#  ANIMAL WATCH

   ##  [ Dog in Brutal Attack at Singer-Rapper Chris Brown's Home Identified ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21156-dog-in-brutal-attack-at-singer-rapper-chris-brown-s-home-identified "Dog in Brutal Attack at Singer-Rapper Chris Brown's Home Identified  ")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     February 01 2021       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2021/009r.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21156-dog-in-brutal-attack-at-singer-rapper-chris-brown-s-home-identified)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-On January 18, 2021, CityWatch broke the news that Los Angeles Animal Services is [investigating a dog attack](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/animal-watch/21071-dog-attack-at-singer-rapper-chris-brown-s-home-raises-questions) which occurred in the home of popular singer-rapper Chris Brown at 19602 Citrus Ridge Drive, Tarzana, CA, on December 12, 2020.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21156-dog-in-brutal-attack-at-singer-rapper-chris-brown-s-home-identified)

   ##  [ CUDDLY. com and the Animal Rescue Business](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21117-cuddy-com-and-the-animal-rescue-business "CUDDLY. com and the Animal Rescue Business")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     January 25 2021       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2021/007t.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21117-cuddy-com-and-the-animal-rescue-business)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-Prior to "rescuing" animals becoming big business, Los Angeles Animal Services and other municipal sheltering agencies focused on rescuing strays from the streets, investigating reports of cruelty, abandonment, or neglect;

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21117-cuddy-com-and-the-animal-rescue-business)

   ##  [ No Happy New Year for Animals ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21072-no-happy-new-year-for-animals "No Happy New Year for Animals ")

      Details    Robert Ferber    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     January 18 2021       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2021/005f.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21072-no-happy-new-year-for-animals)

**ANIMAL POLITICS**--While most of us are hoping and even expecting a happier New Year in 2021, it is certain to be a very *unhappy* and even tragic year for countless animals in Los Angeles, thanks to LAPD Chief Moore unilaterally disbanding the historic LAPD Animal Cruelty Task Force.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21072-no-happy-new-year-for-animals)

   ##  [ Dog Attack at Singer-Rapper Chris Brown’s Home Raises Questions](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21071-dog-attack-at-singer-rapper-chris-brown-s-home-raises-questions "Dog Attack at Singer-Rapper Chris Brown’s Home Raises Questions")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     January 18 2021       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2021/005o.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21071-dog-attack-at-singer-rapper-chris-brown-s-home-raises-questions)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-A Los Angeles Animal Services memo on December 21, 2020, to the LA County Health Department confirms it is investigating a dog attack at 19602 Citrus Ridge Drive, Tarzana CA -- the home of Rapper Chris Brown -- which occurred on December 12.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21071-dog-attack-at-singer-rapper-chris-brown-s-home-raises-questions)

   ##  [ Police Officer Saves Boy from Vicious Pit Bull Attack as Victim Pleads, ‘I Don't Want to Die’ ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21027-police-officer-saves-boy-from-vicious-pit-bull-attack-as-victim-pleads-i-don-t-want-to-die "Police Officer Saves Boy from Vicious Pit Bull Attack as Victim Pleads, ‘I Don't Want to Die’  ")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     January 11 2021       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2021/003t.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21027-police-officer-saves-boy-from-vicious-pit-bull-attack-as-victim-pleads-i-don-t-want-to-die)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-A bloody year of Pit Bull attacks on children (and adults) ended with one less death, as an off-duty Boston police officer acted valiantly and instinctively to save the life of a helpless 11-year-old boy being mauled viciously in a backyard, illustrating another reason police departments across the U.S. should not be defunded.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/21027-police-officer-saves-boy-from-vicious-pit-bull-attack-as-victim-pleads-i-don-t-want-to-die)

   ##  [ Rescuer Viciously Attacked at LAAS Shelter While Giving "Pill" to Sedate Aggressive Dog](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20986-rescuer-viciously-attacked-at-laas-shelter-while-giving-pill-to-sedate-aggressive-dog "Rescuer Viciously Attacked at LAAS Shelter While Giving "Pill" to Sedate Aggressive Dog")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     January 04 2021       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2021/001y.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20986-rescuer-viciously-attacked-at-laas-shelter-while-giving-pill-to-sedate-aggressive-dog)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-A rescuer trying to "save" a dog named Maximus, whose behavior was so vicious he was described by Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette as a "danger to staff," suffered a savage bite while attempting to give him a pill to calm him down -- in other words, "drug him."

