseracing #AnimalCruelty #HorseracingKills
https://t.co/OJjalAabqb

[Council Member Shahana Hanif @CMShahanaHanif]

I am heartbroken by the death of Happy, a gentle and inquisitive being who touched the hearts of so many. For nearly 50 years, Happy called New York City home. She was also the first elephant documented recognizing herself in a mirror, a powerful reminder of the intelligence, emotional depth, and self-awareness elephants possess.

For more than 25 years, Happy lived at the Bronx Zoo in isolation—an immense cruelty for elephants, who are deeply social animals that thrive in large, interconnected herds with familial bonds.

While I commend the Bronx Zoo for committing to no longer acquire elephants, Patty, the last remaining elephant at the Bronx Zoo, deserves the opportunity to live out the rest of her life with dignity, space, and companionship in a sanctuary environment.

To truly honor Happy’s legacy, we must ensure that no elephant in New York City is denied the conditions they need to thrive. I urge the Council to pass my bill, Intro 590.

Thank you to Voters For Animal Rights, the Nonhuman Rights Project, elephant experts, and animal rights advocates for your leadership and tireless advocacy on this issue.
https://t.co/M2pemdHUYw

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

“One of the great but incomplete moral revolutions of our lifetime has been the expansion of our compassion to encompass farm animals in a limited way, even as corporate agriculture pushes in the other direction,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes. https://t.co/JptuTpsr07

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Here's what the pork industry doesn't want you to know about the way it sneaked a provision into the 2026 farm bill that would nullify ballot measures that improve animal welfare, while helping Chinese companies torture American pigs. The issue is personal to me, because we once raised pigs on our family farm, and I saw that these are not commodities but animals rather like dogs: smart with very distinct personalities. A naughty boy who punishes a single animal may be punished, but an adult who presides over the systematic abuse of hundreds of thousands of pigs as a business model is hailed as a visionary CEO -- and voters get that, and that's why they have backed laws that improve animal wellbeing. This is, remarkably, an issue that unites many liberals and conservatives alike; @TomiLahren, @Cernovich and @IngrahamAngle are among those who have been outspoken on this issue. I hope R and D members of Congress alike will stand firm, for the stakes are immense, with four pigs slaughtered around the clock on average all year. Here's a gift link to my piece: https://t.co/NWQbJK6JTc I welcome your comments.

[Voters For Animal Rights @theanimalvoters]

Patty, an elephant held at the Bronx Zoo, has been living in solitary confinement since 2018. 🐘💔

We are calling on the @BronxZoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society (@TheWCS) to transfer Patty immediately, permanently close their elephant exhibit, and re-commit to never housing elephants again.

Patty has suffered long enough. New York City is no place for an elephant. 💔

🔗 SIGN AND SHARE the petition now: https://t.co/rygGgjaqA6
#FreePatty

[Animal Rights News @theirturn]

For years, #AnimalRights activists in NYC supported the efforts of the @NonhumanRights Project to transfer Happy the elephant from the Bronx Zoo to a sanctuary. @TheWCS - which runs the zoo and refused to release her - stripped Happy of everything that would have made her life worth living. After 50 years in captivity, Happy died alone on a patch of dirt.

Like Lolita, the orca who swam in circles in a small tank in Miami for 53 years, Happy is a symbol of human greed and cruelty.

[PETA @peta]

Crowds, sirens, traffic, giant screens, strangers everywhere, and pulling a carriage through it all 💔 One terrifying moment could put everyone in danger. It’s already happened and will again.

New York MUST ban horse-drawn carriages.

[Humane World Action Fund @humaneactfund]

🚨ACT NOW🚨

The Farm Bill has passed the House, largely on party lines, and it includes the Save Our Bacon Act. We must act NOW to ensure the Senate does not include this dangerous language in their version of the Farm Bill.

You can help by urging your federal legislators to ❌OPPOSE❌ a Farm Bill that includes any language that restricts state farm animal laws 🐷🐮

ACT NOW ➡️ https://t.co/wiw0PMnvQR

[Nonhuman Rights Project @NonhumanRights]

Happy spent nearly 50 years at the Bronx Zoo, including 20 in solitary confinement.

Last night, Happy was euthanized.

NhRP’s first elephant client, Happy changed history and exposed the cruelty of elephant captivity.

She deserved freedom. Share your reflections below.