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Rockland Man Accused Of Entering Locked Hi-Tor Animal Shelter To Retrieve Dog, Police Say Rockland Man Accused Of Entering Locked Hi-Tor Animal Shelter To Retrieve Dog, Police Say
Rockland Man Accused Of Entering Locked Hi-Tor Animal Shelter To Retrieve Dog, Police Say A 20-year-old man was charged with trespassing after police said he entered a closed Hudson Valley animal shelter to retrieve his dog. In Rockland County, an employee at Hi-Tor Animal Care Center Inc. in  Pomona discovered on Saturday, Sept. 17, that one of the dogs that was lodged at the shelter was missing, according to the Rockland County Sheriff's Office The dog was lodged at the shelter on Friday, Sept. 16, after the animal was found wandering unattended in Ramapo, authorities said. Investigators found that the dog, named Sky, is owned by Pomona resident Bernard Teichma…

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by Nicole Valinote
News
Rockland DA Serves Search Warrant At Hi-Tor Animal Shelter Rockland DA Serves Search Warrant At Hi-Tor Animal Shelter
Rockland DA Serves Search Warrant At Hi-Tor Animal Shelter The Rockland County District Attorney's office has executed a search warrant at Hi-Tor Animal Shelter. The warrant search began around 8 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the shelter located in Pomona.  Officers could be seen going in and out of the shelter trailer throughout the morning but officials with the Rockland County DA's office have not released any information. Rockland County Executive Ed Day said that although Hi-Tor Animal Care Center is a contracted agency it is not part of the Rockland County government. The organization performs vital services of animal shelter and car…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Fifteen Cats Left Alone In An Area Apartment Rescued, Up For Adoption Fifteen Cats Left Alone In An Area Apartment Rescued, Up For Adoption
Fifteen Cats Left Alone In An Area Apartment Rescued, Up For Adoption More than a dozen cats are counting on one of their nine lives after being abandoned and left alone in a Westchester apartment. Fifteen cats that were left alone in an apartment in Yonkers are looking for new homes after a quick-acting response by the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY), Mayor Mike Spano, and the Yonkers Department of Parks, Recreation, and Conservation. Officials said that on Wednesday, July 7, the MHACY was alerted that a tenant in a building had gone missing for 24 hours, leaving behind the furry felines. When officials went to the apartment, the…

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by Zak Failla
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Rockland Opens Sain Building For Hi Tor Animal Care Center Amid Ringworm Outbreak Rockland Opens Sain Building For Hi Tor Animal Care Center Amid Ringworm Outbreak
Rockland Opens Sain Building For Hi Tor Animal Care Center Amid Ringworm Outbreak Following the closure of the Hi Tor Animal Care Cente due to an outbreak of ringworm, Rockland County officials announced that the empty Sain Building will be used to provide shelter. On Friday, Nov. 23, Rockland County Executive Ed Day received a letter from the center's Board of Directors seeking any assistance the county could provide during the outbreak of ringworm, a fungal infection, that has affected the shelter's cat population. In response to that request for help, Rockland County decided to open the doors of the currently unoccupied Sain building, at 18 New Hempstead Roa…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Rockland Legislature Approves Funding For New Animal Shelter Rockland Legislature Approves Funding For New Animal Shelter
Rockland Legislature Approves Funding For New Animal Shelter ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Rockland is getting a new animal shelter. County legislators authorized financing for a new animal shelter to house homeless, abandoned and found animals.  The Hi-Tor Animal Care Center,  run by the non-profit Hi-Tor organization, is currently housed in a building legislators said was outdated and cramped. The new $2.05 million shelter will be built on the same county-owned parcel, with the county chipping in $1.2 million, the shelter contributing $350,000 and the state contributing a $500,000 grant.  The county would own the building and Hi-Tor Animal Care Center…

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by Sam Barron