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Home > The Alliance in the News > 2005 Alliance News Items > Pet-shelter shakeup
by Lisa L. Colangelo, New York Daily News Monday, December 19, 2005 The city's animal shelters have a new interim director as a nationwide search begins for a permanent boss. Mary Martin, who served as medical director at Animal Care & Control until earlier this year, has signed on to run the system for at least the next few months. Meanwhile, former Director Ed Boks has accepted a job to run the Los Angeles Animal Services Department. Earlier this month, Boks and the AC&C Board — which is headed by Health Commissioner Tom Frieden — announced that his contract would not be renewed. Both parties said it was a mutual decision. "I am pleased the commissioner followed my recommendation to appoint Mary Martin as interim director," Boks said. "This decision further demonstrates his newfound commitment to making New York City a no-kill city." AC&C, which operates under Health Department contract, is required to take in all unwanted, homeless pets. The no-kill goal means healthy, adoptable animals would no longer be euthanized when there is no more space in city shelters. "We're optimistic," said Jane Hoffman, who heads the Mayor's Alliance of NYC Animals, a coalition of animal rescue groups. "We look forward to working with Mary Martin, who I understand is committed to working collaboratively."
Copyright © 2005 Daily News, L.P.
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