By City News Service
Jan 31, 2021
CARSON (CNS) - The city of Carson will assume responsibility for all field service calls related to animal service and safety starting Monday.
These duties have been performed by the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control.
The city has a new animal control officer who will respond to calls including animal neglect, barking dog complaints, nuisance animals, stray animals, wild animals, dead animal removal, surrendered animals and found animals, officials announced Friday.
That officer will also investigate allegations of animal cruelty, inspect boarding facilities, pet shops and grooming establishments, and work with the California Department of Fish and Game and the Los Angeles County Department of Agriculture in dealing with predator animals, such as coyotes.
Marcia Mayeda, director of Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control.
I think everyone gave a sigh of relief at midnight on Dec. 31, 2020. The most troubling and stressful year in recent memory was finally over. A devastating pandemic, social and physical isolation, widespread unemployment and business loss, a national spotlight on the very real issue of racial inequality, damaging riots and looting, and an extremely divisive and disputed presidential election all weighed heavily on peoples’ emotions. We all looked forward to seeing improvements in 2021. Then Jan. 6, 2021 and an unprecedented assault on our very foundation of democracy hit us like a ton of bricks. A new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus is threatening us in 2021, as well as fears of continued assaults on our government and the rule of law.