"During the snow storms on Jan. 25 and Feb. 22, the two remaining colony cats - 12-year-old Freddie and 8-year-old Blackie - were completely buried and trapped underneath the containers by snow piled by plows working to clear the school's parking lot, Hernandez said. Photos show the narrow space beneath the steel containers entirely sealed off, with no space for the cats to leave."
"On Feb. 22 and Feb. 23, when Brooklyn received 18 inches of snow, Hernandez and her husband dug the cats out three times - after hand-pushed snow blowers repeatedly buried the cats, she said. 'They kept putting it back, putting it back, each time,' Hernandez said of the snow."
"Coney Island animal lover Suzanne Hernandez had been feeding a then four-member cat colony at IS 303 on Shore Parkway for 12 years, without issue, until Principal Shanesha White Bailey took the reins in 2022 and allegedly refused the kitties long-standing accommodations. In 2023, Bailey ordered the removal of a small Styrofoam and plastic shelter for the cats located in the school's large parking lot."
A Coney Island animal advocate has been feeding a stray cat colony at IS 303 for 12 years without problems until a new principal took over in 2022 and removed the cats' shelter. During severe winter storms in January and February, two remaining cats were repeatedly buried under snow pushed by plows clearing the school parking lot. The advocate and her husband rescued the cats multiple times by digging them out from underneath shipping containers. Animal activists and the Legal Action Network for Animals are demanding the principal allow continued care for the cats on school grounds, as they are now being fed across the street instead.
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