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ANIMAL WATCH-LA City animal owners and taxpayers were advised on June 24 that Interim GM Dana Brown has been appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti as the General Manager to straighten out the severe problems at the floundering Los Angeles Animal Services Department, where the doors have remained essentially closed to lost and stray animals by former-GM Brenda Barnette.
The timing of this permanent appointment (Dana Brown, photo left, briefly served as Interim GM) is vitally important, as Interim Assistant GM Annette Ramirez described recently by Barnette as ready “to lead the department to the next level” announced at the last Commission meeting that there is no plan to take in terrified pets fleeing the brutal Fourth of July fireworks explosions that have already started citywide.