Austin’s Animal Shelters Struggle to Uphold No-Kill Reputation in the Face of Overcrowding

How overcrowding and mismanagement of Austin Animal Center and Austin Pets Alive! have them struggling to keep up

"...largest city to designate itself a no-kill sanctuary for animals. That came to an end in 2021 when Los..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Gimme (Animal) Shelter

Swirling city politics, site selection, and – oh yes – animal welfare

"..."I am 100 percent convinced that moving the animal shelter will have no impact on adoptions," counters Town..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

American Job

"...circumstances, playing the lottery is a sound business investment. American Job follows a young worker, Randy Scott (Russell), as..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Pie 2

"...(Say It Isn't So) obviously knows. Like the original, American Pie 2 is chock-full of horny lads and their..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Casey Suchan Follows The Animal People

Documentary shows how anti-terror laws targeted animal rights groups

"...In the months before 9/11, American law enforcement was busy tracking down a dread threat..."

Oct. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

American Wedding

"...the TV screen the other day, a feat even Animal Planet fails to accomplish all that often. As late-night..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival: Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West

Cats and dogs living together

"...Film” category. Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West is crammed to bursting with witty gags, slapstick..."

Oct. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

No Room at Austin's Animal Inn

Lack of space already dogging new animal center

"...The brand-new Austin Animal Center on Levander Loop has everything a modern city..."

Dec. 23, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Exit Interview: Animal Services Chief Tawny Hammond

Hammond championed no-kill shelter policy in Austin

"...that she would leave her position as the city's Animal Services Chief to take a job as Midwest regional..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Feds' Animal ID Program Raises Ruckus Among Small Farmers

National Animal Identification System favors factory farms over Ma and Pa

"...local farmers for the application of the new National Animal Identification System. And more than a few independent farmers..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Frank Rivera

The Q&A Hole: What Extinct Animal Would You Bring Back To Life?

With Matt Oztalay, Peter-John Byrnes, Wiley Wiggins, and more

"...– that goes without saying. Anyone who picked an animal who wasn't a dinosaur either misunderstood the question or..."

Feb. 11, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Call Me Animal: A Tribute to the MC5

Austin contingent delivers highlights on Joecephus’ 2 LP set

"...Scottish axeman Zal Cleminson injecting frantic energy into "The American Ruse" and a red-blooded "Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

This Thanksgiving, Consider Native American-Inspired Dishes

Cooking with Indigenous ingredients

"...top-priority education (for literally everyone), especially during National Native American Heritage Month, the reality is that America's "favorite holiday"..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Five Fantastic Fest Flicks From the American Genre Film Archive

AGFA Creative Director Joseph A. Ziemba goes bugnuts with this year’s restorations

"...The American Genre Film Archive – AGFA to its friends –..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

American Meat

Throwing conventions aside and bringing the farmer back to the table

"...part of a nation-wide, 10-state Young Farmer Screening Series, American Meat, directed by Graham Meriwether, aims to dispel the..."

Feb. 17, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

The Luv Doc: The Hot, Fiery Furnace of American Stupidity

You should never trust the kind of woman who would go on a date with you

"...protect her offspring from the hot, fiery furnace of American stupidity. As the old Russian proverb says, "The tallest..."

May 12, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

We Have an Issue: Animal House

This week’s cover story profiles Austin musicians and their pets sheltering together

"...these musicians' lives are, sharing their space with their animals...."

May 8, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

American Caste

Seven authors react to the photos and documentation in Rich Crawford's Texas Death Row.

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

American Caste

"...the book, was one I did. And Jerry "the Animal" McFadden was another one. So it's difficult for me..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by E. A. Eads

Dead Dogs Don't Lie

If your pet escapes, pray for Animal Control

"...From Sept. 11, 2005, when they adopted Butter, an American Bully puppy, they raised him to be good-natured and..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

How Many Cats Did Austin Save Last Year?

By the numbers, shelter and animal advocate efforts show significant progress

"...Council – and Austin­ites generally – believe about the animal shelter and the city's animal welfare programs?..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Walking the No-Kill Tightrope

As Austin's animal welfare center moves to a new building, will the delicate balance of 'no-kill' and resources be maintained?

"...sure the scheduled opening of the long-awaited $12 million animal shelter on Levan­der Loop two days later goes according..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Safety Net or Dead End?

The politics of Austin animal welfare

"...stream of speakers took turns explaining to the Austin Animal Advisory Commission what was wrong with her volunteer program...."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

White Dog

With typically blunt, disturbing, combative, unconventional storytelling, Fuller tackles the disease of bigotry with this story about a racist dog.

"...dog to Noah's Ark, a training center for movie animals run by the equable Burl Ives. There, animal trainer..."

July 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Chaos of Eros

Isabel Coixet's 'Elegy' for a dying animal

"...heart away; sick with desire/And fastened to a dying animal/It knows not what it is." – Yeats in..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

He Knew Just the Guy for the Job

Meet the multihyphenate Matt D'Elia

"...In American Animal, Los Angeleno Matt D'Elia plays Jimmy, an engaging,..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Opinion: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s Comments Scapegoat, Endanger, and Distract

The senator has put his Asian American constituents in harm’s way, while giving cover to the government’s anemic response to the COVID-19 pandemic

"...like that ... these viruses are transmitted from the animal to people and that's why China has been the..."

April 17, 2020 Column by Nick Bloom

Animals, Society, and Race at Huston-Tillotson

New course tackles how animal welfare work intersects with racism

"...Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE), a Baltimore-based nonprofit that..."

Sept. 23, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

The Academy's five favorite animated shorts, plus two ringers

"...into its ulterior state of mind with a laugh. “Animal Behaviour,” directed by David Fine and Alison Snowden, is..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Weiner

An eye-popping, jaw-dropping doc about sext-happy ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner

"...you thinking?” In the case of this particular political animal, the query is a rhetorical one operating on two..."

June 3, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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