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DE*UPDATE - as per @lacoanimals most recent post, there were 250 dogs and 66 cats found on the property.*
Do not look away. The shelter animals of Los Angeles need you to see this. This is happening now. 700 dogs and cats are being seized from one property. 700 dogs and cats that will end up in our already devastatingly overcrowded shelter system. A system that has already been euthanizing to make space for the incoming.
The language the media is going to use is that the animals have been “rescued”. Semantics - it’s true they have been liberated from this property but that doesn’t mean they are safe. They will now reside with a ticking clock above their heads at LA County shelters. Let’s call them by name: Palmdale and Lancaster will be hit the hardest by far - and they’re already two of the worst. Downey, Castaic, Carson, Baldwin Park, Agoura - all county locations. These animals are not safe.
If ever there was a time to foster or adopt - it’s now. Please tell your friends what is happening here. The friends who do not follow our animal rescue accounts. The friends who love animals but have zero idea about this reality. Urge them to act if they can. There are plenty of ways to help if fostering or adopting is not an option. Share shelter and networker posts. Support your favorite rescues - we all will be impacted by these 700 + the lives currently sitting behind bars. YOU ARE THEIR SECRET WEAPONS.
Also - use your voice to scream to the world why spay and neuter is the answer and how this could have all been prevented had the district enforced spay neuter laws (WTF??).
@caravitafoundation is building brick and mortar spay neuter hospitals. Support them. We just opened one in this area.
Follow @rita_earl_blackwell if you don’t already. She’s in the trenches and on the frontline right now. She will be sharing as many as she can.
Reposting from @ktla5news .
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