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Welfare Commission

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    September 16, 2011

    Tom Otterness, Sculptor Who Killed Dog, Wins Art Contract for Central Subway Project

    Not necessarily a cat person ​Is art still subjective if it involves killing a dog?The Examiner gives us a not-so-uplifting story today about a Brooklyn sculptor who once shot and killed a dog for art's sake. While Tom Otterness is a well-known artist in the streets of New York, this slight fact s ... More >>

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    July 27, 2011

    Inefficient by Design: San Francisco's Commissions Are Uncountable — and Unaccountable

    Not necessarily a cat person ​Is art still subjective if it involves killing a dog?The Examiner gives us a not-so-uplifting story today about a Brooklyn sculptor who once shot and killed a dog for art's sake. While Tom Otterness is a well-known artist in the streets of New York, this slight fact s ... More >>

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    March 30, 2011

    S.F. Feral Cats Policy Good for Cats, Terrible for Birds

    Not necessarily a cat person ​Is art still subjective if it involves killing a dog?The Examiner gives us a not-so-uplifting story today about a Brooklyn sculptor who once shot and killed a dog for art's sake. While Tom Otterness is a well-known artist in the streets of New York, this slight fact s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Junk Food Ban Weighed -- For Seagulls

    Gross​Since seagulls are mysteriously dying by the dozens at Pier 94 rendering plant after feasting on offal, the Board of Supervisors has been urged to enforce a larine version of a junk food ban.At its Feb. 10 meeting, the city's Animal Care & Control Commission introduced a drafted letter t ... More >>

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    January 19, 2011

    How the Happy Meal ban explains San Francisco

    Gross​Since seagulls are mysteriously dying by the dozens at Pier 94 rendering plant after feasting on offal, the Board of Supervisors has been urged to enforce a larine version of a junk food ban.At its Feb. 10 meeting, the city's Animal Care & Control Commission introduced a drafted letter t ... More >>

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    August 13, 2010

    San Francisco Pet Ban Delayed

    Don't ban me, bro...​San Francisco has told its contentious plan to ban the sale of all pets but fish to sit and stay -- until January at the earliest. The city garnered national headlines last month, when the city's Animal Control and Welfare Commission proposed banning all pet sales in a move ai ... More >>

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