ANIMAL WATCH-Since 2010 the seminal obligation of Los Angeles Animal Services to maintain animal-law enforcement and protection has been intentionally destabilized by General Manager Brenda Barnette in her mania to achieve the Best Friends Animal Society mythical "No Kill" goal.
ANIMAL WATCH
LAAS GM Barnette’s Plan for West Valley Shelter ‘Handled by Vendors’ Faces Legal Questions
ANIMAL WATCH-Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette is determined that she will not open the West Valley Animal Shelter for the intake of strays and lost pets -- this shelter has one of the highest intake rates in the City.
Is Cockfighting Making a Comeback or a Repeat Performance?
ANIMAL WATCH-On January 27, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Bloodsport Team seized 70 roosters in an investigation of a possible cockfighting operation in LLanos, California, an unincorporated area southeast of Palmdale in Los Angeles County.
LA Citywide Feral Cat-TNR Program Adds Fee for Pet Cats
ANIMAL WATCH-When Los Angeles General Manager Brenda Barnette received approval by the Los Angeles City Council for an estimated $60M Citywide Feral Cat-TNR Program in November 2020,
Dog in Brutal Attack at Singer-Rapper Chris Brown's Home Identified
ANIMAL WATCH-On January 18, 2021, CityWatch broke the news that Los Angeles Animal Services is investigating a dog attack which occurred in the home of popular singer-rapper Chris Brown at 19602 Citrus Ridge Drive, Tarzana, CA, on December 12, 2020.
CUDDLY. com and the Animal Rescue Business
ANIMAL WATCH-Prior to "rescuing" animals becoming big business, Los Angeles Animal Services and other municipal sheltering agencies focused on rescuing strays from the streets, investigating reports of cruelty, abandonment, or neglect;