LA Animal Watch

. Ed Boks gave us numbers on the decrease in kill of cats and dogs in 2007 vs. 2006, January through March. But what about " Other Ani...

. The Associated Press took Carla Hall's article in the LA Times, edited it, and made Boks seem like a hero because he killed 282 fewer ...

. Consumers have reported the deaths of as many as 8,500 dogs and cats as a result of tainted pet food, federal officials said Thursday. Mor...

. In his Annual Report, Boks said his live release will go down during Fiscal 2006=2007 because intake is up. Only the intake of cats is up ...

. It appears Zine and Cardenas have heard the unending litany of public complaints regarding Boks ' poor performance in every way, exce...

. In response to the Winograd news bulletin posted below, Jim Bickhart responded to Mike Bell as follows: “Please note that the ADL / Wino...

. Forgot to tell you. Boks tried to hide the annual report. I wonder why. He did not mention it in his blog; he did not send an email or PR ...

. After only a few months of launching an ambitious No Kill initiative, Washoe County (Reno) NV is saving 92% of dogs and nearly 80% of cats...

. Boks says the live release rate is decreasing under his management, from 54% in fiscal 05-06, to 52% for 2006-2007. No-Kill gurus are supp...

. First Quarter, 2007 Philadelphia Live Impounds: 5,119 (LAAS: 8,338) Euthanasia: 1,754 (LAAS: 1,938) Died in shelter: 22...

At first blush, things are even worse than I had expected. Live save rate is projected downward 2%. To avoid further embarrassment, he refer...

. The number of animals in the shelter now is higher than we have encountered since we started counting, four months ago. Dogs (848) Cats (3...

. I talked to Tara Derby-Perrin, Executive Director of PAWS/PACCA in Philly. They went from 88% kill in 2004 to 50% kill two years later, an...

. Back when I was a Boks “spokesperson,” whenever I discovered what appeared to be a successful No-Kill shelter, both Boks and the Mayor’s...

From Ed Boks blog: “267 dogs and 273 cats were euthanized in March 2007. 25% of the cats were orphaned neonate kittens (68). Thanks to LA A...

. The last GM report we had was last August's; we have not had one for 7 months. The annual GM report is three months late. I heard from...

. Boks gets confused by his own numbers--again. Ed Boks has a penchant for telling reporters what he wants them to hear vs. the facts, such ...

. Readers may know that Boks has steadfastly refused to anesthetize animals before killing them with sodium p entabarbital much to the dis...

LA Times and NBC today: . Chinese manufacturers may have intentionally added a chemical linked to pet deaths and illnesses into a protein-po...

. According to CNN, the food recall now includes several Natural Balance products after reports that pets using them have developed symptom...

. Today the City just endorsed ab1634. It was a long City Council session but it passed 12 for, none against. Marie Atake, Ed Boks, Teri Aus...

. UC Davis has a webcast series on shelter medicine. The lectures are live at 8:00 Friday evening. They are available afterwards indefinit...

.. . . . . . . During Boks "March No-Kill" month, he saved fewer cats than any of the previous years under Stuckey or Greenwalt ...

. According to an American Veterinary Medical Association bulleting today, 26 foods have been added to the recall list, including more Scien...

. A lot of well-informed, educated and apparently intelligent rescuers are submitting really insightful observations and comments. There a...

. Analyzing the March No-Kill month by Anonymous, we find: In review of the March 2007 statistics I see a few main problems. One, animals ac...

. Since it is a big deal, I’d like to ask a few more questions about the Western University partnership. When I envisioned a partnership wit...

. Ed Boks claimed today that he took LAAS to No-Kill in March. He killed 540 animals but he said they all deserved it. We all know the shelt...

. Ed Boks is the Truth-Challenged General Manager of Los Angeles Animal Services. Ed is a master spin-master. He can make Armageddon feel li...

. Ed Boks tends to lie a lot, or present an impossibly rosy present that is contradicted by fact. From LAAS site, Fact vs. Rumor #6 poste...

. You see things and you say Why? But I dream things that never were and I say Why not? George Bernard Shaw, 1921 Readers should look at som...

. The comment below was written in response to "Naysayer" who always finds fault with the notion that No-Kill is possible in LA. N...

. I talked to Carl Friedman, Director of San Francisco’s Animal Care and Control. I was asking for SF shelter data. He gave me numbers. As a...

. Please read the comment to my previous post written by a person who says the Charlottesville foster solution will never work in LA. I hav...