Situated in central Virginia, Albemarle County contains the city of Charlottesville and several smaller towns. Albemarle County has about 90% the population and 80% the per-capita income of Arlington County. Probably because it’s much larger geographically, (726 square miles vs. 26 square miles), Albemarle County has many more homeless dogs and cats [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Yardsticks: AWLA vs. Charlottesville SPCA
Posted in Yardsticks on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fun with Numbers, episode 2
Posted in County Contract, Fun with Numbers on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In our last episode of Fun with Numbers, we pointed out that AWLA categorizes revenue from Kids Camp under “League Revenue and Support” while the primary expenses necessary to stage Kids Camp (i.e. the cost of sheltering the animals that enable Kids Camp) are assigned to the County Contract.
Just for context, here are numbers from [...]
County Listens to AWLA Critics
Posted in County Contract on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Long-time AWLA watchers in the Arlington animal-rescue community have been expressing their concerns about AWLA policies for years. It looks like the County is now paying attention. From today’s Sun Gazette:
County Officials in Dialogue With Animal Welfare League Over Concerns
Oreo’s Law
Posted in AWLA Policies, County Contract, Principles on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This year in Brooklyn, NY, a pit-bull named Oreo was thrown off the roof of a six-story apartment building by an abusive owner. Badly hurt, Oreo was turned over to the ASPCA and nursed back to health.
But Oreo started to show signs of aggression as she recovered, so the ASPCA decided to euthanize her. [...]
