One of the best ways to keep your pet safe and healthy is to license and microchip your dog. Over 12,500 animals pass through the Long Beach Animal Shelter each year, many of them returned safely and quickly to their owners because they have up-to-date licenses and microchip technology. On June 21, the City of [...]

A resignation, a suspension and an investigation
Animal Control’s top officer is gone, a shelter employee has been suspended, and the city has launched an investigation into charges of animal mistreatment at the city’s shelter following a District Weekly probe, city officials said today.

The brutal death of a pit bull suggests there’s trouble at Animal Control, a document obtained by the District Weekly suggests.
The March 15 report by registered veterinary technician Christine Culhno of Long Beach Animal Control describes an incident in which an untrained officer used a rabies pole to drag an out-of-control pit bull from its [...]