BE IN THE KNOW: ST. PAWtrick’s DAY Adoption Events around town!

There are two awesome St. PAWtrick’s Day events 
hosted by the Brittany Foundation 
and 
Los Angeles Animal Services 
happening next week! 
Get your Irish on and attend! 
If you’ve wanted to adopt a companion animal 
and have been waiting, 
come out next week and get LUCKY!

Click on flyers to enlarge

BE IN THE KNOW: ST. PAWtrick’s DAY Adoption Events around town!2011-03-07T17:08:00-08:00

BE IN THE KNOW: DOG FIGHTING RING AT RESIDENCE BUSTED

Community Message has been issued by the:
LASD – Headquarters Newsroom (SHB)
Los Angeles County Sheriff.
Wednesday March 2, 2011 10:25 PM PST


Dog fighting at residence leads to 17 dogs, arrests,
cocaine, & kids taken into protective custody



An alleged dog fighting training operation at a Lake Los Angeles home was shut down today by sheriff’s deputies, and a couple was arrested for training dogs to fight, as well as for possession of cocaine. Their four children were taken into protective custody and seventeen pit bull dogs were recovered by animal control officers.

The dog fighting investigation began when a confidential informant called the LA County 24-hour Dog Fighting Tipline (877-662-3483) to report that people were training dogs for fighting. The tip was reported to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, who relayed the information to deputies in the Antelope Valley so it could be investigated.

Over the next month, Deputies Robert Ferrell and Fred Hill with the Sheriff’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Bureau, investigated the dog fighting case, working with officers from the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control, and Lancaster Sheriff’s Station deputies. The deputies ultimately found sufficient probable cause to be able to obtain a search warrant.

At about 4:30AM Wednesday, sheriff’s deputies from COPS Bureau, Lancaster, and Palmdale Stations, joined by L.A. Co. Animal Control officers and LA Co. Dept. of Children and Family Services, went to the home on the 41000 block of 178th St. East, Lake Los Angeles.
Once there, they found an elaborate dog fighting and training operation.

On the property they found seventeen pit bull dogs, some of which were tied to stakes in the yard. Dried blood was found on a portable wooden fighting ring that was leaning against a wall.

They also found a large amount of medical supplies, including surgical tools and medication, IV saline solution, and syringes to administer medicine and […]
BE IN THE KNOW: DOG FIGHTING RING AT RESIDENCE BUSTED2017-05-24T08:44:10-07:00

BE IN THE KNOW: Pitbull or Pet-friendly rentals in Los Angeles and beyond:

WoofTags was created out of our passion for saving animals. During our decades of work and volunteering at shelters and rescues, we saw first-hand the tragic results of so many lost pets. As one shelter’s webmaster, we set them up to sell pet ID tags online. It was one part of promoting “a tag is your pet’s ticket home” – the shelter even offered a ‘free’ ride home to stray pets with ID if they could reach the owner and return it right away!

Still, all too often, pets were found without ID, or with unreadable, worn out tags. Those pets might wait for days in the shelter before they were finally found – taking up all-too-valuable kennel space. We were inspired: we wanted to promote a better quality tag than those cheap aluminum vending machine tags, a tag that would not wear out, so pets could be home instead of in a shelter!

Another idea sparked our creation of WoofTags. Rescues can only provide vet care and boarding for as many pets as they can afford. So we’ve dedicated ourselves to helping those rescues do all they can do to help homeless pets, by donating ALL of our profits to their difficult life-saving mission.

Thank you for buying your tags from WoofTags and helping rescued pets!

Here are some of our past fosters, all adopted into loving homes. 🙂

From the site:
More tips from a successful pitbull renter:

What helped me was: 1) having renters insurance. I pay like $300/year which works out to like $25 per month for Renters insurance with liability that covers up to half million. Plus $5,000 personal property. This makes landlords feel more secure because they don’t need to purchase additional homeowners insurance or worry that they’ll be liable. 2) My dog has her CGC Canine Good Citizen Certification. It basically says, “This dog is good in ALL situations.” 3) I made a doggy resume, to personalize her […]
BE IN THE KNOW: Pitbull or Pet-friendly rentals in Los Angeles and beyond:2017-05-24T08:44:11-07:00

BE IN THE KNOW: Jon Stewart, Pit Bulls, and Media Hysteria by Ledy VanKavage

Shared from ANIMAL.CHANGE.ORG

Jon Stewart, 
Pit Bulls, 
and Media Hysteria
by Ledy VanKavage

November 01, 2010 02:30 PM (PT)
Topics: Breed Specific Legislation, Dogs

The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear was a huge success on Saturday. While Jon Stewart was calling out the media for stoking fear, I was safely nestled on the couch with our three adopted pit bulls, Che, Bella Abzug, and Karma. Stewart’s words could easily describe the pit bull controversy: “The press can hold its magnifying glass up to our problems or they can use that magnifying glass to light ants on fire.” The media hysteria surrounding American Pit Bull Terriers has been lighting them on fire — resulting in the mass euthanasia of these dogs simply because of their appearance. Instead, the media’s magnifying glass should focus on the real public safety issue: reckless owners of any dog.


It’s not much of a stretch to think Stewart would agree with applying his words to pit bulls. Though animal issues don’t come up often on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart is a known animal lover and has two pit bulls of his own — Shamsky and Monkey.

