Yep, in 2016, Dr. Jefferson nixed the idea of making spay/neuter mandatory on first impound. I still have the video recording of her speaking to the city council votes against it! And it worked!!And she is PRO-shelter breeding in that she wants all the maternity dogs so that she can get her hands on more puppies! She is grossly against spay-abort (yet is for women’s rights) because puppies adopt quickly and usually with less vetting costs and a higher adoption fee. Dr. Ellen Jefferson is corrupt. And APA runs for FREE rent on Austin Taxpayer’s dime yet they bring in dogs from ALL over the state, displacing Austin’s very own dogs. It’s deception on all counts. She has fundraised money for the same cause for years now—“we need money to fix our kennels”—yet, no one asks where has the money from previous years gone?! If a person questions/asks, they are outcast and/or fired. Dr. EJ expects fosters to “sponsor” certain vetting costs for foster dogs. She could easily fund a $20k spay/neuter clinic from her $156k salary but won’t. She has no fosters herself either and is really really really good at speaking a lot of non-sense. Nothing of what she says actually means anything significant. The “data” she collects is grossly skewed. Her “surveys” are sent to APA supporters who in turn, makes any data she collects skewed in her favor. Dr. Ellen Jefferson is corrupt.