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20986-rescuer-viciously-attacked-at-laas-shelter-while-giving-pill-to-sedate-aggressive-dog)

   ##  [ Former LA Pit Bull Rescuer/Trainer Arrested Again, after Failing Drug Test](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20967-former-la-pit-bull-rescuer-trainer-arrested-again-after-failing-drug-test "Former LA Pit Bull Rescuer/Trainer Arrested Again, after Failing Drug Test")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     December 28 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2020/104o.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20967-former-la-pit-bull-rescuer-trainer-arrested-again-after-failing-drug-test)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-Steffan Baldwin, former Los Angeles Pit Bull advocate/rescuer and dangerous dog trainer, "flunks drug test, violates bond," according to an Ohio [MJT](https://www.marysvillejt.com/news/former-local-animal-advocate-flunks-drug-test-violates-bond/) headline on December 17, 2020.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20967-former-la-pit-bull-rescuer-trainer-arrested-again-after-failing-drug-test)

   ##  [ Los Angeles City Attorney's ‘Puppy Scam’ Alert – Hypocrisy or Hype?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20948-los-angeles-city-attorney-s-puppy-scam-alert-hypocrisy-or-hype "Los Angeles City Attorney's ‘Puppy Scam’ Alert – Hypocrisy or Hype?")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     December 21 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2020/103k.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20948-los-angeles-city-attorney-s-puppy-scam-alert-hypocrisy-or-hype)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-On December 10, 2020, just two weeks before Christmas, LA City Attorney Mike Feuer [announced](https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/12/10/online-puppy-scams-skyrocket-pandemic-isolated-people-search-pets-adopt/) --

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20948-los-angeles-city-attorney-s-puppy-scam-alert-hypocrisy-or-hype)

   ##  [ Steve Cooley Warns of Rise in Crime, Animal Cruelty, under New Los Angeles DA George Gascón](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20913-steve-cooley-warns-of-rise-in-crime-animal-cruelty-under-new-los-angeles-da-george-gascon "Steve Cooley Warns of Rise in Crime, Animal Cruelty, under New Los Angeles DA George Gascón")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     December 14 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2020/101g.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20913-steve-cooley-warns-of-rise-in-crime-animal-cruelty-under-new-los-angeles-da-george-gascon)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-Steve Cooley, the popular Los Angeles County District Attorney who served from 2000 to 2012 and who created the DA's animal cruelty prosecution program, has been speaking out publicly and candidly expressing his serious concerns about the election of George Gascón to head the D.A.'s office.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20913-steve-cooley-warns-of-rise-in-crime-animal-cruelty-under-new-los-angeles-da-george-gascon)

   ##  [ Rats Invade LAAS Animal Shelters During COVID-19 Shutdown - Including West Valley](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20870-rats-invade-laas-animal-shelters-during-covid-19-shutdown-including-west-valley "Rats Invade LAAS Animal Shelters During COVID-19 Shutdown - Including West Valley")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     December 07 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2020/099r.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20870-rats-invade-laas-animal-shelters-during-covid-19-shutdown-including-west-valley)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-While Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette boasts loudly and often about clearing the shelters of dogs and cats during the COVID-19 pandemic, she's been silent on the invasion by rats --

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20870-rats-invade-laas-animal-shelters-during-covid-19-shutdown-including-west-valley)

