Skid Row Animal Cruelty and Welfare Pilot Program Becomes Permanent, Mayor Bass Announces

Program seeks to end animal abuse on Skid Row - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The city Department of Animal Services and the Los Angeles Police Department will partner to investigate allegations of animal cruelty, illegal breeding and animal sales on Skid Row, Mayor Karen Bass announced Aug. 12. The mayor’s office said the partnership between the two city departments formalizes a pilot program launched in November 2025, which has provided animal cruelty investigation training to more than …

Los Angeles mayoral candidates face calls for action on Skid Row animal welfare

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Skid Row animal cruelty and welfare pilot program becomes permanent, Mayor Bass announces

The program launched on Skid Row, where requests for animal welfare checks are higher than in other parts of the city, according to the Mayor's Office, and it also targets illegal breeding and the sale of animals.

Pilot partnering LAPD, LAAS finalized to combat animal cruelty on Skid Row

Animal and law enforcement officers will be cracking down on illegal breeding and animal sales in and around Skid Row, it was announced Wednesday. As part of an effort to prevent animal cruelty, the Los Angeles Police Department and LA Animal Services will have a permanent partnership, the office of LA Mayor Karen Bass announced. The move finalizes the mayor’s pilot program that provided animal cruelty investigation training to police officers. …

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‘Animal Welfare Bill could put fisheries, poultry and pet breeding in legal limbo’

By Ifham Nizam The proposed Animal Welfare Bill could have far-reaching legal and economic consequences for fisheries, poultry production, pet breeding and even small-scale ornamental-fish breeding, biodiversity expert Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda has warned. The long-awaited Bill, nearly two decades in the making, seeks to replace the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance of 1907 with a modern framework for animal welfare. However, Pethiyagoda sa…