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Pit bulls bring turmoil & turnover to Chicago & Oakland animal shelters

July 14, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Chicago animal control director out;  Oakland director quit but is still there, for now             CHICAGO,  OAKLAND––More than two weeks after Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel controversially fired two-year Chicago Animal Care & Control director Susan Russell,  and more than two months after Oakland Animal Services director Rebecca Katz put her job on the line to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal control, Animal organizations, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Fran Spielman, Joe Deal, Merritt Clifton, Rahm Emmanuel, Rebecca Katz, Susan Russell, Tessa Weinberg

Oakland hires former SF animal control chief Rebecca Katz to face Nathan Winograd and pit bull advocates in their lair

November 1, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

“To oversee the transition of Oakland Animal Services” OAKLAND––The City of Oakland on October 29, 2014 announced the hiring of former San Francisco Animal Care & Control director Rebecca Katz, 43, “to oversee the transition of Oakland Animal Services into a stand-alone department in the city administrator’s office.”  Katz is to begin work on November […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Laws & politics, Shelters, USA Tagged With: BADRAP, Martha Cline, Merritt Clifton, Nathan Winograd, Oakland Animal Services, pit-bulls, Rebecca Katz

Author of San Francisco ordinance requiring pit bull sterilization appears to be victim of militant advocates

July 29, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Rebecca Katz quietly dismissed             SAN FRANCISCO––San Francisco Department of Animal Care & Control director Rebecca Katz was quietly dismissed on July 25, 2014––but her exit did not remain quiet for long. “Rebecca Katz, San Francisco’s well-liked director of Animal Care and Control, is no longer with the city,” mourned Marisa Lagos of SFGate. “This […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Population control, Shelters, USA Tagged With: Nathan Winograd, Rebecca Katz, San Francisco

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