The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has actually authorized a movement intending to lower the rate of euthanized animals in the care of the Department of Animal Care and Control, after a 3-month-old puppy was incorrectly euthanized at the Baldwin Park Animal Care.
The fate of the puppy, called Bowie, was stated to trigger public outrage.
According to Manager Hilda Solis’ workplace, in between July 1 and Nov. 30, of the over 12,000 animals that got in the County’s care, near to 4,000 were euthanized.
” We can and need to do much better to conserve the innocent animals that enter into the County’s care,” Solis stated in a press release on the movement, which was presented by Solis and Janice Hahn. “This movement requires a complete accounting of the errors that resulted in the euthanasia of Bowie and a strategy to guarantee that something like this never ever takes place once again.”
The movement authorized recently directs the Department of Animal Care and Control to supply a complete report in 1 month on what resulted in using euthanasia on the 3-month-old puppy and a strategy to avoid comparable occasions.
It likewise needs the department to supply the Board of Supervisors with a 5-year strategy to reduce the number and portion of animals who are euthanized with integrated yearly criteria that consists of the factors for animals being euthanized, an analysis of how to broaden the avoidance programs, and other needed actions to lower the euthanasia rate.(*)
