Culture + Society
Rescue sues Animal Foundation, claims failure to spay and neuter violates law
Southern Nevada’s primary government-funded animal shelter, The Animal Foundation (TAF) is failing to abide by the law by not sterilizing animals, and is engaged in deceptive practices by advertising services it doesn’t provide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The suit alleges No-Kill Las Vegas, a non-profit animal rescue, and other members of the rescue […]
Anti-abortion ‘abolitionists’ take slavery rhetoric to the next level
The first time Tina Marshall heard anti-abortion protesters call themselves “abolitionists,’” she said she burst out laughing. Marshall, a Black woman who lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, was counter protesting at an abortion clinic when a mostly white group — save one Black woman — surrounded her and told her they were abolitionists. “I rolled […]
Lion Habitat Ranch founder threatens euthanization in fundraising pitch
A fundraising letter from Keith Evans, the man behind Lion Habitat Ranch, says the roadside zoo in Henderson isn’t generating enough money to support the roughly 40 lions and other animals on site. In the lengthy, handwritten appeal, Evans says the “small fee” visitors pay “hasn’t been enough in the past few years to make […]
A truly great city needs truly great public transportation
Any list of the best cities in the world includes our home in Las Vegas, but you don’t see it at the top of those lists very often, as wasted money and poor priorities prevent Las Vegas from making the leap that takes us from ‘tourist destination’ to ‘world-class city’. Governmental boondoggles have cost taxpayers […]
Animal Foundation overstated capacity to discourage drop-offs, audit finds
Clark County’s government-funded animal shelter, The Animal Foundation (TAF), inflated its population projections to discourage animal control officers from bringing animals to the shelter, according to a long-anticipated internal county audit obtained Monday by the Current. The county announced in March it was auditing TAF after commissioners received numerous complaints from the public. According to […]
Dog run over at Animal Foundation as policies put animals in peril, say advocates
A couple who attempted to relinquish three dogs at the Animal Foundation in July but were turned away, abandoned the dogs in the shelter’s parking lot and ran over one as it chased after them, according to a witness and reports obtained by the Current. “The shelter people were telling the couple they’re full right […]
States seek to let teens as young as 14 serve booze in restaurants
WASHINGTON — As a former bartender and current tipped worker, Trupti Patel knows that customers tend to get grabby when there is alcohol involved. After working in the food service industry for more than a decade, she is accustomed to dealing with drunk customers who get out of hand, especially if they become belligerent or […]
For the mothers the pandemic has left behind
Moms are tired. Bone-tired. That’s the word that comes up again and again whenever I talk to other mothers these days. No matter how strong you think you are, the last few years have taken a crushing toll. Everyone bears the scars of the pandemic in different ways. But there have been so many other […]
A bittersweet milestone for the anti-poverty movement
This summer marked a milestone anniversary in the history of American anti-poverty programs: two years ago, the first monthly payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit went out to millions of households. The expansion had deep roots in the welfare rights movement, including the powerful organizing of poor mothers and caregivers who insisted for decades […]
Amid America’s culture war, Washoe County School District approves new sex-ed curriculum
The Washoe County School Board in a 5-2 vote passed an updated sexual education curriculum, but not before drawing criticism from conservatives taking issue with the inclusive and medically accurate language. Trustees Jeff Church and Colleen Westlake voted against the curriculum, citing issues with lessons that use the phrases “boys and people with a penis” […]
Male anti-abortion religious leaders mull murder charges for pregnant people at national event
An all-male panel of anti-abortion religious leaders from around the country met Friday night to discuss the strategies that should be used to end abortion in every state at any stage of pregnancy, without exceptions for rape and incest, and with criminal punishment for the pregnant person in line with existing criminal penalties for murder, […]
Animal Foundation’s call center proposal panned, praised during county meeting
Animal rescue organizations support Clark County’s proposal to award money to the animal shelter, but not to its current management. Volunteers told the Clark County Commission Tuesday that the Animal Foundation’s failed effort at managing intake by setting appointments for the public to turn in pets or strays has shifted responsibility to already-drained rescues, which […]