LA Animal Watch

. 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...

. From Feb 28. 2006 to March 1, 2007, 7,314 unweaned kittens were impounded by LAAS. 5,624 were killed, or 77%. New Hope got 1,238, 242 wer...

. A few days ago I sent a request for information regarding impound and disposition statistics from the Charlottesville, SPCA, an open-admis...

. Multiple sources are saying the final toll may be in the thousands. The www.petconnections.com website now reports 1,000 have died: I’m s...

. Regarding the unfolding emergency with regard to fatal pet food, as a precautionary measure, avoid all pet foods with wheat gluten and gra...

. Final death toll may be in the thousands.... Kevin Bell March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Menu Foods Ltd. said it's no closer to finding out whe...

. Boks is being roundly criticized for things I think he should not. Part of Boks’ job is PR, hobnobbing, building relationships with partne...

. Associated Press Andrew Bridges WASHINGTON (AP) -- As many as one in six animals died in tests of suspect dog and cat food by the manufact...

. The full list of food brands affected was in today's Sunday times. It includes food made by Science Diet, I Ams and Eukanuba , all to...

Pet deaths prompt recall of pet food By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 16, 6:49 PM ET A major manufacturer of dog and cat f...

. Ed, I will provisionally accept your explanation that you had of no past problems in your work in NYC or in Phoenix. I will agree that you...

. Can anyone tell me why the cage capacity for dogs is 250% that for cats (290 vs 710), and the cage capacity for "other" is also ...

. Several previous posters have opined that No-Kill just does not work for open admission shelters. This is stated as if it were a fact and ...

. Ed Boks published a new post today called Time for the Heavy Lifting. I think it was written in jest and my response should be taken that ...

. It is a cliché that we cannot adopt our way out of killing in the shelter through adoptions. But it appears obvious to me you can’t spay/n...

. I think Ed Boks has got the message loud and clear from the animal community that we want a rapid and immediate reduction in the kill rat...

. In response to my posts that cats were discriminated against by LAAS as opposed to dogs, and that there may have been 1,000 Hayden Law vio...

. These are the unbelievable first-day cat kill statistics supplied by LAAS as a response to a citizen's Request for (public) Records. A...

On February 5, I posted a chart of the horror of the Kern County shelters. They are now being sued by rescue individuals with evidence based...

. As everyone knows, I was an enthusiastic supporter of Ed Boks last year. However, by June the LAAS kill and save numbers started to go sou...

. As George Orwell’s pig in Animal Farm stated, some animals are more equal than others. Cats get the shaft at LAAS. They are held a shorter...

. The numbers below are for total intake, Oct 1, 2005 to Oct. 1, 2006 (healthy, injured, sick, unweaned) cats and dogs and their disposition...

. 18 cats “rescued”and 14 are killed? According to a press release today, on October 4, 2006, LAAS impounded 18 cats from a “hoarder.” All w...

. Truly horrifying euthanasia statistics from the LA County shelters. For 2005, cat kill rate 79% and dog kill rate of 46%. That year, 46,57...

. I had a long talk today with Patty Adjamine, a rescuer in New York who knows Boks well. She said NYACC improved a lot while he was there, ...

. Boks hase not had a post on his blog in 20 days. Over six weeks have passed since January 1, and there is no GM report. The LAAS website h...

. Dogs are held much longer in the shelters than cats leading to their much higher live release rates. If you look at the animals on hand in...

. ANIMAL SHELTER: Lied ending its 'low-kill' policy; after 72 hours, animals will be euthanized . Lied Animal Shelter officials said...

. Several emails were sent to me regarding the Rancho Cucamona shelter. Operations were taken over by the city from county supplied servic...

. Ed Boks is transforming the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services, or so I am told, to be more efficient, responsive and caring. Th...