Routhier – What’s the most effective way to place pit bulls?
Nathan Winograd – He has a CD with strategies about pit bulls. There was a conference on same subject. Comr. Brooks – What is it that’s not being done in SF that should be done here? Nathan Winograd – Happy to come back to address that issue. One big issue is the SF/SPCA importing animals from outside SF. Also, many programs are done for some animals (e.g., TNR for some feral cats), but not for all animals (e.g., all feral cats). ACC hired cops, not shelter staff. Comr. Stephens – Everywhere you said no-kill is working, the shelter director was the one really pushing for it. Can you mandate no-kill if shelter directors don’t want it? Nathan Winograd – Companion Animal Protection Act includes a provision that any citizen can sue shelter directors in a private right of action if the shelter doesn’t follow no-kill programs. Law is specific about what shelter directors have to do, specific steps, before they can kill and animal and requires that process be transparent. Comr. Stephens – Is
