Canadian native Debbie Deb Bloom has made it her mission to make the lives of the abandoned pets a bit more bearable, particularly under the harsh weather conditions now plaguing California.
LA West Valley Animal Shelter to Reopen, but Pets and Strays Need Appointments Details
ANIMAL WATCH-On February 18, 2021, Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette (photo above) submitted a brief two-page letter to Councilman Paul Koretz and the City Council, abruptly revising her recent reconstitution proposal, Long Term Plan for the West Valley Animal Shelter, and reinstating the shelter s original purpose of serving and protecting the lost, abandoned and unwanted dogs, cats and other animals in West Valley communities.
This was announced after months of GM Barnette s bully tactics to deprive the West Valley communities of a critical municipal animal shelter for which they pay taxes, and it would have left 40% (260 square miles) of the city of Los Angeles and over 1.77 million residents and their pets with only one animal shelter, the smaller East Valley Animal Shelter in Van Nuys.