Transparency
Comments we’ve received from an AWLA volunteer on our last two posts suggest that maybe we’ve been too optimistic about the rate at which AWLA is improving its efforts on behalf of homeless animals. A...
View ArticleHow They Did It
After holding management positions at progressive animal-rescue organizations Best Friends Animal Society and Alley Cat Allies, Bonney Brown joined the Nevada Humane Society as Executive Director in...
View ArticleVision
From the About Us page of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals: Founded in 2002, The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals is a non-profit, public-private partnership of over 160 animal rescue groups...
View ArticleThe Root of the Problem
In its fiscal 2009, AWLA received $1,229,326 from Arlington County to perform animal control and manage Arlington’s open-admission animal shelter. But as a private non-profit organization, AWLA also...
View ArticleWhere Have All the Kittens Gone?
One of AWLA’s kitten fosterers recently mentioned to us that the shelter didn’t seem to be receiving the steady stream of abandoned kittens that usually begins in April and continues into the fall. We...
View ArticleDelaware Changes Everything
On July 23, Governor Jack Markel signed Senate Bill 280, thereby establishing Delaware as a national model for the compassionate treatment of homeless companion animals. Modeled on the No Kill Advocacy...
View ArticleArlington’s Homeless Dogs
In the first six months of this year, AWLA took in 210 homeless dogs. Here’s what happened to them, juxtaposed against how AWLA’s homeless dogs fared in 2009: % of homeless dogsJan-June 2010Jan-Dec...
View ArticleWhat’s Possible, Part Three
August 16, 2010 The Animal Welfare League of Arlington is pleased to announce that Neil Trent will join the organization as Executive Director in September 2010. Neil brings over 30 years of experience...
View ArticleForward Progress?
It’s been almost two months now since Neil Trent joined AWLA as its new Executive Director, and some good things are happening. AWLA found a home for Mya For starters, AWLA has taken tentative first...
View ArticleProgress Confirmed
On March 22, 2010 — just under a year ago — Kay Speerstra resigned as AWLA’s Executive Director. As the animal-outcomes data attest (see ShelterWatch.org), she left behind an organization that...
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