   ##  [ LA Animal Services GM Wants LAPD to Pay Vet Bills for Dogs Shot In the Line of Duty](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20824-la-animal-services-gm-wants-lapd-to-pay-vet-bills-for-dogs-shot-in-the-line-of-duty "LA Animal Services GM Wants LAPD to Pay Vet Bills for Dogs Shot In the Line of Duty")

      Details    Phyllis M Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     November 30 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/097p.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20824-la-animal-services-gm-wants-lapd-to-pay-vet-bills-for-dogs-shot-in-the-line-of-duty)

**ANIMAL WATCH**--Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette told the Board of Animal Services Commission this week that she wants the Los Angeles Police Department to pay any veterinarian bills accrued due to shooting a dog in the line of duty--a charge she understands is currently paid by L.A. Animal Services.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20824-la-animal-services-gm-wants-lapd-to-pay-vet-bills-for-dogs-shot-in-the-line-of-duty)

   ##  [ LAAS GM Seeks $60M for Feral Cat/TNR Plan as LAPD Animal Cruelty Program Cut](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20793-laas-gm-seeks-60-million-for-defunded-feral-cat-tnr-animal-cruelty-program "LAAS GM Seeks $60M for Feral Cat/TNR Plan as LAPD Animal Cruelty Program Cut")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     November 23 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/095m.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20793-laas-gm-seeks-60-million-for-defunded-feral-cat-tnr-animal-cruelty-program)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-At the same time Chief Michel Moore is forced to make painful cuts to specialized units within the Los Angeles Police Department --

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20793-laas-gm-seeks-60-million-for-defunded-feral-cat-tnr-animal-cruelty-program)

   ##  [ Pit Bull Adopted from LAAS Shelter Attacks - Victim Hospitalized in Critical Condition](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20752-pit-bull-adopted-from-laas-shelter-attacks-victim-hospitalized-in-critical-condition "Pit Bull Adopted from LAAS Shelter Attacks - Victim Hospitalized in Critical Condition")

      Details    CityWatch    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     November 16 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/093q.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20752-pit-bull-adopted-from-laas-shelter-attacks-victim-hospitalized-in-critical-condition)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-Los Angeles Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette issued a media release this week urging [adoption](https://www.laanimalservices.com/adopt/finding-a-companion/) of a "senior" ( adult) shelter dog from Los Angeles city shelters -- most of which are Pit Bulls of unknown age and behavioral history because many are picked up as strays.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20752-pit-bull-adopted-from-laas-shelter-attacks-victim-hospitalized-in-critical-condition)

   ##  [ Dogs and Cats, Heroes of Wars - Was ‘Sergeant Stubby' Really a Pit Bull?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20711-dogs-and-cats-heroes-of-wars-was-sergeant-stubby-really-a-pit-bull "Dogs and Cats, Heroes of Wars - Was ‘Sergeant Stubby' Really a Pit Bull?")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     November 09 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/091r.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20711-dogs-and-cats-heroes-of-wars-was-sergeant-stubby-really-a-pit-bull)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-Dogs are the most widely lauded animal war heroes, risking their lives to save one soldier, or an entire platoon.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20711-dogs-and-cats-heroes-of-wars-was-sergeant-stubby-really-a-pit-bull)

   ##  [ Police Chief Killed by Rooster at Cockfighting Raid - Combating a Worldwide Bloodsport](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20668-police-chief-killed-by-rooster-at-cockfighting-raid-combating-a-worldwide-bloodsport "Police Chief Killed by Rooster at Cockfighting Raid - Combating a Worldwide Bloodsport")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     November 02 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/89g.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20668-police-chief-killed-by-rooster-at-cockfighting-raid-combating-a-worldwide-bloodsport)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-On Monday, October 22, a police officer was killed by the razor-sharp spur attached to the leg of a rooster during a raid on an illegal cockfight in the Philippine central province of Northern Samar, [Global News](https://globalnews.ca/news/7426794/rooster-kills-police-cock-fight-blade-spur/) reported.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20668-police-chief-killed-by-rooster-at-cockfighting-raid-combating-a-worldwide-bloodsport)

