Tomorrow is the sentencing court for Lin and an opportunity for some long sought closure. I won’t re-hash the events leading up to this date, but encourage readers to visit the archives to gain a real sense of the tragedy that has unfolded over these past two years.
This case could’ve been handled so much better [...]

In light of the recent plea agreement reached in the Tiger Ranch case, TR bashers have been giddily posting in numerous forums – as most posters only have the cranial capacity to hold a single thought (asses can take up so much room) – there seem to be two basic sentiments: “Ding Dong, the witch [...]

May 2009
No-Kill Petition
The “No-Kill” petition drive’s first weekend was a great success! Five teams of volunteers were all over Philadelphia gathering support from other pet lovers and taxpayers. CNKP volunteers attended the Trenton Arts Festival, the Olde City Sidewalk Sale, a Yoga Unites Event at the Art Museum and the Italian Market Festival! [...]

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 [...]

Things have been pretty quiet on the surface in Philly, but Citizens for a No Kill Philadelphia and City Council members Jack Kelly and William Greenlee have been hard at work behind the scenes.
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City Council Resolution

May 7, 2009
Resolution
Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings to examine and investigate the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

March 2009
Greetings!
In September of 2007 the PSPCA submitted an unsolicited bid for the Animal Control Contract. A year and a half later, after actively perusing this contract, waging war against PACCA and promising the city higher standards, they have failed to even live up to the standards of the organization they replaced! A mere six [...]

by Julia McMurrey
It is all together fitting that the PSPCA can state in one article that they have 24 trained, certified, Animal Cruelty officers when, in fact the number is more like 14.
They can go raid their competition, whether is be legitimate rescue facilities, or licensed breeders, with no place to take the animals for [...]