1998 act required public shelters to release animals to any nonprofit takers Tom Hayden, 76, best known as a civil rights activist and opponent of the Vietnam War, but also author of one of the most influential and controversial animal care and control laws ever, as an 18-year member of the California state assembly […]
Aftershocks ripple from SF/SPCA (December 2000)
And are still rippling, 20 years later SAN FRANCISCO, PHILADELPHIA, KNOXVILLE––The San Francisco SPCA and San Francisco Animal Care & Control in calendar year 2000 together killed fewer than 2,000 cats and dogs. That was under 2.6 cats and dogs per 1,000 human residents, 15.6% of the national average, 1,001 fewer than the 1999 previous […]