It’s been almost two months now since Neil Trent joined AWLA as its new Executive Director, and some good things are happening. For starters, AWLA has taken tentative first steps toward marketing its on-view dogs. Three offsite events featuring adoptable AWLA dogs were held during the last two months. And AWLA seems to be discovering [...]
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Forward Progress?
Posted in County Contract, Principles, Yardsticks on October 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The Root of the Problem
Posted in AWLA Policies, County Contract, DC Area Rescue Orgs, Principles on July 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
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 raised $1,031,897 in charitable contributions. Along with depreciation of $91,162, those contributions resulted in positive cash flow of $500,000 in fiscal 2009. If AWLA were a for-profit [...]
AWLA Defends Breed-Based Killing
Posted in County Contract, Principles on January 26, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Majority Leader Morgan Griffith recently submitted House Bill 429 for consideration by the Virginia House of Delegates. HB 429 proposes adding the following words to section 3.2-6546 of the Virginia Code: However, no pound may euthanize, or prohibit the adoption of, any dog based solely on breed. This language would prevent animal shelters from killing [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Fun with Numbers, episode 1
Posted in County Contract, Fun with Numbers on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to the first installment of our Fun with Numbers series. And since we’re all about having fun, what better place to do that than at camp? AWLA Kids Camp, that is. During July, AWLA runs two 3-day camps for kids aged 6-9, and two 5-day camps for kids aged 10-13. The younger kids learn [...]
