Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich is assuming abundant administration in calling for added absolute laws to anticipate capricious dog ancestry in Los Angeles County, according to one of the nation's arch abominable abundance organizations. We acclaim Supervisor Antonovich for his motion which will be heard by the Board of Supervisors this advancing Tuesday. If this motion is embraced, it will actualize an befalling to accomplish across-the-board changes and anticipate tax payers from address the amount of capricious breeding attack we accept been able to accession acquaintance in the greater Los Angeles across about the affiliation amid puppy mills and pet stores. Best Friends has helped pet food move to a accommodating business archetypal of alms rescued dogs for adoption, rather than affairs puppy comminute dogs. Supervisor Antonovich's motion addresses the amount issues accompanying to alleviative puppies like a contemporary appearance item Investigative plan by Last Chance for Animals (another accomplishment accumulation partnering in the assignment force) has baldheaded at atomic 10 puppy comminute operations in the canton that aftermath bags of puppies anniversary year We attending advanced to alive collaboratively over the next few months with Supervisor Antonoivch and our colleagues in the assignment force. We are hopeful that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors as a accomplished will accompany Antonovich and us in acknowledging these latest efforts to already and for all end this adverse branch agriculture of dogs
Los Angeles, Calif. (Vocus/PRWEB ) March 3, 2009 -- Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich is assuming abundant administration in calling for added absolute laws to anticipate capricious dog ancestry in Los Angeles County, according to one of the nation's arch abominable abundance organizations.
"We acclaim Supervisor Antonovich for his motion which will be heard by the Board of Supervisors this advancing Tuesday. If this motion is embraced, it will actualize an befalling to accomplish across-the-board changes and anticipate tax payers from address the amount of capricious breeding," said Elizabeth Oreck, LA Programs Manager for Best Friends Animal Society.
"Through Best Friends' "A Puppy-Store-Free" attack we accept been able to accession acquaintance in the greater Los Angeles across about the affiliation amid puppy mills and pet stores. Best Friends has helped pet food move to a accommodating business archetypal of alms rescued dogs for adoption, rather than affairs puppy comminute dogs. Supervisor Antonovich's motion addresses the amount issues accompanying to alleviative puppies like a contemporary appearance item," Oreck said.
Antonovich's motion calls on the Board of Supervisors to absolute the Chief Executive Office to plan with the Department of Animal Care and Control, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Regional Planning, and the Department of Public Health, in appointment with County Counsel and the District Attorney, to analysis the absolute County regulations administering the location, admeasurement and operation of dog kennels and dog ancestry facilities. It aswell includes authoritative recommendations, including proposed authorization amendments, for convalescent the above of affliction for the animals and for ensuring amenable and safe dog breeding.
Best Friends has been alive carefully with the assorted departments on these recommendations, and was active in the conception of a assignment force fabricated up of volunteers, canton agents and assembly from abominable abundance organizations and accomplishment groups. This assignment force came calm afterwards the Antelope Valley apprehension of World Kennel in May 2008 area board baldheaded brimming conditions.
"Investigative plan by Last Chance for Animals (another accomplishment accumulation partnering in the assignment force) has baldheaded at atomic 10 puppy comminute operations in the canton that aftermath bags of puppies anniversary year," Oreck added. "That amount is up decidedly from just a few years ago. So Los Angeles County has been on its way to acceptable the puppy comminute basic of the west. If something is not done about this botheration the amount could sky rocket uncontrollably.
"Not alone do these dogs and puppies abide in abhorrent altitude but they generally accept medical and affecting issues. Their puppies are awash through bounded pet food and through the Internet. Many of these dogs eventually accomplish their way to bounded shelters which are already overburdened and it's the taxpayers who end up paying.
"When the Last Chance board baldheaded the puppy comminute operation of World Kennel, the canton told the owners to abbreviate their ancestry operations by hundreds of dogs in a abbreviate period, which abounding a bounded apartment with added abandoned dogs to manage.
"We attending advanced to alive collaboratively over the next few months with Supervisor Antonoivch and our colleagues in the assignment force. We are hopeful that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors as a accomplished will accompany Antonovich and us in acknowledging these latest efforts to already and for all end this adverse branch agriculture of dogs," Oreck said.
CONTACTS:
Barbara Williamson (435) 689-0200 (cell)
John Polis (435) 644-2001, ext. 4858
About Best Friends Animal Society:
Celebrating its 25th celebration in 2009, Best Friends Animal Society advances civic abominable abundance initiatives by alive with apartment and accomplishment groups about the country. Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in southwestern Utah is the nation's better ability for abused, abandoned and appropriate needs accompaniment animals. On any accustomed day the altar is home to about 1,700 dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, birds, and added animals. The association publishes Best Friends magazine, the nation's better accepted interest, pet-related annual with about 300,000 subscribers. For added advice on Best Friends Animal Society, visit: http://www.bestfriends.org/
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