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<\/a><\/p>\n(Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Nearly 20 years ago,\u00a0 on June 27,\u00a0 2005,\u00a0 in a Newsweek<\/em> op-ed column entitled \u201cThe Dirty Little Secret In Your Community,\u00a0 Ed Boks as then-director of Animal Care & Control for New York City concluded,\u00a0 \u201cIt is time we rejected the mindless catch-and-kill methodology of the past. \u00a0We must embrace preventive nonlethal strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n Boks came to this conclusion through his experience of nearly 20 years as an animal control officer,\u00a0 followed by 10 years as animal control director for Maricopa County,\u00a0 Arizona,\u00a0 a jurisdiction of 4.5 million people including the cities of Phoenix,\u00a0 Mesa,\u00a0 Scottsdale,\u00a0 Chandler,\u00a0 and Tempe.<\/p>\n Ed Boks.\u00a0 (edboks.com photo)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Now producing the daily blog Animal Politics<\/em>,\u00a0 Boks moved on from New York City to head the animal control departments in Los Angeles and Yavapai County,\u00a0 Arizona,\u00a0 and for a year,\u00a0 the Spokane Humane Society.<\/p>\n Boks for much of this time was firmly aligned with the \u201cno kill movement,\u201d\u00a0 including the Best Friends Animal Society,\u00a0 speaking often at Best Friends conferences.<\/p>\n In recent years,\u00a0 however,\u00a0 Boks has become increasingly skeptical that the Best Friends Animal Society is working either in the best interest of homeless animals or contributing usefully toward achieving a \u201cno kill nation,\u201d\u00a0 if by that one means a nation with \u201cno more homeless pets,\u201d\u00a0 the Best Friends mantra until circa 2014,\u00a0 when superseded by the phrase \u201cwe can save them all.\u201d<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A realistic view of \u201cno more homeless pets\u201d would mean spaying and neutering out of existence the most problematic segments of the dog and cat population:\u00a0 those most likely to be euthanized\u00a0 in societal self-defense.<\/p>\n This includes dangerous dogs,\u00a0 especially pit bulls,\u00a0 who make up only about 6% of the U.S. but are close to two thirds of U.S. animal shelter dog admissions.<\/p>\n Also included are cast-off unwanted puppies and kittens born to low-income households,\u00a0 who are statistically the most likely dogs and cats to end up roaming at large,\u00a0 engaging in problematic behavior,\u00a0 including uncontrolled breeding of more puppies & kittens.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Further to be included are both stray and feral cats,\u00a0 two behaviorally very different populations.\u00a0 Strays,\u00a0 mostly born in homes and once kept as pets,\u00a0 are handleable and largely dependent upon human feeding.\u00a0 Feral cats,\u00a0 born at large,\u00a0 are mostly un-handleable and chiefly self-sufficient.<\/p>\n The Best Friends Animal Society denies the very existence of these two different populations with different needs by relabeling both \u201ccommunity cats,\u201d\u00a0 even when they live\u2013\u2013or are dumped\u2013\u2013miles from any actual human community,\u00a0 and\/or are poisoned or shot by whatever \u201ccommunity\u201d exists.<\/p>\n (See What to call cats, & why it matters: evolving terms<\/a>;\u00a0 \u201cVagrant\u201d or \u201cferal\u201d cats<\/a>;\u00a0 Feral cats & street dogs<\/a>;\u00a0 and \u201cCommunity cats\u201d vs. community health<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Observed Boks in the February 15,\u00a0 2025 edition of Animal Politics<\/em>,\u00a0 \u201cAs the clock ticks down to\u00a0Best Friends Animal Society\u2019s self-imposed 2025 deadline to achieve a no-kill nation, \u00a0the organization has released its January\/September 2024\u00a0Shelter Pet Lifesaving Data Report<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe report highlights a 3.4% decrease in animals killed and a 4% increase in adoptions across a sample of 688 shelters.<\/p>\n \u201cOn the surface,\u201d\u00a0 wrote Boks, \u00a0\u201cthese numbers suggest progress.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 deeper scrutiny reveals troubling inconsistencies, \u00a0omitted context, \u00a0and transparency issues.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe report analyzes data from 688 shelters, \u00a0a sharp reduction from the 4,119 shelters included in [the Best Friends Animal Society\u2019s] 2023 data set,\u201d\u00a0 Boks detailed.<\/p>\n \u201cThis drop coincides with the Best Friends Animal Society\u2019s shift from [use of]\u00a0Shelter Animals Count<\/em>, \u00a0which aggregated data from 13,527 organizations in its 2024 report, \u00a0to its proprietary\u00a0Shelter Pet Data Alliance<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Boks noted that changing data sources potentially allowed the Best Friends Animal Society to \u201ccontrol the narrative by excluding over 3,400 shelters\u2014disproportionately omitting underfunded or struggling shelters, \u00a0particularly in marginalized communities.