Ed Boks, the seventh General Manager in ten years at the city's Animal Services department, is now the focus of the latest animal controversy regarding the department heading towards a no-kill animal shelter policy, something that everyone wants except the dwindling city budget. A large group of employees gathered last week at city council asking for him to be removed from his post. "In the past we were divided about past general managers. Today we......

Photo by cnynfreelancer via Flickr The 11-part no-kill animal shelter workshop series has gotten quite a buzz around town already, so we decided to talk to the man who is helping to facilitate the dialogue at these workshops, Rabbi Allen Freehling. For a little background, Rabbi Freehling was first asked to serve as the Director of the Human Relations Commission by then-Mayor Jim Hahn in 2002 and was asked to remain in this position......

Photo by Jenny Garlic via Flickr A Report on Last Night's Humane LA Workshop, Submitted and Authored by Prabhat Gautam In the past five years, Los Angeles has seen a 50% decrease in the number of animals euthanized in animal shelters and the city, led by L.A. Animal Services General Manager, Ed Boks, would like to bring L.A. to a point where we have no-kill shelters. "No-kill" is defined as not having to euthanize......

Tomorrow is the first public workshop of an 11-part series called "Creating a Humane LA," which seeks to help people better familiarize themselves with LA Animal Services’ efforts to achieve “No-Kill” in their shelters. Currently, with the high volume of animals, shelters euthanize them to make room for more. To that end, tomorrow's topic explores high volume, low-cost, spay/neuter programs. The 6:30 p.m. meeting is in at the Constituent Service Center in the South LA......

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed one of the country's most stringent pet sterilization laws yesterday, requiring dog and cat owners to spay/neuter their pets or face hefty fines. What does this mean for you and fido or fluffy? It means that you must have them spayed or neuteured by the time they reach four months of age. All dogs? All cats? Pretty much. The only animals exempted from the new law are those that compete in......