ACCT Philly
[Editor’s note: In November 2021, I reported on Saint, a pit bull mix who was wrongfully destroyed at ACCT Philly, which early on provided false accounts of what happened. When I last wrote, an investigation by police and Pennsylvania SPCA had just begun. Other things happened and I lost
ACCT Philly
First, the good news: Over the years, the number of animals being euthanized at the city animal shelter has dropped dramatically. The ACCT Philly “save rate” has increased from the 20% when it was known as PACCA 20 years ago, to (briefly) 92% for dogs and cats in January. (It
ACCT Philly
America elects people to the House of Representatives every two years, and Philadelphia selects a leader for ACCT Philly on about the same schedule. Aurora Velazquez was the fifth executive director of the city animal shelter, at 111 W. Hunting Park Avenue in the Feltonville section, since 2012. She has
ACCT Philly
Every so often journalists get caught in a time trap, when the facts of a story change before it can be published. That’s what happened here. If I were working for a newspaper, this would wind up in what we call the “round file” — the waste paper basket. But
ACCT Philly
Aurora Velazquez is the fifth executive director of ACCT Philly, the city’s animal shelter, since 2012. “Does that worry you?,” I ask during an interview in her office at 111 W. Hunting Park Avenue in the Feltonville section. “Sure,” she says matter-of-factly, “it is a major concern, one of