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThis narrowed data set,\u201d\u00a0 Boks continued, \u00a0\u201caligns with allegations that the Best Friends Animal Society prioritizes optics over impact, \u00a0focusing on shelters with fewer systemic challenges while avoiding complex shelter issues.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Best Friends Animal Society 2024 report lacks year-over-year comparisons and regional breakdowns,\u201d\u00a0 Boks added, \u00a0leaving \u201cunclear whether reported trends reflect genuine progress or temporary fluctuations.<\/p>\n \u201cWithout intake and failed adoption data,\u201d\u00a0 Boks explained, \u00a0\u201cthe reported 4% increase in adoptions may mask deeper issues such as overcrowding\u201d to avoid euthanizing hard to rehome animals\u2013\u2013such as fractious pit bulls.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cOne glaring omission from the Best Friends Animal Society\u2019s 2024 report,\u201d\u00a0 Boks finished, \u201cis its lack of emphasis on\u00a0spay\/neuter programs\u2014historically the most effective strategy for reducing shelter intake and euthanasia. \u00a0The Best Friends Animal Society has deprioritized spay\/neuter funding over the past decade in favor of adoption marketing and public relations.\u201d<\/p>\n Unfortunately, \u00a0the whole “no-kill movement,” chiefly led by The Best Friends Animal Society over the first quarter of the present century,\u00a0 and eventually the whole animal sheltering sector,\u00a0 got hijacked after the April 2007 arrest of former football star Michael Vick on dogfighting-related charges.<\/p>\n (See 15 years ago Michael Vick\u2019s pit bulls killed the humane movement<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Best Friends Animal Society and the American SPCA,\u00a0 in particular, \u00a0manipulated public sympathy for Vick’s pit bulls into a pit bull advocacy movement that has now deformed every aspect of shelter operations, \u00a0animal control, \u00a0and data tracking.<\/p>\n Shelter Animals Count<\/em>, \u00a0recognized by Boks as more inclusive and therefore more accurate than the Best Friends\u2019 Animal Society\u2019s own\u00a0Shelter Pet Data Alliance<\/em>,\u00a0 itself exemplifies such distortion.<\/p>\n Indeed,\u00a0 the 2025 edition of Shelter Animals Count<\/em> indirectly admits this, \u00a0albeit without using the words “pit bull”:<\/p>\n \u201cNon-live outcomes in shelters have risen by 0.5% for dogs,\u201d\u00a0 acknowledged Shelter Animals Count<\/em>.\u00a0 (\u201cNon-live,\u00a0 please note,\u00a0 means dead.)<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe increase for dogs is driven by government organizations,\u201d\u00a0 Shelter Animals Count<\/em> said,\u00a0 meaning open-admission animal control shelters that cannot legally turn away dangerous dogs,\u00a0 “where non-live outcomes grew by 1.5%,\u00a0 now standing 17.5 higher than in 2019,\u00a0 with a non-live outcome of 15% of total intakes.\u201d<\/p>\n The term \u201cNon-live outcomes\u201d includes euthanasia,\u00a0 disease spread chiefly through overcrowding,\u00a0 and cases of pit bulls killing each other when housed two or more dogs to a run.<\/p>\n This occurs often when unadoptable pit bulls are warehoused to avoid euthanasia.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Boks on February 22,\u00a0 2025 blogged in particular about a recent breakdown in animal care standards in Douglas,\u00a0 Arizona,\u00a0 under pressure from the Best Friends Animal Society to achieve a 90% \u201clive release\u201d rate.<\/p>\n (See\u00a0Why we cannot adopt our way out of shelter killing<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and New Best Friends & HSUS execs flunk economic logic that dogs understand<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe issues in Douglas mirror a broader national crisis,\u201d\u00a0 Boks wrote.\u00a0 \u201cShelters across the country are facing similar challenges as they scramble to meet arbitrary no-kill benchmarks set by the Best Friends Animal Society, \u00a0an organization with limited sheltering experience,\u201d\u00a0 and none,\u00a0 he might have added,\u00a0 with animal control managed to promote public health and safety.<\/p>\n \u201cThe results are often tragic.\u201d<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Boks cited,\u00a0 among a string of animal sheltering disasters that ANIMALS 24-7<\/strong> has also spotlighted repeatedly,\u00a0 \u00a0how the San Diego Humane Society transferred hundreds of small animals via the Southern Arizona Humane Society to The Fertile Turtle, \u00a0\u201ca reptile breeding business where many reportedly became reptile food.