(Photo by Ana Venegas, Orange County Register/SCNG) A Los Angeles City Council committee on Wednesday, April 3, approved a temporary moratorium on breeding permits in an effort to prevent further animals from entering the city’s overpopulated shelters. The three-member Neighborhoods and Community Enrichment Committee passed the draft city law as part of its consent calendar […]
LA City councilmembers call for moratorium on new breeding permits
With the hope of stemming the overcrowding in Los Angeles animal shelters, two city council members have called for an “immediate and indefinite moratorium” on new breeders. The motion, which Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez and Traci Park introduced, also ordered the Department of Animal Services to compile information on the number of illegal breeding operations cited […]