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02 Jul

And… here we go again

Source:
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/breaking/news/20090702_Murarka_rehired_at_PSPCA.html

Murarka rehired as PSPCA medical director
By GLORIA CAMPISI
Philadelphia Daily News
Dr. Ravi Murarka, the banished medical director at the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has been rehired, according to Sue Cosby, the shelter’s new director.
Cosby said Dr. Murarka, who worked at the PSPCA for nearly 18 years until he was let go [...]

Posted in PSPCA, Philadelphia, The Daily Mews by: Madras
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22 Jun

Stu Bykofsky: Will No. 3 CEO be the charm at PSPCA? Can Sue Cosby face down critics and a tight budget, and do what’s best for the animals?

Philadelphia Daily News
June 22, 2009
MIGHT THE appointment of Sue Cosby to run the Pennsylvania SPCA end the two-year civil war between PSPCA supporters and those of the defunct Philadelphia Animal Care and Control Association (PACCA)?
It’s a nice dream, and sometimes dreams come true.
And sometimes . . .
Even before she took command on June 3, I [...]

Posted in PSPCA, Philadelphia by: Madras
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05 Jun

Pot Meet Kettle

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Our friends at Last Chance for Animals (LCA) did a little undercover work at the Philly SPCA shelter. Let’s wish the new CEO luck in reversing the fortunes of the animals in care under Howard Nelson’s reign. We’ll be watching.

Posted in PSPCA, Tiger Ranch by: iamlazarus
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29 May

Updates from Philly

From the Daily News:

New director for PSPCA chosen
May 23, 2009
After a three-month search for a new leader, the Pennsylvania SPCA on Tuesday will go back to the future by appointing Sue Cosby its new executive director, sources tell the Daily News.
Cosby served the Philadelphia Animal Care and Control Association as chief operating officer from June [...]

Posted in PSPCA, Philadelphia, The Daily Mews by: Madras
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18 May

PSPCA: “Animal Control? Meh… never mind”

From the Philadelphia Daily News at this link:

Stu Bykofsky: Gimme shelter: Is PSPCA prepared to bail out?
May 18, 2009
By Stu Bykofsky
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily News Columnist
AFTER FIVE MONTHS of running animal care and control in Philadelphia, and running into a buzz saw of criticism, the Pennsylvania SPCA is trying to mend its ways, but has serious [...]

Posted in Citizens for A No-Kill Philadelphia, No Kill Advocacy, PSPCA, Philadelphia by: Madras
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16 May

PSPCA back at it again in Monroe County

After PSPCA abruptly fired several employees at their Monroe County shelter, then weeks later closed the facility with less than 24 hours’ notice (throwing the entire local rescue community into a tailspin)… and then putting the building up for sale (a move which produced withering criticism from the public)… PSPCA is now back to searching [...]

Posted in PSPCA by: Madras
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21 Apr

Philadelphia Weekly: The (Scary) Truth About Cats and Dogs

The (Scary) Truth About Cats and Dogs
It’s been four months since the PSPCA took over the city’s animal shelter system. It’s failing.
By Tara Murtha
Posted Apr. 21, 2009
Every year, roughly 31,000 animals funnel into the city’s Animal Care and Control Center (ACCT) shelter on West Hunting Park Avenue in North Philadelphia.
This animal shelter is the primary [...]

Posted in Citizens for A No-Kill Philadelphia, No Kill Advocacy, PSPCA, The Daily Mews by: Madras
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27 Mar

Pocono Record LTTE: “PSPCA abandoned its duty to local animals”

March 27, 2009
Editor, the Record:
I am a member of the PSPCA and appalled by their actions in the closing of the PSPCA shelter in Stroudsburg. It is a cruel act perpetrated on defenseless animals. The PSPCA has abandoned and abrogated their responsibility to provide protection from cruelty to the animals the organization was founded to [...]

Posted in PSPCA, The Daily Mews by: Madras
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20 Mar

Stu Bykofsky: In the uncivil war over their care, let’s declare peace for animals’ sake

With more PSPCA/ACCT controversy unfolding this week, it seems like a good time to post this article from 2/26 written by Stu Bykofsky of the Philadelphia Daily News. A selection of reader comments follows.

Philadelphia Daily News
Originally published February 26, 2009
By Stu Bykofsky
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily News Columnist
With PACCA in its grave and PSPCA decapitated, local animal-lovers [...]

Posted in No Kill Advocacy, PSPCA, Philadelphia, The Daily Mews by: Madras
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19 Mar

CNKP: The Chaos Continues

March 2009
Greetings!
It is becoming increasingly more difficult to mask my anger and frustration at the unwillingness of the Philadelphia Health Department to admit failures on the part of the PSPCA. As partners in engineering the animal control contract takeover, they are complicit in all the mistakes and missteps of the PSPCA Board of Directors, [...]

Posted in Citizens for A No-Kill Philadelphia, No Kill Advocacy, PSPCA, Philadelphia, The Daily Mews by: Madras
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