To the editor: Final week, a canine named Marshmallow was euthanized on the metropolis’s South L.A. Animal Shelter. So was 1-year-old Paco on the county’s Lancaster Animal Care Heart. Each have been younger, pleasant, wholesome canine who have been beloved by the volunteers. (“California lawmakers propose banning sales from dog brokers in crackdown on puppy pipeline,” Feb. 11)
As I write this, extra canine have been cleared for euthanasia on the county’s Palmdale Animal Care Heart. All have good notes. All are wholesome and younger. You may see them on the Palmdale shelter web site.
This killing goes on daily at amenities throughout Southern California simply because there are too many canine in a damaged shelter system.
Maybe California pet brokers equivalent to Ashley Vincenti, who was quoted in your article, ought to stroll with these doomed, frightened canine as they urinate out of worry to the shelter’s again room. There, they are going to be pierced with a needle and injected with medication to cease their beating hearts.
Melissa Klaskin, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Thanks for highlighting the atrocious pet mill enterprise that lots of my caring mates and I’ve identified about for many years. Lastly, it appears like The Instances has taken on this vile trade.
Instantly upon studying your article, I known as the workplace of Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) and spoke with considered one of his assistants about his invoice to shut a authorized loophole on pet mills.
Thanks, Los Angeles Instances. You have got made my day.
Rita Burton, Cambria, Calif.
