This Tongue Was Made For Lickin’
Want a big sweet girl in your life? This beautiful rottweiler mix was found wondering the streets of Cerritos on May 6 and was brought to our attention by Kym Cloughesy, our community policing coordinator. She’s 4 years old and weighs about 90 pounds. Unlike most rottis, she’s brown and blonde and (thankfully) doesn’t have a docked tail. She is currently at Animal Care Services (ACS), but she’s on borrowed time, as her evaluation date was on May 13. The staff has been doing everything they can to help place her. She is in kennel K709 at Animal Care Services, 7700 E. Spring St., Long Beach. She has only a couple of days left, so call (562) 570-5700 right away and jet up to ACS if you have room in your family for this beautiful girl.
City Council Unanimously Supports Animal Legislation
The Long Beach City Council voted unanimously (7–0, with council members Suja Lowenthal and Rae Gabelich absent) to support in concept of a number of animal-protection bills pending senate or assembly passage and to direct the city manager to communicate the support to Long Beach legislative offices.
“This legislation will enhance the city’s efforts to protect the welfare of our pets,” said 7th District Council Member Tonia Reyes Uranga. “
We’re grateful to Dr. Allan Drusys, county veterinarian for Riverside County and council member for the city of Yucaipa, and to Last Chance for Animals (LCA) senior investigator Brian Monell from Los Angeles, both of whom spoke at the meeting. Drusys clarified and advocated SB 250 (the Pet Responsibility Act); Monell, whose organization has been key to investigating and exposing the horrors of puppy mills, spoke up for AB 241 (The Responsible Breeder Act of 2009); and Judy explained all the assembly bills. The four bills are summarized in the column posting below this one (Animal Legislation Up For Approval At Council Meeting).
We thank Wendy Aragon, president of the Pet Assistance Foundation, who has worked quietly in the background for nearly 40 years educating and assisting the public about pet overpopulation and finding homes for animals.
“There’s an endless cycle of despair out there, and you’ve taken an enlightened and compassionate stand tonight,” Aragon said, addressing the council. “I’m proud to be a Long Beach city resident.”
And we’re most grateful to the city council who support the rights of animals, particularly Reyes Uranga and 4th District Councilmember Patrick O’Donnell, who had the recommendation placed on the agenda.
“I want to thank Councilmember Uranga for bringing this forward,” O’Donnell said. “And I want to certainly acknowledge the work of Judy Crumpton, who always keeps me educated and aware of issues affecting our pets. And Shirley Vaughan [president of Friends of Long Beach Animals], who’s always working out there in support of animals. And the whole team sitting out there.”
Judy states that it takes a village to help animals, and we appreciate legislation and animal advocates working together to support animals. When you take an issue to the council, they will, at the very least, listen. In our experience, they do far more.
“We understand how animal advocates live and breathe animals,” Uranga said.
Cat fur, in particular.