Browsing Tag Los Angeles

Los Angeles has just become the largest city in the U.S. to outlaw the sale of commercially bred dogs, cats and rabbits in retail stores.

Los Angeles City Council members voted 12-2 today in favor of an ordinance banning the sale of pets from commercial breeders in retail stores.

The Los Angeles City Council is about to decide whether to only allow the sale of pets from shelters – not puppy mills – in retail stores.

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday in favor of banning retail pet stores from selling non-rescue dogs.

Recently, humane officers from the Society for Prevention of Cruelty in Los Angeles (spcaLA) made a disturbing discovery when they responded to an anonymous tip about dogs being kept in deplorable conditions in a Los Angeles pet shop.

A Rottweiler/Siberian Husky mix named Handsome is searching for a new home in Southern California.

Are you in the L.A. area and looking to welcome a dog into your heart and home? Then Terri, an Alaskan Husky, could be the perfect pup for you.

Actress Katherine Heigl’s foundation is donating $1 million to help spay and neuter pets, educate the public and bring an end to animal shelter euthanizations.

Film editor Sally Menke was found dead near a Hollywood Hills hiking trail with her Labrador beside her.

To help reduce the number of unwanted pets in the city, L.A. is considering raising the maximum number of dogs/cats allowed from three to five.