CA residents: animals in shelter need your help (from PETA)

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Hi. I receieved the following from PETA. It originally had a heartbreaking

picture of an ulcerated cat from this place, but I had to delete it so as not

to send an attachment. Do you think that people in the Bay Area contacting

these Los Angeles officials would be helpful? Stephanie

 

PETA MEMBER ACTION ALERT

 

Animals in Los Angeles " Rescue " Need Your Voice

 

Click here to view photographs of animals from Puss & Pooch.

For several years, PETA has received reports of animals suffering at Angel

Puss & Pooch Rescue, a facility located at 7508 Topanga Canyon Blvd in Los

Angeles, that advertises itself as " no kill " and is reportedly operated by a

woman named Marge Weems. Complaints have included overcrowding, animals

deprived of proper food and water, animals left to suffer severe upper

respiratory ailments and other diseases without proper veterinary attention,

and so on. In Los Angeles County (a different jurisdiction from that of the

city), Marge Weems currently faces one count of felony cruelty to animals and

four counts of misdemeanor animal neglect in connection with the treatment of

60 cats she was " caring " for at her home in Dayton Canyon. These cats were

reportedly continuously confined to " filth-encrusted wire cages " at her home,

which is how conditions are described to us at the rescue/store, where

approximately 300 cats are kept.

 

Recently, a Puss & Pooch adopter contacted PETA with a disturbing eyewitness

account from inside the store. The two cats he adopted were listed by a

veterinarian as " too lethargic and weak to eat " on the day of adoption. The

cats were so severely dehydrated, they had to be put on fluids. One had to be

force-fed. The vet also noted malnourishment, upper respiratory disease, and

emaciation, as well as sarcoptic mange, feline acne, diarrhea, vomiting,

fungal infection, and ear mites.

 

This adopter, along with another eyewitness, documented conditions at the

store, provided a detailed written statement to authorities and obtained

veterinarian's statements regarding the animals' conditions. <A

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read excerpts from eyewitness statements.

 

Los Angeles City authorities have received all this information, along with

previous complaints and disturbing evidence of suffering at Puss & Pooch, yet

the city has not taken action.

 

Please politely and immediately contact the authorities in charge of the case

and urge them to do something now to ensure that animals in this facility

receive medical care if they are suffering from diseases and have potable

water-or that they be removed from the situation. California is home to some

of the most stringent <A

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to enforce these laws, for the animals' sake.

 

The Honorable Rocky Delgadillo

City Attorney

1800 City Hall East

200 N. Main St.

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tel.: 213-485-5408

Fax: 213-847-3014

E-Mail: <A

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Deputy City Attorney Robert Ferber

Animal Protection Unit

City of Los Angeles

1800 City Hall East

200 N. Main St.

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tel.: 310-202-3839

 

Council Member Dennis Zine

Tel.: 213-485-3486

Fax: 213-485-8988

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