Calls to restore spay and neuter program in L.A.
You've got to love city government.
After pushing the importance of spaying and neutering your pets for years now -- going so far as to even make it the law -- the city of L.A. goes and cancels the voucher program that allows low-income cat and dog owners to help pay for the surgeries. In a year in which the muncipal government is financially strapped, it seems there may be no more money to continue the program.
But two L.A. City Councilmen, Dennis Zine and Eric Garcetti, are already pushing for restoration of the program.
"In the long run, the cost of pet overpopulation will significantly outweigh that of the spay-neuter coupons," Chris Olsen, an aide to Zine, wrote in a letter to the city's Spay and Neuter Advisory Committee.
"(Zine) will introduce a motion that directs Animal Services to reinstate the program immediately," Olsen wrote.
.....Officials said they cut the program as part of a plan to save about $150,000.
Read the rest of Rick Orlov's story in the Daily Breeze.
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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
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Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
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