Leslie Smith, Author at Berkeleyside

Opinion

Opinion: Our obligation is to animals in Berkeley’s shelter

by Leslie Smith March 18, 2024, 8:00 a.m.March 14, 2024, 5:23 p.m.

At Berkeley Animal Care Services, the city’s open-admissions shelter, the stream of incoming animals is unending.

Community, Nature, Opinion

Op-ed: Truth and transparency of utmost importance at Berkeley Animal Shelter

by Leslie Smith March 23, 2016, 3:41 p.m.Oct. 4, 2022, 1:30 a.m.

If you visited Berkeley Animal Care Services (BACS) Sunday, you probably noticed the BPD patrol car in the parking lot. The shelter doesn’t normally require police presence, but over the weekend, a threat was made to burn down the building with staff and volunteers tied up inside. The reason: people were outraged by the euthanasia of […]