And in 2008, Jon Stewart commented on the status of pit bulls in the media when Sarah Palin delivered her famous “lipstick” joke. I relished Stewart’s take on the riddle, “What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?” Stewart answered: “One is unfairly maligned despite evidence showing they are no worse than any other dogs, while the other is an an artificial demographic no better or worse than any other kind of mom.”

In 2007, Stewart also attacked the media’s coverage of Michael Vick’s arrest for running a dog fighting ring; how they fixated on his gambling and time off the field rather than the fact that Vick killed dogs with his bare hands:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Vick’s Rub

BE IN THE KNOW: Jon Stewart, Pit Bulls, and Media Hysteria by Ledy VanKavage2017-05-24T08:44:13-07:00

BE IN THE KNOW: DNA Is New Weapon In Fight Against Dogfighting

Article from: NPR Website
DNA Is New Weapon In Fight Against Dogfighting
by Amy Standen
September 27, 2010 from KQED
To read transcript of radiospot/interview, click HERE
Scientists are hoping that a new DNA database for dogs will help track — and prosecute — people who breed dogs to fight. But advocates say there’s a risk that the DNA records could be used against the dogs, or against people who adopt them.
The idea is to have a canine version of the FBI’s CODIS — a database of human DNA that is used to connect criminals to crime scenes. But in this case, the DNA might help prove that breeders supplied dogs to a dogfighting ring.
In July 2009, a dogfighting operation was raided in northwest Missouri. Tim Rickey, the senior director of field operations for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, recalls the scene from that morning.
Dogfighting’s Innocent Victims
Credit: Photos courtesy of the Humane Society of Missouri
“I very vividly remember getting out of the truck, and one of the first images I seen was a dog that had one of its legs chewed off in a fight,” Rickey says. “And then the owners just amputated the leg.”
More than 500 dogs were seized from sites across seven states that day, and authorities arrested 26 people. It was the largest dogfighting raid in U.S. history. Rickey says he has heard all of the excuses.
“What their cover is, is that they’re just breeding the dogs,” he says. “They don’t fight the dogs, you know — they’re just breeding dogs because they’re a lover of the breed.”
In the Missouri case, DNA samples from the dogs proved that these weren’t just random pound dogs. They were all related. Prosecutors believed this was evidence that the dogs had been bred to fight.
And that makes sense, says Beth Wictum, who directs the forensics lab at the School of Veterinary Medicine at University of California, Davis.
“Essentially by breeding these dogs they’re creating a subpopulation, almost a new breed,” she says.
BE IN THE KNOW: DNA Is New Weapon In Fight Against Dogfighting2017-05-24T08:44:16-07:00

BE IN THE KNOW: New Leader for LA Animal Services


Dear Members and Friends,

As manager of the Los Angeles Program of Best Friends Animal Society, I want to take this opportunity to welcome the newly appointed General Manager of Los Angeles Animal Services, Ms. Brenda Barnette. I also want to congratulate Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on this appointment, which reflects his commitment to progressive policies and leadership for the department.
Ms. Barnette has a long and successful track record in animal welfare, most recently as chief executive of the Seattle Humane Society, where she achieved an impressive save rate for shelter animals through innovative programs and extensive community involvement.

As someone who embraces our shared mission of no more homeless pets, we are committed to working with Ms. Barnette on behalf of all the animals in Los Angeles, and truly achieving a time of no more homeless pets for the City of Angels.

The appointment is of particular importance to Best Friends’ no more homeless pets efforts in LA. With your support, our work in Los Angeles has been a proven test ground for innovative, life-saving model programs over the years. Many of these model programs have been shared freely and adopted by numerous communities around the country.

Some of these programs include Pup My Ride, which transports hundreds of small dogs from overwhelmed LA shelters to areas of the country that have a high demand for small dogs; Puppies Aren’t Products, a campaign designed to end the sale of puppy mill animals in LA pet stores and to promote a business model that features rescues and pets for adoption; Catnippers, a volunteer feral cat spay/neuter clinic that offers free services to community cat caregivers, and Pet Super Adoption events that find families for hundreds of homeless animals at a time.

We expect this type of model program development to continue and flourish in collaboration with Ms. Barnette as we work toward achieving no more homeless pets in Los Angeles.

We ask you, our members and our colleagues in the Los Angeles rescue community to join us in extending our warmest regards and encouragement to Ms. Barnette as she assumes her new life saving role

Jen Woodard, Manager
Los Angeles Programs
Best Friends Animal Society

BE IN THE KNOW: New Leader for LA Animal Services2017-05-24T08:44:21-07:00

BE IN THE KNOW: Justice for the 61st Street Kennel Dogs

Legal attorney turned rescuer, Diane Carey was finally arrested Saturday on felony animal cruelty charges.

She was caught driving a moving van in Inglewood that contained 19 dogs stuffed in a hot van without food or water. Dogs were in “apparent poor health.”

Diane is the president of South Central Stray Rescue AKA 61st Street kennel where Downtown Dog Rescue dogs, Larry, Lucy, Amanda + Pepper + countless other dogs were rescued from.


LARRY
at the 61st Street Kennels


LUCY
at the 61st Street Kennels


AMANDA
at DDR right after rescue


PEPPER
at last weekends Best Friends Adoption event


For a background on this hoarding/animal cruelty case,
Click HERE.


To view the news footage, please click on this link:



BE IN THE KNOW: Justice for the 61st Street Kennel Dogs2017-05-24T08:44:23-07:00

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