Bill Bruce and his Calgary No-Kill Model
March 4, 2012 For its rescue group members, last week The Mayor’s Alliance hosted a presentation by Bill Bruce who heads the Animal Shelter in Calgary, Canada. Shelter Reform has been a Bill Bruce...
View ArticleMuch-Needed Monies for New York City’s TNR Go Poof!
It’s Kitten Season Again, but Where, oh Where, have the TNR Monies Gone? New York City’s Animal Care & Control shelters are already filling up with mama cats and their kittens because of the...
View ArticleNew York City’s Animal Care & Control Could Have Had an Extraordinary Leader
We recently wrote about Bill Bruce, a leader and visionary in animal shelter reform. A few weeks ago Bruce visited New York City to address rescue group members of The Mayor’s Alliance. He described...
View ArticleTwo fascinating articles about NYC’s Animal Care & Control
ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL IN THE NEWS Here are two recent articles we thought would interest our readers. The first is by pet blogger Michele Hollow who runs the popular Pet News and Views website....
View ArticleAC&C In the News During July 2012
News About or Affecting NYC’s Animal Care & Control VOLUNTEERS REPORT OVERCROWDING AND NEGLECT AT THE MANHATTAN SHELTER Last week we reported that in contrast to assurances by the AC&C...
View ArticleSaving AC&C animals DESPITE the AC&C
August 2012 Back in June I spotted an email announcement for a new group calling itself “Adopt NY.” A set of posters in the email caught my eye. One featured a ruggedly handsome New York City...
View ArticleASPCA’S ED SAYRES SAYS THAT NYC IS THE MODEL FOR SAVING ANIMALS. REALLY????
WHY IS ED SAYRES HOLDING UP NYC AS THE MODEL FOR THE NATION? Ed Sayres, ASPCA President Ed Sayres will be leaving the ASPCA by year’s end. As the ASPCA’s President for the past 9 years, he’s brought...
View ArticleLost on the Road to a “No-Kill” NYC: Truth in Labeling Required.
Speaker Christine Quinn is coming under increasing criticism for her staunch defense of the carriage horse industry. In response, she has begun to wrap herself in the mantle of animal advocate,...
View ArticleWhen numbers don’t add up (or More Fun with Statistics): AC&C In the News
The AC&C is Tops? September 2013 The AC&C has long been associated with slippery statistics and claims. Even in the shelter’s early days, the Department of Health and the AC&C boasted how...
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