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 Middle. Each had been younger, pleasant, wholesome canines who had been cherished by the volunteers. (“California lawmakers suggest banning gross sales from canine brokers in crackdown on pet pipeline,” Feb. 11)
As I write this, extra canines have been cleared for euthanasia on the county’s Palmdale Animal Care Middle. All have good notes. All are wholesome and younger. You possibly can see them on the Palmdale shelter web site.
This killing goes on day by day at services throughout Southern California simply because there are too many canines in a damaged shelter system.
Maybe California pet brokers resembling Ashley Vincenti, who was quoted in your article, ought to stroll with these doomed, frightened canines 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 buddies and I’ve recognized about for many years. Lastly, it seems to be like The Occasions has taken on this vile trade.
Instantly upon studying your article, I referred to as the workplace of Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) and spoke with one in every of his assistants about his invoice to shut a authorized loophole on pet mills.
Thanks, Los Angeles Occasions. You’ve made my day.
Rita Burton, Cambria, Calif.
