Accused of hoarding but not charged, no-kill shelter operator sues Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control LITTLEROCK, California––A new strategic twist in the perpetual running battle between alleged animal hoarders and animal control agencies trying to prosecute them popped up in a January 30, 2023 web posting from the High Desert Animal Alliance, issued […]
“Return to Field” from an animal care & control perspective
by Dawn D. Danielson, RVT, former director, County of San Diego Animal Services The subject of intake, holding and release of cats into the community from which they were brought to a shelter is becoming an emotionally charged debate over, among other things, the lawfulness of programs operating under such names as “community cats,” “return […]
Newborn killed by pit bull rehomed by San Diego Humane Society & SPCA
Attack could not have been foreseen, claims SPCA president Weitzman SAN DIEGO, California––The inherent unreliability of temperament testing and untruthfulness of pit bull adoption promotions depicting the dogs as safe were underscored on April 22, 2016 when a two-year-old pit bull named Polo, rehomed six months earlier by the San Diego Humane Society & SPCA, […]