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 »
What’s Possible, Part Three
Posted in AWLA Policies, Principles, Yardsticks on August 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
August 16, 2010 The Animal Welfare League of Arlington is pleased to announce that Neil Trent will join the organization as Executive Director in September 2010. Neil brings over 30 years of experience in international, national and local animal welfare. He is currently the Executive Director of the Longmont Humane Society in Longmont, Colorado. Neil [...]
Vision
Posted in Principles, Yardsticks on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From the About Us page of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals: Founded in 2002, The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals is a non-profit, public-private partnership of over 160 animal rescue groups and shelters working with the City of New York toward the day when no New York City dog or cat of reasonable health [...]
How They Did It
Posted in Principles, Yardsticks on June 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After holding management positions at progressive animal-rescue organizations Best Friends Animal Society and Alley Cat Allies, Bonney Brown joined the Nevada Humane Society as Executive Director in 2006. She and the NHS Board were determined to convert NHS from an open-admission shelter that killed most of the homeless animals it received into an open-admission shelter [...]
Transparency
Posted in AWLA Policies, Principles, Yardsticks on June 4, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Comments we’ve received from an AWLA volunteer on our last two posts suggest that maybe we’ve been too optimistic about the rate at which AWLA is improving its efforts on behalf of homeless animals. A culture of stonewalling and inertia is hard to change, especially when most of the management team responsible for it remains [...]
Another Missing Ingredient
Posted in AWLA Policies, DC Area Rescue Orgs, Principles, Yardsticks on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I joined volunteers from seven local animal-rescue groups who attended an evening meeting hosted by the Fairfax County Animal Shelter. The meeting was arranged by FCAS managers who wanted to know how they could work more closely with the rescue groups to facilitate cat adoptions. What, our hosts asked us, could they do [...]
A Model for AWLA
Posted in AWLA Policies, Principles, Yardsticks on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Before losing his fight with cancer a few months ago, my uncle Steve spent many years adopting dogs from and fostering dogs for the Nevada Humane Society in Reno, NV. Steve’s obituary mentioned that he often took the shelter dogs that no one else wanted or could handle. Like hundreds of other NHS volunteers, Steve [...]
Open Letter, Continued
Posted in AWLA Policies, Principles, Yardsticks on March 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Dear AWLA Board of Directors, You now have the rare opportunity to hire a person who can make Arlington County an example for the rest of the country in its treatment of homeless companion animals. As you search for AWLA’s new Executive Director, please contact the nationally-recognized organizations listed below for suggestions and guidance. Few [...]
Pay for Underperformance
Posted in AWLA Policies, DC Area Rescue Orgs, Principles, Yardsticks on March 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
If you haven’t been following our Yardsticks series, here’s the recap that compares animal-outcomes data for AWLA with the most recent available data for selected peer shelters. Because AWLA saves a much lower percentage (and kills a much higher percentage) of its homeless animals than the other shelters listed, you might hope AWLA’s Board of [...]
