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>>> THERE’S AN EFFORT TO PREVENT
EVEN MORE OVERCROWDING AT ANIMAL
SHELTERS.
TODAY, THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL
WILL CONSIDER A TEMPORARY HOLD
ON BREEDING PERMITS AT THE
SHELTERS.
NBC 4’S TRACEY LEONG IS AT A DOG
PARK IN SILVER LAKE WITH A LOOK
AT HOW THESE CHANGES COULD
IMPACT BREEDERS AND DOG
SHELTERS.
>> Reporter: YES, GOOD MORNING,
LYNETTE.
WE’RE HERE IN SILVER LAKE AT A
PRETTY POPULAR DOG PARK THAT
OPENED ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO.
YOU CAN SEE THE DOGS RUNNING
AROUND.
I DID SPEAK TO AN OWNER AS SHE
WALKED IN.
SHE DID ADOPT HER DOG FROM A
LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER.
THE MORATORIUM THAT WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING THAT
YOU MENTIONED, IT IS ON
BREEDING.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IT HOW IT COULD IMPACT THE WAY PEOPLE
ADOPT DOGS OR POSSIBLY BUY DOGS,
THE DOGS CAN’T COMPLETELY STOP
DOG BREEDING ALL TOGETHER, THEY
WANT TO TEMPORARILY PAUSE IT
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HOPEFULLY
SLOW THE PROCESS THAT HAS
CONTRIBUTED TO OVERCROWDING.
RIGHT NOW, THE SIX L.A.-RUN
ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE EXPERIENCING
A SERIOUS CRISIS.
AS OF THIS MORNING, THEY ARE
211% CAPACITY, SIMPLY PUT, THERE
IS JUST NOT ENOUGH SPACE, AND SOME CASES, THERE ARE THREE DOGS
PLACED IN SINGLE KENNELS,
CREATING AN EVEN MORE STRESSFUL
ENVIRONMENT FOR THESE DOGS AND SHELTER STAFF WHO ARE STRUGGLING
TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE CARE.
THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN
DOGS AND AS WELL AS CATS AND
RABBITS.
THE CITY HOPES THE MORATORIUM ON
BREEDING SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE
THAT THE SHELTERS CAN’T HANDLE
ANY MORE ANIMALS.
LAST WEEK, THE THREE MEMBER
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THREE
ENRICHMENT COMMUNITY PASSED AN
ORDINANCE AND TODAY THEY WILL VOTE ON WHETHER TO APPROVE.
>> IT THE BREEDING-- THE PREEDIN
WOULD BE 75% CAPACITY FOR THREE
STATE MONTHS AND COULD BE
AUTOMATICALLY REINSTATED IF
SHELTER CAPACITY RISES ABOVE
75%. THE CITY HAD 1200 BREEDING
PERMITS LAST YEAR AND ENDED 2023
WITH 1800 BREEDING PERMITS.
THE CITY WANTS TO ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE, IF THEY ARE CONSIDERING
EXPANDING THEIR FAMILY AND THEY
ARE LOOKING FOR A FURRY COMPANION, TO GO TO ONE OF THEIR
SHELTERS, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY
HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOGS THAT NEED
HOMES RIGHT NOW, AND BEFORE THEY