Shelters euthanize more animals than they save

The June 27 edition of Newsweek has a nice piece by Ed Boks, the new director of the Animal Care and Control for New York City, headed "The Dirty Little Secret In Your Community. All too often, shelters euthanize more animals than they save. In New York City, we're changing that." He writes about his background, and the success he has had since his arrival New York, raising adoption rates and causing kill rates to fall significantly, and his attempt to make New York into a no-kill city. It is an encouraging article. You can read it on line at:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8270313/site/newsweek/

It provides a great opportunity for letters about the importance of spay-neuter and the joys of adoption.
Newsweek takes letters at:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8270313/site/newsweek/


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