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Jan 22 1:50 pm
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Long Beach Animal Care Services celebrates record-high adoptions

Kate Karp

Last year, the city-run shelter found homes for a tail-wagging, pupil-dilating 1,961 pets.

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Jan 20 1:12 pm
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Hoppy Year of the Rabbit! Celebrants to honor the Lunar New Year this weekend

Kate Karp

To celebrate, why not consider adopting or fostering one of your own?

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Jan 13 2:07 pm
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Fix Long Beach Pets opens city’s first canine parvovirus ICU

Kate Karp

Rescues—and pet owners in general—who have struggled to find a veterinarian for a dog who’s sick with canine parvovirus will be relieved to know that Long Beach is now home to its first intensive care unit for infected dogs.

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Jan 6 2:45 pm
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Cat owners have to get creative to access this apparently effective treatment for a deadly feline disease

Kate Karp

The popularity of a medicine called GS-441524 in treating the deadly cat disease known as FIP has exploded, and many organizations, including Helen Sanders CatPAWS, have found ways to obtain it.

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Dec 30 2:00 pm
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Long Beach Animal Care Services now has a dedicated foster program

Kate Karp

May your New Year’s Day hair of the dog be actual hair of the dog, who came in from LBACS and who’s curled up next to you. Cats and rabbits, too, of course.

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Dec 23 10:55 am
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‘Dawgs of LBC’ is a love letter to Long Beach’s streets, beaches and dogs

Kate Karp

Photographer Marissa de la Torre, the book’s author, has snapped scores of canines in neighborhoods, in front of small businesses, at libraries, in parks and at beaches, and outside city limits in Wilmington, Lakewood and Signal Hill.

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Dec 16 3:39 pm
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Pet-license fee amnesty available until Dec. 31 for some Long Beach residents

Kate Karp

Residents are eligible if they live in any of the city’s Community Development Block Grant-designated areas.

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Dec 9 12:54 pm
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Community outreach coordinator is among this year’s gifts to the animals at Long Beach Animal Care Services

Kate Karp

“There are over 200 pets in the shelter and over 90 animals in the foster program,” LBACS community-outreach coordinator Megan Ignacio said. “Our city’s commitment to Compassion Saves means that animals in our care can live and thrive.”

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Dec 2 12:38 pm
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Holiday gifts for pets, whether naughty, nice or both

Kate Karp

Store aisles and windows are stocked with toys and cute holiday outfits, tempting cookies with red and green icing are on display on bakery counters, and goodies fill shelves. Shop for fun, as well as for safety.

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Nov 25 12:37 pm
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Gratitude and compassion go hand in paw in animal-hoarding cases

Kate Karp

Last month, officials removed almost 40 cats from a hoarding situation at a small apartment, threatening to overwhelm the shelter, but Long Beach’s animal community came to the rescue.

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