   ##  [ National Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day: Deadly Attacks a ‘Public Health Crisis’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20632-national-pit-bull-victim-awareness-day-deadly-attacks-a-public-health-crisis "National Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day: Deadly Attacks a ‘Public Health Crisis’")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     October 26 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/087i.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20632-national-pit-bull-victim-awareness-day-deadly-attacks-a-public-health-crisis)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-National Pit Bull Victim Awareness (NPBVA) Day [marks](https://www.nationalpitbullvictimawareness.org/media-release-2020/) its sixth anniversary on October 26, 2020.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20632-national-pit-bull-victim-awareness-day-deadly-attacks-a-public-health-crisis)

   ##  [ The Deadly Cost of Cutting Animal Services – Remembering A Child Killed by a Dog Pack](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20594-the-deadly-cost-of-cutting-animal-services-remembering-a-child-killed-by-a-dog-pack "The Deadly Cost of Cutting Animal Services – Remembering A Child Killed by a Dog Pack")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     October 19 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/088d.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20594-the-deadly-cost-of-cutting-animal-services-remembering-a-child-killed-by-a-dog-pack)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-Mayor Eric Garcetti’s cuts to the Los Angeles Animal Services’ budget for 2020-21 are being blamed by General Manager Brenda Barnette for the need to [close](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/animal-watch/20266-stop-gm-barnette-s-bullying-tactics-at-the-west-valley-animal-shelter-say-no-now) the West Valley animal shelter, decrease Animal Control Officers’ hours, and reduce other vital safety services, but the costs in human and animal lives could be deadly, especially considering the city’s already high dog-attack [statistics](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/animal-watch/19709-dog-bites-soar-at-la-animal-services-will-shelter-donations-become-the-mayor-s-new-slush-fund) in it shelters and streets.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20594-the-deadly-cost-of-cutting-animal-services-remembering-a-child-killed-by-a-dog-pack)

   ##  [ Austin Animal Shelter Seeks to Euthanize Dangerous Animals - Will LA Animal Services Follow?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20555-austin-animal-shelter-seeks-to-euthanize-dangerous-animals-will-la-animal-services-follow "Austin Animal Shelter Seeks to Euthanize Dangerous Animals - Will LA Animal Services Follow?")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     October 12 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/083o.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20555-austin-animal-shelter-seeks-to-euthanize-dangerous-animals-will-la-animal-services-follow)

ANIMAL WATCH-On October 8, Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager announced a “Big-Dog” Adoption Event. (“Big-Dogs” encompasses Pit Bulls, officially listed at LA shelters as ‘mixed-breed,” other Bully breeds -- and an occasional German Shepherd.)

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20555-austin-animal-shelter-seeks-to-euthanize-dangerous-animals-will-la-animal-services-follow)

   ##  [ LAAS GM Barnette Undermines Animal Cruelty Case, Bashes Animal Control Officers on Facebook](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20517-laas-gm-barnette-undermines-animal-cruelty-case-bashes-animal-control-officers-on-facebook "LAAS GM Barnette Undermines Animal Cruelty Case, Bashes Animal Control Officers on Facebook")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     October 05 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/081q.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20517-laas-gm-barnette-undermines-animal-cruelty-case-bashes-animal-control-officers-on-facebook)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-In a hostile and childish Facebook rant on September 26, Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette publicly attacked the integrity and insulted the competence of her own animal control officers,

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20517-laas-gm-barnette-undermines-animal-cruelty-case-bashes-animal-control-officers-on-facebook)

   ##  [ The Death of a Pet Does Not End their Love ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20477-the-death-of-a-pet-does-not-end-their-love "The Death of a Pet Does Not End their Love  ")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     September 28 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2020/079g.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20477-the-death-of-a-pet-does-not-end-their-love)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-My beloved Boxer – Baxter -- is nearing the end of his life.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20477-the-death-of-a-pet-does-not-end-their-love)

