What is this blog --Walk The Talk For LA Animals?
If you are a pet owner or have helped any of the animal charities in Los Angeles, then you must have gulped back in March when this was the headline in the LA Times . L.A. city budget shortfall grows to nearly $1 billion, with layoffs ‘nearly inevitable’ My first thought, was "Oh, no what will they do to the LA Shelter's budget" Gulp. Then I went back to my life. I figured someone in my animal circles would get the word out if things got dire. Cut to, last week (April 23, 2025) I got word via Sam Simon’s Mobile Veterinary Mobile Clinic FB post that the proposed budget cuts to animal services was not just dire but dire-on-steroids. If the cuts went through as proposed, it would reduce the number of shelters from six to three. This would mean at least 30% more euthanasia of our cats, dogs, kittens and puppies. This was unconscionable and cruel to both the animals and the...