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Since its founding in 1866, the ASPCA has worked to protect and aid horses. This legacy of responsibility is one that the ASPCA continues to prioritize, and one that extends to the plight of horses working in an urban environment. Today, Michelle Villagomez, NYC Legislative Director for the ASPCA, testified in support of Intro

A tiny, injured kitten named Tuffie has two tourists to thank for her rescue and subsequent recovery at the ASPCA Animal Hospital (AAH) this summer. Idahoans Jo Ellen D. and her 15-year-old daughter, Jillian, were walking through Riverside Park during a visit to New York City when they noticed a cluster of people peering at something on the ground.

“We looked over and saw a very little kitten,” Jo Ellen recalls. “Someone said she had been hit by a car.”