Pet adoptions increase, questions over no-kill remain

Los Angeles. Department of Animal Services officials said Tuesday they've reached milestones with a high number of number of stray pets adopted and a low number euthanized - claims immediately refuted by critics of the agency. DailyNews.

At a City Hall news conference, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa praised the department and its general manager, Ed Boks, who was hired 18 months ago with the goal of making Los Angeles a "no-kill" city.

"We knew it wouldn't be easy or fast to become a no-kill city," Villaraigosa said. "But we are seeing that Los Angeles Animal Services is the No. 1 animal-adoption agency in the United States. We have adopted out more animals than we have euthanized. We are euthanizing fewer animals than at any time in our history."