   ##  [ Remembering LA on Fire -- Evacuating Pets with Two LAAS City Shelters Closed](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20438-remembering-la-on-fire-evacuating-pets-with-two-laas-city-shelters-closed "Remembering LA on Fire -- Evacuating Pets with Two LAAS City Shelters Closed")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     September 21 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2020/077o.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20438-remembering-la-on-fire-evacuating-pets-with-two-laas-city-shelters-closed)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-As California wildfires rage near Los Angeles borders, reviving vivid memories of LA's 2017 "largest fire in history" [declared](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41143987) by Mayor Eric Garcetti, does LA Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette have an emergency plan to reopen the two COVID-closed City animal shelters as temporary refuge for pets who are victims?

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20438-remembering-la-on-fire-evacuating-pets-with-two-laas-city-shelters-closed)

   ##  [ Volunteer Sues LA Animal Services for Negligence After Another Brutal Dog Attack at City Animal Shelter](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20402-volunteer-sues-la-animal-services-for-negligence-after-another-brutal-dog-attack-at-city-animal-shelter "Volunteer Sues LA Animal Services for Negligence After Another Brutal Dog Attack at City Animal Shelter")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     September 14 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2020/075h.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20402-volunteer-sues-la-animal-services-for-negligence-after-another-brutal-dog-attack-at-city-animal-shelter)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-On September 10, a lawsuit was filed in LA Superior Court by former Los Angeles Animal Services volunteer Kelly Kaneko, who was injured in a violent attack by a German Shepherd, named Jax, at the City's North Central Shelter on October 31, 2019.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20402-volunteer-sues-la-animal-services-for-negligence-after-another-brutal-dog-attack-at-city-animal-shelter)

   ##  [ LAAS GM Barnette's Post-Covid Plan Features Pit Bulls, Fundraising, Ignores Public Safety](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20368-laas-gm-barnette-s-post-covid-plan-features-pit-bulls-fundraising-ignores-public-safety "LAAS GM Barnette's Post-Covid Plan Features Pit Bulls, Fundraising, Ignores Public Safety")

      Details    Phyllis M Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     September 07 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2020/073h.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20368-laas-gm-barnette-s-post-covid-plan-features-pit-bulls-fundraising-ignores-public-safety)

**ANIMAL WATCH**--General Manager Brenda Barnette has unveiled her latest plan for Los Angeles Animal Services on the official City site as a "[Proud Pilot Shelter,"](http://www.laanimalservices.com/about-us-2/human-animal-support-services/) which oddly features ONLY photos of adult Pit Bulls for adoption/foster.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20368-laas-gm-barnette-s-post-covid-plan-features-pit-bulls-fundraising-ignores-public-safety)

   ##  [ Is Best Friends-'No-Kill' LA - Abandoning the Pit Bulls in Los Angeles Animal Services' Shelters?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20333-is-best-friends-no-kill-la-abandoning-the-pit-bulls-in-los-angeles-animal-services-shelters "Is Best Friends-'No-Kill' LA - Abandoning the Pit Bulls in Los Angeles Animal Services' Shelters?")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     August 31 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2020/071o.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20333-is-best-friends-no-kill-la-abandoning-the-pit-bulls-in-los-angeles-animal-services-shelters)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-Since August 16, 2011, shortly after Brenda Barnette was appointed GM at Los Angeles Animal Services, Best Friends Animal Society (NKLA) -- one of the nation's strongest proponents of Pit Bull ownership--has occupied the new Northeast Valley "Mission" Animal Shelter rent-free and as a "service provider."

