Please Don’t Kill Me Because I look Like A Pit Bull

Many of us are disturbed by the fact that Montreal issued a ban of all pit bulls and pit bull type dogs (whatever they are) and further planned to euthanize all such dogs by October…

When Dogs Bark – Listen

Both Los Angeles County and Los Angeles City are revising their barking dog ordinances to promote relief and resolution of this “nuisance” and to flesh out factors that animal control can use to analyze the…

California Veterinarian Loses License for This ….

I apologize for the photo – but – this what your spcaLA does …. Know that the veterinarian’s license was revoked by the California Veterinary Medical Board after they concluded that he (Ryan James Whitney)…

More Than Footballs Fly During The Game

Many of you know that in the mid-90’s spcaLA created and still operates Animal Safety Net™ (ASN), a domestic violence program designed to shelter pets while a battered victim can flee to an emergency shelter.

Pokémon Go – AWAY

When my kids were younger I spent a good deal of time assisting them in their frenetic need to have complete first edition sets of Pokémon cards. A graduate of the previous “have to have…

Let’s Leave the “Life” in “Wildlife”

An Amazon jaguar was shot and killed at an Olympic torch ceremony in Brazil when he/she attempted to escape from the organized photo shoot. I fail to see any credible, logical or humane reason to…

The Rage Against The Majority

I was positively transfixed watching the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives stage a sit-in and then actually teared up when they burst into “We Shall Overcome”.

Let Bison Be Bison

Tragically, a baby bison was euthanized in Yellowstone National Park after tourists, thinking the newborn needed help, put the calf in their car and drove to the ranger station. After unsuccessfully trying to reintroduce the…