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Nov 21 5:08 pm
  • Animal Care Services

VIDEO: Dog tied up in a truck and his sister bask in a bittersweet rescue

Kate Karp

Ringo, a German shepherd mix, and his sister Barbie, piled into a mom-car this week on their way to Live Love Animal Rescue, a Long Beach nonprofit.

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Nov 18 5:25 pm
  • Animal Care Services

Man surrenders dogs after video showing one tied up in the back of a truck goes viral

Valerie Osier

The dogs, a shepherd mix named Ringo and a lab mix named Barbie, are now at the animal shelter as officials investigate the case, according to a representative from Live Love Animal Rescue, which was involved in the surrender. 

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May 10 12:44 pm
  • Animal Care Services

Animal shelter director presents virtual town hall about present and future practices

Kate Karp

At 7 p.m. on Monday, May 11, Long Beach Animal Care Services director Staycee Dains will preside over a virtual town hall meeting to discuss shelter practices during and after the bureau’s pandemic-related closure to the public.

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Apr 17 2019 9:47 am
  • Animal Care Services

It’s not ‘no kill,’ but new ACS model would save as many animals as possible

Stephanie Rivera

Division among community members about how best to care for animals has been one of the city’s biggest challenges. Officials stressed their intent to work collaboratively with everyone.

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Aug 27 2018 1:39 pm
  • Animal Care Services

Audit: Limited staffing, uncollected fines have led to lack of care for animals in Long Beach shelter

Staff Reports

In 2016, ACS volunteers logged just over 6,000 hours, almost 16 times fewer than the shelter in Sacramento, where volunteers spent 97,147 hours caring for shelter animals.

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Dec 20 2017 2:09 am
  • Animal Care Services

Necessary—and Possible: Phase One of Animal Shelter Review Sets Ground for Positive Change

Kate Karp and Stephanie Rivera

Phase One of the City Auditor’s two-part review of Long Beach Animal Care Services (ACS) indicated that the shelter has come quite a way from the time when it was just animal control.

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Nov 21 2017 11:52 pm
  • Animal Care Services

Police Investigating Report of Camera Allegedly Found in City Animal Shelter Restroom

Stephanie Rivera

The Long Beach Police Department is currently investigating a report of a camera allegedly found in a restroom at the Long Beach Animal Care Services center in El Dorado park.

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Jan 10 2017 12:28 am
  • Animal Care Services

Long Beach Animal Care Services Ends Another Year with Record-Breaking Statistics

Asia Morris

The Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine Animal Care Services Bureau (ACS)’s year-end statistics show increasing progress being made at the shelter, with the best numbers ever reported for 2016, it was announced Friday.

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