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20333-is-best-friends-no-kill-la-abandoning-the-pit-bulls-in-los-angeles-animal-services-shelters)

   ##  [ First Lawsuit Filed Against LA Animal Services to Open West Valley Animal Shelter](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20302-first-lawsuit-filed-against-la-animal-services-to-open-west-valley-animal-shelter "First Lawsuit Filed Against LA Animal Services to Open West Valley Animal Shelter")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     August 24 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2020/069r.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20302-first-lawsuit-filed-against-la-animal-services-to-open-west-valley-animal-shelter)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-A Woodland Hills non-profit animal rescue, Ady Gil World Conservation, reports that it has filed a lawsuit demanding the two City animal shelters closed in April -- West Valley and North Central -- be reopened by Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette, because of the resultant overwhelming increase in stray animals, according to the [Los Angeles Times](https://ktla.com/news/local-news/rescue-sues-los-angeles-animal-service-to-reopen-shelters-closed-during-pandemic/).

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20302-first-lawsuit-filed-against-la-animal-services-to-open-west-valley-animal-shelter)

   ##  [ Stop GM Barnette's Bullying Tactics at the West Valley Animal Shelter - Say ‘NO’ Now!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20266-stop-gm-barnette-s-bullying-tactics-at-the-west-valley-animal-shelter-say-no-now "Stop GM Barnette's Bullying Tactics at the West Valley Animal Shelter - Say ‘NO’ Now!")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     August 17 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2020/067j.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20266-stop-gm-barnette-s-bullying-tactics-at-the-west-valley-animal-shelter-say-no-now)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette is using bully tactics and her usual doublespeak to rush approval by City officials to reallocate/give away space at the West Valley Animal Shelter,

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20266-stop-gm-barnette-s-bullying-tactics-at-the-west-valley-animal-shelter-say-no-now)

   ##  [ Cockfighting, COVID-19, and Newcastle Disease – A Deadly International Trio](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20229-cockfighting-covid-19-and-newcastle-disease-a-deadly-international-trio "Cockfighting, COVID-19, and Newcastle Disease – A Deadly International Trio")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     August 10 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2020/065e.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20229-cockfighting-covid-19-and-newcastle-disease-a-deadly-international-trio)

**ANIMAL WATCH-**On Monday, August 3, Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies raided a Chatsworth property in the San Fernando Valley to investigate alleged animal cruelty and possession of gamefowl for fighting purposes and found 2,000 to 3,000 roosters that were being bred for cockfighting.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20229-cockfighting-covid-19-and-newcastle-disease-a-deadly-international-trio)

   ##  [ LA Pit Bull Trainer/Rescuer Awaits Extradition on 42 Charges, including 13 Counts of Animal Cruelty ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20189-la-pit-bull-trainer-rescuer-awaits-extradition-on-42-charges-including-13-counts-of-animal-cruelty "LA Pit Bull Trainer/Rescuer Awaits Extradition on 42 Charges, including 13 Counts of Animal Cruelty  ")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     August 03 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2020/063r.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20189-la-pit-bull-trainer-rescuer-awaits-extradition-on-42-charges-including-13-counts-of-animal-cruelty)

**ANIMAL WATCH**- Pit Bull/Dangerous Dog Trainer Steffen Baldwin, 39, of “Save Them Dogs” and co-founder of [Underdog Alliance](https://www.underdogalliance.org/new-page), was taken into custody as a fugitive on July 24 by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and held without bail for arraignment on July 28 on 42 felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from alleged criminal activities in Ohio and California.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20189-la-pit-bull-trainer-rescuer-awaits-extradition-on-42-charges-including-13-counts-of-animal-cruelty)

   ##  [ Was the LAAS Commission Duped by GM Brenda Barnette's West Valley Shelter Giveaway Plan?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20151-was-the-laas-commission-duped-by-gm-brenda-barnette-s-west-valley-shelter-giveaway-plan "Was the LAAS Commission Duped by GM Brenda Barnette's West Valley Shelter Giveaway Plan?")

