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Head of troubled L.A. Animal Services steps down amid high euthanasia rates, overcrowding

A dog in a kennel at Chesterfield Square, one of six shelters run by Los Angeles Animal Services. Bass added that Ramirez, who was tasked with leading the agency during Dain’s absence, was “performing absolutely fine.” Bass announced Dains’ hiring in June 2023, touting her arrival as part of the mayor’s effort to turn around Animal Services, which faces chronic …

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Mayor Bass said she’d save L.A.’s shelter animals. More dogs and cats are dying

Dogs available for adoption look out of their kennels at the Chesterfield Square/South Los Angeles animal shelter in August. Agnes Sibal, a spokesperson for LA Animal Services, the city department that runs the shelters, pointed to an “overcrowding crisis” with “nowhere to house incoming dogs.” “This means that dogs with behavioral challenges are more likely to become at risk of …

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Tragic twist in Peanut the Squirrel's euthanasia as animal tests negative for rabies

The long-awaited rabies test results of Peanut the Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon have revealed a shocking discovery: both animals tested negative for rabies. Tesla CEO Elon Musk was among those who slammed Peanut's death and argued that the fact that the social media famous animal was forcibly euthanised proves that the United States is no longer the “land of …

Opinion: What’s behind overcrowding and death at animal shelters? Volunteers say it’s the public

A dog looks out of its cage at the Lancaster Animal Care Center on Sept. 27. Lately — and especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — the crisis of overcrowded animal shelters run by the city and county of L.A. have drawn similarly apoplectic letters, especially from readers who have volunteered at those shelters. We already published some …

When she met a jagged-eared German shepherd puppy named Pickles at the Palmdale Animal Care Center, rescuer Alyssa Benavidez thought the former stray was being overlooked by adopters and wanted to find him a home. The Palmdale and Lancaster shelters euthanized 1,576 dogs in the first eight months of this year, accounting for 60% of those put down at the …

The state government also informed the Supreme Court that an interim order of Kerala High Court directing the withdrawal of Kudumbashree Units from the Animal Birth Control programme has led to a complete halt of the programme in eight districts. The high court order restrained the inclusion of of Kudumbashree as an implementing agency for the Animal Birth Control Project …

Barbara Eckersley testifies she 'didn't intend' to kill her mother by feeding her animal euthanasia drugs