Animals reported missing from all six L.A. city shelters
This is an odd story posted today at KABC about how 64 animals have gone missing from all six of the city's animal shelters over the past year.
Department of Animal Services Manager Brenda Barnette said more than five dozen animals have disappeared from shelters in Los Angeles within a year.Workers are changing locks on cages and trying to keep a closer eye on the animals, the story said.
"It's actually dogs, cats and other small animals, about 64 in total, from all six of our shelters," she said. "What we've noticed was that 39 of them all came from North Central."
Barnette said it was "hard to tell whether the situation was so lax that the public could come in and take animals out without us knowing it or whether there was assistance from staff or volunteers, which I would doubt."
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