      Details    Phyllis M. Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     July 27 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2020/061d.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20151-was-the-laas-commission-duped-by-gm-brenda-barnette-s-west-valley-shelter-giveaway-plan)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-Did GM Brenda Barnette dupe the Los Angeles Animal Services Commission into believing animal care and control services would be restored at the West Valley shelter post-COVID-19, while she and Mayor Eric Garcetti (and possibly Councilman Paul Koretz) were secretly conspiring to give the City's premier animal-sheltering facility to "rescue" groups?

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20151-was-the-laas-commission-duped-by-gm-brenda-barnette-s-west-valley-shelter-giveaway-plan)

   ##  [ GM Brenda Barnette and LAAS Commission: Infected by City Hall Corruption?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20118-gm-brenda-barnette-and-laas-commission-infected-by-city-hall-corruption "GM Brenda Barnette and LAAS Commission: Infected by City Hall Corruption?")

      Details    Phyllis M Daugherty    [ANIMAL WATCH](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch)     July 20 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2020/059e.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20118-gm-brenda-barnette-and-laas-commission-infected-by-city-hall-corruption)

**ANIMAL WATCH**-LA GM Brenda Barnette's recent shelter [statistics](http://www.laanimalservices.com/about-us-2/statistics/) make us wonder where the thousands of homeless, unwanted and stray animals that have warranted her $314,000 salary and $48 million budget (including aggressive Pit Bulls and dangerous dogs that attacked 94 people inside the shelters and 74 US Postal Service carriers in 2019) have suddenly gone.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20118-gm-brenda-barnette-and-laas-commission-infected-by-city-hall-corruption)

1. [ Heroic LA Animal Control Officer Climbs through Window to Capture Pit Bull after Vicious Attack on Adopters](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20077-heroic-la-animal-control-officer-climbs-through-window-to-capture-pit-bull-after-vicious-attack-on-adopters)
2. [ Gov Newsom Reneges On $50M for Shelters, Feral Cat-TNR - Should LA Animal Services Be Defunded?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20043-gov-newsom-reneges-on-50m-for-shelters-feral-cat-tnr-should-la-animal-services-be-defunded)
3. [ Dog Attacks on LA Mail Carriers Soar in 2019 as Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette Plays 'Political Influencer' ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/20002-dog-attacks-on-la-mail-carriers-soar-in-2019-as-animal-services-gm-brenda-barnette-plays-political-influencer)
4. [ Pit Bull Mauls Adopter, Attacks LA Animal Services Shelter Employee --Their Lives Matter!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/19920-pit-bull-mauls-adopter-attacks-la-animal-services-shelter-employee-their-lives-matter)
5. [ Marc Ching - Another Dog Rescuer, LA Animal Activist under Federal Investigation](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/19889-marc-ching-another-dog-rescuer-la-animal-activist-under-federal-investigation)
6. [ Best Friends Animal Society - from Pit Bulls and ‘No Kill’ to Real Estate Mogul](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/19853-best-friends-animal-society-from-pit-bulls-and-no-kill-to-real-estate-mogul)
7. [ L A City Official Posts Nude Photos of Melania Trump on Public Facebook Page ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/19818-l-a-city-official-posts-nude-photos-of-melania-trump-on-public-facebook-page)
8. [ LAAS' Spay/Neuter Fund Drops from $5M to $400,000 - Is GM Brenda Barnette Clueless or Crafty?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/19784-laas-spay-neuter-fund-drops-from-5m-to-400-000-is-gm-brenda-barnette-clueless-or-crafty)
9. [ Man, 21, Shoots and Kills U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier After Vicious Dog Warnings Issued](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/19745-man-21-shoots-and-kills-u-s-postal-service-mail-carrier-after-vicious-dog-warnings-issued)
10. [ Dog-Bites Soar at LA Animal Services – Will Shelter Donations Become the Mayor’s New Slush Fund?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/animal-watch/19709-dog-bites-soar-at-la-animal-services-will-shelter-donations-become-the-mayor-s-new-slush-fund)

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