To the editor: As one who has rescued and owned cats and canine her total life, I’m past upset and disgusted by the dearth of providers for the canine and cats at a number of L.A. metropolis animal shelters. (“High management in flux at troubled L.A. Animal Companies division as normal supervisor takes unexplained go away,” Aug. 16)
It’s past perception that some shelters can’t even meet minimal humane requirements of care and find yourself euthanizing one animal simply to make room for a brand new canine or cat. How can the employees flip away provides of assist from residents providing to volunteer? It’s clear that staff don’t need anybody telling them what must be modified.
There are such a lot of rich people who assist animal organizations. Let’s hope very giant donations to shelters are made in order that managers who’re skilled, compassionate and revolutionary might be employed to show them round.
Individuals ought to ask themselves how their personalities and attitudes would change in the event that they lived in a single room, have been by no means allowed to go outdoors and barely had sufficient to eat. Don’t blame the cat or canine for turning into scared and enraged; change the system.
Judy R . Martin, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Carol Mithers’ piece on the position poverty performs within the surrendering of pets in L.A. was insightful and informative. Having learn the article, I discover myself having a bit extra compassion for individuals who should make the gut-wrenching choice to surrender a beloved pet.
One solely has to tug up photographs of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans displaying pets perched on rooftops awaiting rescue. Many residents have been compelled to go away their canine and cats behind as a result of shelters wouldn’t settle for pets.
Now, homeless shelters are beginning to take pets with displaced households. My gratitude to Downtown Canine Rescue for all they do to maintain unhoused individuals and their pets collectively.
Too many points underlie the issue of overpopulation at our animal shelters, however I don’t imagine poverty is on the core.
A living proof: A separate article highlights the failure of our mayor to enhance the circumstances of L.A.’s animal shelters. She vowed to repair this downside when she took workplace in 2022. However two years later, many shelters are at greater than 200% capability, and canine are dying every single day on her watch.
Oh, by the best way: I’m a kind of individuals who would most undoubtedly “sleep on the road as an alternative of giving up my canine,” if I needed to face that selection.
Rosemary Chiaverini, Sherman Oaks
