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Gov Newsom Reneges On $50M for Shelters, Feral Cat-TNR - Should LA Animal Services Be Defunded?
This promise was further described by Best Friends as ensuring "the resources to meet the state’s goal in the Hayden Bill that no healthy or treatable dog or cat is euthanized in an animal shelter.”
As discussed in Best Friends: CA Gov…
Dog Attacks on LA Mail Carriers Soar in 2019 as Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette Plays 'Political Influencer'
ANIMAL WATCH-A Pit Bull crouches in a yard as a mail carrier approaches in the photo on the USPS National Dog Bite Awareness Week News Rele…
Pit Bull Mauls Adopter, Attacks LA Animal Services Shelter Employee --Their Lives Matter!
ANIMAL WATCH--Another brutal dog attack on an adopter by a Pit Bull from a Los Angles Animal Services shelter received no public expression…
Marc Ching - Another Dog Rescuer, LA Animal Activist under Federal Investigation
ANIMAL WATCH-As Los Angeles animal activist Ed Bucks awaits a 2021 federal trial for providing drugs resulting in the death of two black me…
Best Friends Animal Society - from Pit Bulls and ‘No Kill’ to Real Estate Mogul
ANIMAL WATCH-Shortly after being appointed Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager in 2010, Brenda Barnette insisted that the City Cou…
L A City Official Posts Nude Photos of Melania Trump on Public Facebook Page
ANIMAL WATCH-As part of her campaign to get Pit Bulls adopted and unweaned kittens fostered—especially during Mayor Eric Garcetti's COVID-1…
LAAS' Spay/Neuter Fund Drops from $5M to $400,000 - Is GM Brenda Barnette Clueless or Crafty?
ANIMAL WATCH-Without an aggressive, well-funded spay/neuter plan in place for Los Angeles when COVID-19 seclusion ends, two animal populati…
Man, 21, Shoots and Kills U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier After Vicious Dog Warnings Issued
ANIMAL WATCH-During tensions over COVID-19, a conflict which began over USPS dog warnings about an aggressive Chihuahua, heightened to a…
Dog-Bites Soar at LA Animal Services – Will Shelter Donations Become the Mayor’s New Slush Fund?
ANIMAL WATCH-GM Brenda Barnette let Assistant GM Tammy Watson announce the bad news at the LA Animal Services Board of Commissioners meetin…
Fostered Pit Bull Attacks LA Dog - Animal Services GM Barnette Plans $1.5-Million Website
ANIMAL WATCH-While LA Animal Services’ General Manager Brenda Barnette was gushing over the success of her COVID-19 Fostering Campaign and…
Pit Bull Attacks at LA Animal Services Shelters: Did City Attorney Try to Hide Reports?
ANIMAL WATCH--Los Angeles Animal Services' General Manager Brenda Barnette shared a public on-line 'message from Brenda' on April 10, expla…
China Moves Closer to a Ban on Eating Dog Meat
ANIMAL WATCH-"Dogs should be treated as pets, not livestock," the Chinese government announced in a public document on April 8, filling the…
Chinese May Declare Dogs Are Pets and Not for Eating – Let Them Know You Agree
ANIMAL POLITICS-Two weeks ago, Shenzhen became the first city in China to ban the production and consumption of dog and cat meat. See: “Chi…
China's Animal 'Wet' Markets Reopen - Veterinarian Missing on Trump's C0VID-19 Task Force
ANIMAL WATCH-On March 16, when Animal and Coronovirus - What are the Real Dangers? appeared in CityWatch, it was already obvious that the C…
COVID-19 - Animal Experiments on Monkeys Infected with Virus Begin at California’s UC Davis
ANIMAL WATCH-Primate-center scientists have found that rhesus macaques, human-like monkeys, can be infected with SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus be…
Cat Tests Positive for Covid-19 - Keep your Pets Safe
ANIMAL WATCH-In what is believed to be the first human-to-cat transmission of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Brussels Times reported on…
Dog Attacks on USPS Mail Carriers Could Increase Under COVID-19 ‘Shelter-at-Home’ Order
ANIMAL WATCH-Lacey Cassidy, a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, is recovering physically from severe injuries to her arm and hand caused by…
Is China Telling the Truth About Dog's Death and Other COVID-19 Conspiracy Claims?
ANIMAL WATCH-A German Shepherd is the second dog in China reportedly testing positive for the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) coronavirus, but a se…
Our Animals and Coronavirus - What are the Real Dangers?
ANIMAL WATCH-The World Health Organization sounds a little less sure your pet can't contract Coronavirus from you after the discovery of a…
LA Shelter Employee Mauled by Dog with History of Aggression
ANIMAL WATCH-Los Angeles General Manager Brenda Barnette complains at most Commission meetings that she is understaffed in the shelters.
Best Friends 'Unfriended' - Feral Cat-TNR Plan Nixed, Pregnant Veterinarian Fired?
ANIMAL WATCH--Best Friends Animal Society may be losing friends, but not Los Angeles Animal Services' GM Brenda Barnette,
Pit Bull Attack Epidemic Spreads Worldwide -- 87 Human Victims in US, Canada in 2 Months
From attacks in the Los Angeles Animal Services shelters to the streets of Canada and India, children and adults are being killed, disfigur…
Toxic Danger to Cats and Employees at LA Animal Services ‘No Kill’ Shelters Ignored by GM Brenda Barnette
ANIMAL WATCH-If you have worked, volunteered or visited a Los Angeles Animal Services' Animal Shelter, or know someone who has, this inform…
Pit Bull Terrier Brutally Attacks Another LA Animal Services Shelter Employee as Visitors Watch
ANIMAL WATCH-Why aren't Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilman Paul Koretz, Chair of the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee (PAWS) for the…
Dog Attacks: How Many Deaths are Needed for a Pit Bull-Safety Recall?
ANIMAL WATCH-Less than 40 days into 2020, there have already been four deaths and 43 media reports of Pit Bull attacks on humans in the U.S…
GM Brenda Barnette Sends ‘Adults-only’ Events Invite to Los Angeles Animal Services Staff via City Email
ANIMAL WATCH-Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette found time between saving Pit Bulls and feral cats on January 29…
Jan Perry, Jackie Lacey: Women Championing Animal Cruelty Laws and Protection
ANIMAL WATCH-Two women in Los Angeles government, Jan Perry, former-Los Angeles City Councilmember, (photo left) and LA County's District…
Best Friends: CA Gov. Newsom's $50M Budget Proposal for No-Kill Was a 'Campaign Promise' – to Whom?
ANIMAL WATCH-In 2017 Los Angeles Animal Services was proclaimed an "almost-No Kill' shelter by GM Brenda Barnette and Mayor Eric Garcetti…
Cockfighting: 9,000 Birds Illegally Shipped to Guam, Animal Wellness Action Report Claims
ANIMAL WATCH-Cockfighters in the United States made more than 500 illegal shipments of fighting birds to Guam from 2017 to 2019, according…