\u201d<\/p>\n (See 318 missing small pets: San Diego Humane vs. HS of Southern Arizona<\/a> and Cold, hard evidence re small mammals missing from humane societies<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Boks also mentioned that from 2016 to 2019,\u00a0 \u201cThe Best Friends Animal Society managed the Northeast Valley Shelter. \u00a0During this period, \u00a0multiple lawsuits emerged over dangerous dog adoptions, \u00a0including a case where a pit bull severely injured a young girl.\u201d<\/p>\n (See $7.5 million award for mauling by pit bull rehomed from L.A. Animal Services<\/a> and Jury orders L.A. Animal Services to pay $6.8 million to mauled volunteer<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Boks further cited how in El Paso and San Antonio,\u00a0 \u201cEfforts to boost live-release rates led to overcrowding and public\u00a0safety concerns\u00a0when dangerous dogs were adopted out without proper vetting.\u201d<\/p>\n (See $2.5 million hiring of \u201cshelter expert\u201d Kristin Hassen brings taxpayer lawsuit<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Returning to the ongoing multi-dimensional San Diego disaster,\u00a0 Boks reminded that,\u00a0 \u201cA recent injunction against the\u00a0San Diego Humane Society\u00a0over its Community Animals policy exposed legal and ethical flaws in Best Friends Animal Society-aligned strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n (See San Diego cat control trial verdict & L.A. shelter fine expose \u201cno kill\u201d failures<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Boks has blogged before in depth and detail about all of the above continuing crisis situations and more,\u00a0 including the seemingly perpetual meltdown at the Indianapolis Animal Care Center.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite having a Best Friends Animal Society-embedded manager in 2024,\u201d\u00a0 Boks wrote, \u00a0\u201ca year end report revealed the [Indianapolis] shelter faced a steep decline in performance metrics, \u00a0leaving the community frustrated and questioning what went wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n Actually,\u00a0 \u201cfaced\u201d is the wrong verb for the sentence,\u00a0 because reality is that Indianapolis,\u00a0 from the mayor and city council on down,\u00a0 has not faced sheltering issues which have only been faced effectively over at least the past 30 years by the FACE spay\/neuter clinic in downtown Indianapolis,\u00a0 which has not been able to turn the whole misguided city animal care-and-control apparatus around by itself.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe partnership between the\u00a0Best Friends Animal Society and\u00a0Indianapolis Animal Care Services,\u00a0 once heralded as a transformative collaboration to achieve no-kill status, \u00a0has instead unraveled into a cautionary tale of unmet expectations and operational decline,\u201d\u00a0 Boks alleged.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite embedding a Best Friends Animal Society interim manager throughout 2024,\u201d\u00a0 Boks explained, \u00a0\u201cIndianapolis Animal Care Services performance metrics have plummeted to historic lows,\u201d\u00a0 including \u201cits lowest animal intake on record\u2014a 46% drop compared to 2019\u2014far exceeding the national average decline of 11.3%,\u201d\u00a0 with no indication of a comparable drop,\u00a0 or indeed any,\u00a0 in the numbers of homeless animals left on the streets.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAn explosion of stray animals on the street could explain why response times for animal control calls ballooned to six days by the end of 2024,\u201d\u00a0 Boks suggested, \u00a0\u201ca tenfold increase from 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n This may explain why Indianapolis animal control seems to respond more often to pit bull attack victims in decomposition than to those who can be saved.<\/p>\n (See Why Nathan Winograd disciple Doug Rae won\u2019t be Canonized<\/a> and Racing at Indianapolis is now safer than giving two pit bulls a bath<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe slight improvement in Indianapolis Animal Care Services\u2019 live-release rate\u2014from 84.89% in 2023 to 86.68% in 2024\u2014masks deeper issues,\u201d Boks noted. \u00a0\u201cAnimals are spending longer periods in the shelter, \u00a0with average lengths of stay reaching their highest levels since data collection began.\u201d<\/p>\n Teresa Chagrin.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>(Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Unlike Boks,\u00a0 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals animal care and control issues manager Teresa Chagrin,\u00a0 formerly Teresa Gibbs,\u00a0 was never a no-kill sheltering enthusiast.<\/p>\n Neither was she even approving of neuter\/return cat population control,\u00a0 despite overwhelming evidence that properly managed and monitored neuter\/return is the only approach to reducing numbers of cats at large with any history of lasting success.