All six LA Animal Services centers are open (by appointment only)
Southern California is home to numerous rescue groups, including those that focus on specific breeds
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They number in the thousands, if not the millions, but far fewer ballads are written about the magical and heart-true moment when you lock eyes with an animal in need.
If you were to pen such a poochful paean, you might somehow work "May 20" into the lyrics, for that's the day when we paws, er, pause to think about rescue dogs, the pups in shelters and other places that can't be defined as their permanent homes.