Forwarded to ADL-LA:
December 17, 2007  

Ed Boks is currently being called on the carpet for all the killing - so, he wrote (or had someone write) the article at the bottom of this post to make it look like this is what happens with No Kill.
Boks has been allowing animals to be injured and get sick inside LAAS- so that they will die "on their own" and not have to be included in the kill stats. He wants to make it seem like he's being the "good guy" - holding the animals for a longer period of time - and these deaths are the "unfortunate consequences" (i.e., not his fault). But this is all a HOAX just like BOKS!
Boks is the master spin doctor - Boks will twist and cook it so that he looks like the good guy and the activists appear as the troublemakers. Boks wrote a blog in which he blamed the foster caregivers for kitten deaths, - now he's switching it over to the animal rights activists. The guys is a true sociopath and the sooner Villaraigosa and Blackman get rid of him, the better for the animals and the humane community.

The choice is not between killing and having them die of disease in shelters. That is only occurring because Ed Boks is failing to do his job. The choice is between killing and finding them new homes.
The below two paragraphs are from a newsletter previously sent out by Nathan Winograd.

To imply that No Kill by definition means animals die in shelters from disease or injury is a cynicism that has in design only one purpose: to defend those who are doing a poor job at saving lives from public criticism and public accountability by painting a picture of the alternative as even darker. The philosophical underpinning of the No Kill movement is to put actions behind the words of every shelter's mission statement: "All life is precious." No Kill is about valuing animals. And valuing animals not only means saving their lives, it means good quality care.

Saving lives requires a shelter to keep animals healthy and happy, make the shelter more inviting for the public, and allow animals to move through the system as quickly as possible. No Kill doesn't mean announcing a policy change and then getting bogged down with animals because you do not have programs to keep animals moving through the system and into loving homes. No Kill means comprehensive implementation of the No Kill Equation which includes adoption, foster care, transfer to rescue groups, pet retention programs, spay/neuter, and helping people overcome medical, behavior and environmental conditions which may cause people to relinquish their animals. Doing so eliminates the problem of "overcrowding," unreasonably feared by sincere animal lovers and unfairly painted by cynical proponents of the status quo.

The unintended consequences of `no kill' shelters
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
For years, various animal - rights activists have demanded - sometimes violently - the Los Angeles animal shelters embrace a "no kill" policy. ...
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