<\/p>\n That observation,\u00a0 though,\u00a0 requires the notation that \u201cproperly managed and monitored neuter\/return\u201d is never to be confused with either outdoor pet-keeping or \u201creturn-to-field,\u201d\u00a0 amounting to dumping impounded cats at large to fend for themselves.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cProperly managed and monitored neuter\/return\u201d is just plain more work and requires more sustained investment than most public agencies are willing to put into doing the job right.<\/p>\n Volunteers working on limited budgets with the help of sympathetic veterinarians are often able to do neuter\/return right in their own neighborhoods,\u00a0 with visible cumulative impact on national survey data.<\/p>\n (See D.C. Cat Count confirms low feral cat population, lots of free-roaming pets<\/a><\/strong>.)<\/em><\/p>\n Turning local successes into effective national policy,\u00a0 however, \u00a0requires a level of commitment and investment that no national organization,\u00a0 including the Best Friends Animal Society and the allied foundation Maddie\u2019s Fund,\u00a0 with assets of circa $260 million,\u00a0 has so far been willing to make.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Chagrin,\u00a0 though,\u00a0 despite approaching no-kill issues from almost the opposite direction as Ed Boks,\u00a0 albeit from a comparable background,\u00a0 sounded a lot like Boks in a February 10,\u00a0 2025 commentary published by myRGV.com<\/em>,\u00a0 an online periodical serving the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.<\/p>\n “A recent decision by the city of Mission to end an animal control contract with the Rio Grande Valley Humane Society,\u00a0 in light of alleged horrific conditions for animals at the facility,\u00a0 is wise,\u201d\u00a0 Chagrin agreed.<\/p>\n \u201cBut the last thing that city leaders should do now is accept \u2018help\u2019 from Best Friends Animal Society, \u00a0the group whose policies created this disaster in the first place,\u201d\u00a0 Chagrin advised.<\/p>\n Pit bull lobbyist Ledy Vankavage.<\/strong><\/em> The Best Friends Animal Society \u201crecommends reckless policies \u2014 including refusing entry to animals who have nowhere else to go, \u00a0warehousing animals in cages, and handing over animals to anyone who will take them, \u00a0even convicted abusers,\u201d\u00a0 Chagrin alleged.<\/p>\n \u201cThe city of Harlingen experienced this first hand last year,\u201d\u00a0 Chagrin reminded.\u00a0 \u201cThe Rio Grande Valley Humane Society,\u00a0 which, at the time, went by the name Harlingen Humane Society, \u00a0was also running Harlingen\u2019s animal shelter.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Harlingen Humane Society allowed the Best Friends Animal Society to \u2018embed\u2019 there and take control of the facility\u2019s policies. \u00a0Soon after,\u00a0 city leaders exposed that the facility was refusing to accept animals from residents and had sent at least 50 dogs and cats to an out-of-state,\u00a0 self-professed \u2018rescue\u2019 that was raided by authorities because of criminally cruel conditions.<\/p>\n “The city of Harlingen eventually took back control of its animal shelter,\u201d\u00a0 Chagrin recounted.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe policies the Best Friends Animal Society pushes are cruel and counterproductive in the extreme,\u201d\u00a0 Chagrin charged.\u00a0 \u201cAnimals who are rejected by shelters keep breeding \u2014 creating even more with nowhere to go \u2014 and die in agony on the streets after starving, \u00a0being hit by cars, \u00a0contracting diseases,\u00a0 or suffering other cruel fates.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a public safety risk, \u00a0too,\u201d\u00a0 Chagrin mentioned.\u00a0 \u201cDogs have fatally mauled people in Florida, \u00a0Texas and Michigan after public animal shelters refused to accept them,\u201d\u00a0 an understatement of a reality now having occurred in perhaps more states than not.<\/p>\n Boks,\u00a0 meanwhile,\u00a0 in his February 20,\u00a0 2025 Animals & Politics<\/em> blog pointed out the inevitable outcome of an animal care and control district focusing on achieving a 90% \u201clive release rate\u201d to please Best Friends Animal Society disciples,\u00a0 instead of making a serious,\u00a0 sustained effort to fix the underlying problem by fixing the problematic animals.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Best Friends Animal Society president Julie Castle exulted on March 10, \u00a02021 that,\u00a0 \u201cLos Angeles has entered the ranks of our nation\u2019s\u00a0no-kill communities as the largest such city in the country!\u201d<\/p>\n But as Boks recited,\u00a0 \u201cIn the first nine months of 2024, \u00a0Los Angeles Animal Services euthanized 1,224 dogs\u2014a staggering 72% increase from the same period a year prior. \u00a0Over 1,500 cats were also put down, \u00a0marking a 17% rise.