Did we mention lately we adore this man? He is unafraid and a straight shooter.
Nathan’s new blog came out today, and a harsh light was shone on Austin. It is only through shining this harsh light that all the cockroaches can be revealed as they scuttle under their rocks.
From his excellent blog:
Better to know the truth, and who the enemy really is, than continue to run around in circles pretending we all want the same things and that collaboration with these groups is what is needed to save lives.
We think some advice about dating can also be applied to saving animal lives. When it comes to the opposite sex, we should ignore everything they say and pay attention to everything they do. Just insert ”saving animal lives” in place of dating. If a group isn’t proactively doing things to save lives, they are just blowing hot air. Our city pound is a bloodbath.
Here is the relevant snippet from MR. Winograd’s blog:
Austin, TX
After one year of the ASPCA’s Mission: Orange campaign supposedly to create “No Kill” in Austin, TX, local activists are reporting that death rates have gone up—not down—because the shelters there refuse to put in place the programs and services of the No Kill Equation. Town Lake Animal Control’s director has gone on record saying the public cannot be trusted with fostering animals and that her staff does not have time to do more adoptions (presumably they are too busy killing them in the back). Instead of trying to address this actual impediment to No Kill success, the ASPCA claims that animal lovers who are trying to force the shelter to embrace the No Kill Equation are a threat to success.
At the same time, the ASPCA sided with shelter bureaucrats who wanted to move the shelter from its current location in the heart of the community to a remote part of the city where it will be out of sight and out of mind. Even though it would have meant building a new shelter, no additional animal space was being planned but shelter bureaucrats were promised bigger and more modern office space.
To read more about this, click here.
Now, seriously, are you a member of the Austin public? Because I am, and I find the suggestion that the public (i.e. you and I) are not capable of fostering animals to be highly offensive. There are members of the public all over the country fostering animals. Is there something in particular about the public in Austin that makes us incapable of fostering animals? These are the questions we need to be asking Dorinda Pulliam, Assistant Shelter Director.
If her staff does not have time to do their jobs, then we would ask why not? Just exactly what is it they are doing that is more important than saving animal lives?
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