LA Animal Watch

. In September "Other Animals" went from 1,100 to 167. I expected to see many more dead, probably all of the turtles as they are n...

. YOU ARE EATING CALIFORNIA'S DEAD PETS! October 2, 2007 --- All of the dead animals in California are added to the feed of chicken, fi...

. Councilman Bill Rosendahl, considered one of the staunchest allies of Villaraigosa, is slowly backing away on at least one issue: the ci...

. Time to get political. Rich McLellan and Mike Bell have been telling us that for years. Well, we are 13 months away from the election. Fo...

. According to Marie Atake , several city officials including herself, told ABC-TV what a screwup Boks is and that Blackman has ignored al...

. Previously I said Ed would not be able to produce the four sets of numbers supposedly supplied from County, the first three of which showe...

. Today is the tenth day since Brad Jensen submitted a request for public records regarding the alleged four sets of numbers County gave Bok...

. Boks claimed LAAS was the number one pet adoption agency in the country, and Villaraigosa repeated and affirmed his claim at a press confe...

. Boks has a new post on his blog, claiming fewer animals are dying in his shelters than last year. He says animals but he only mentions th...

. Boks likes to say that LA Animal Services is an open admittance shelter that takes in all animals.It's not. They are now like private ...

. LAAS began refusing neonates during late April. When the May numbers came out, we were all in shock; euth had fallen by almost 500. This...

. Two identical requests for public records have been sent to Ed Boks and Marcia Mayeda . Brad Jensen made the request to the City and I to...

. Sent to me. An affirmation of my previous analysis. Ed Boks loves to say he's the "biggest" or the "best" even th...

. As per usual, Boks spinned the August stats in a way that made him and the department look like they were the greatest thing since St. F...

. Dear Supervisors Antonovich and Yaroslavski, and Mr. Fujioka, I wish to clarify what appears to be a misinterpretation of my allegations o...

. A comment to my previous post deserves posting all by itself. Some of the items mentioned I already knew about. There are new allegations ...

. Just in line with the obvious selling of Commission seats to friends and donors, there is more about Boks using his friends to get favora...

ABC TV today Commissioner Quits, Highlighting Animal Services Conflict Claims Mayor's Office Pressured Her to Keep Quiet By John North L...

. Villaraigosa wasted no time in replacing Marie Atake . He sold the seat to longtime LAAS Volunteer Irene Ponce who bought her seat in Sep...

. It has been called to my attention that concentration on the horrendous conditions at the County shelters detracts from critical efforts t...

. It is obvious Boks will not be here for another year. I hope he has been looking for a new job and will leave on his own. Of course, he w...

. Honorable Mayor Villaraigosa It was with great dismay that I read about the resignation of one of the best Commissioners we have had in re...

. Finally, maybe this action by Animal Commissioner Atake will force the Mayor to really take a close look at Boks and LAAS. August 31, 2007...

. For the past few months there have been 1100 dogs, 1000+ cats and 1100 others in the shelters almost all the time. For the past few weeks...

. I had stated that LA County was less transparent than most shelter systems, including LAAS . Brad Jensen opined that County’s figures were...

. As you know, Boks is being sued by the author of my sister blog, LA Animal Lover. She filed a lawsuit against him and he may recently hav...