<\/p>\n \u201cThe\u00a0Los Angeles Times<\/em> recently reported that dogs are now being killed simply for lack of space,\u00a0 not for medical or behavioral reasons. \u00a0This marks a devastating reversal of the city\u2019s long-standing commitment to no-kill policies.\u201d<\/p>\n Why?\u00a0 Because those policies were never sustainable in the first place.<\/p>\n (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Getting to \u201cNo more homeless pets\u201d has to come before \u201cWe can save them all!\u201d and getting to \u201cNo more homeless pets\u201d requires getting to no more pit bulls,\u00a0 no more stray cats annoying citizens,\u00a0 and no more feral cats breeding up to problematic visibility,\u00a0 visibility being the last thing any wild nocturnal rodent-hunting cat actually wants.<\/p>\n Boks put the spotlight on a recent 3.3% reduction of the Los Angeles Animal Services budget \u201cfrom $31.7 million in 2023-24 to just $30.3 million for 2024-25, \u00a0a third of what the department requested.\u201d<\/p>\n Yet, \u00a0had Los Angeles ever really been within daydreaming distance of authentic no-kill animal control,\u00a0 such a budget cut would scarcely have been noticed:\u00a0 there would have been at least a 3.3% reduction in the numbers of dog attacks,\u00a0 stray dogs and cats at large,\u00a0 and citizen complaints about same.<\/p>\n Would you adopt a “used dog” from Kristin Hassan?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>(Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Concluded Boks,\u00a0 \u201cLos Angeles Animal Services leadership must be held accountable for past failures. \u00a0Continued reliance on\u00a0the Best Friends Animal Society\u00a0and consultant\u00a0Kristen Hassen, despite their track record of policy missteps, \u00a0has exacerbated the crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n (See $2.5 million hiring of \u201cshelter expert\u201d Kristin Hassen brings taxpayer lawsuit<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cTheir\u00a0Managed Intake<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Community Animals <\/em>programs have encouraged a dangerous shift in policy, \u00a0pushing vulnerable animals back into the streets rather than ensuring they receive proper shelter and care,\u201d\u00a0 Boks said.<\/p>\n Boks has now detailed his critique of how the Best Friends Animal Society has become the worst enemy of homeless animals in 16 installments,\u00a0 several of them summarized in his October 14,\u00a0 2024 ANIMALS 24-7<\/strong> guest column Best Friends\u2019 no-kill initiative power play, by Ed Boks<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n Ed Boks & friend. (Beth Clifton collage)<\/p>\n<\/div>\nFrom “No more homeless pets” to “We can save them all”:\u00a0 the Best Friends’ Animal Society has led a long march backward<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nNo-kill animal control advocate splits with Best Friends<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nA realistic view<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nDenying the existence of homeless cats<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nCooking the books<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nNot counting the inconvenient<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSmoke & mirrors<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nIgnoring spay\/neuter<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAdmitting distortion<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nKilling is up at pounds.\u00a0 Duh.<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n“The results are often tragic”<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFailures of adoption screening?\u00a0 What adoption screening?<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n“Overcrowding & public safety concerns”<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nIndianapolis:\u00a0 speeding around in circles<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n“A cautionary tale of unmet expectations”<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSix-day response time for animal control calls<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nHow to tell Teresa Chagrin from Ed Boks<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSuccessful neuter\/return takes work<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n“Don’t take ‘help’ from Best Friends”<\/h2>\n
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(Best Friends Animal Society photo)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n“Reckless policies”<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n“Public safety risk too”<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nEuthanasia up 72% in “no-kill” Los Angeles<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFirst things first<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n“Leadership must be held accountable”<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Ed Boks bibliography<\/h2>\n
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