From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2010:

The American SPCA and Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals on
March 31, 2010 jointlyannounced and welcomed the hiring of former
ASPCA director of shelter operations and humane education outreach
Julie Bank to head the New York City Center for Animal Care &
Control, starting April 12. After 10 years with the ASPCA, Bank
served as director of education and therapeutic programs for the
Arizona Humane Society, deputy director of Maricopa County Animal
Care & Control , and executive director of the North County Humane
Society & SPCA in Oceanside, California. The latter recently merged
with the San Diego Humane Society.

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2010:

The American Humane Association was still operating
short-handed at the beginning of April 2010. Six-year president
Marie Belew Wheatley resigned on January 8, 2010, succeeded on an
interim basis by past board member George C. Casey. Four animal
protection division staff were laid off, including the shelter
services manager and training manager. All four positions remained
unfilled.

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2010:

HOHENWALD, Tennessee–Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee
cofounder Carol Buckley, ousted from the organization on March 17,
2010, in early April announced the formation of a new nonprofit
umbrella for her work called International Elephant Aid.
“Over the next year I will travel internationally seeking
projects and problems, brainstorming with others involved in elephant
welfare and assisting those in need,” Buckley posted to her personal
web site. “My goal is to be a resource, bringing to the table all
that my work has taught me over these past 36 years. Providing
sanctuary is a worldwide need, and now I plan to make it a reality.”

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2010:
YONKERS, N.Y.–New York state attorney general Andrew Cuomo
on March 9, 2010 won a court order disbanding the Yonkers SPCA.
“The court ordered all Yonkers SPCA members to surrender
their weapons, badges, and identification cards, and to forward
any assets to a legitimate organization that prevents animal abuse,”
reported New York Daily News staff writer Helen Kennedy.
Founded in 1912, the Yonkers SPCA in 1955 transferred
operations and assets to the Westchester SPCA and disbanded. In
2007, however, former Greenburgh police officer Sean Collins, 43,
revived the organization–on paper and at a web site.

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