Snuggles and SEAACA

[Richard Crowe]

First off, this is not a solicitation for a donation.  If you want to help abansoned and rescue animals please donate to Doodle Rescue Collective, Inc.  Judy and I work with DRC, Inc to rescue Doodles and with the American Maltese Accociation Rescue to help Maltese find new homes.

 

I am posting this Youtube video to give you an idea of the conditions in some shelters which are funded by the taxpayer.  Please do all you can to help dogs and cats in this type of shelter.  SEAACA provides Animal Services to the cities of: Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Buena Park, Downey, Lakewood, La Palma, Montebello, Norwalk, Paramount, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, South El Monte, South Gate and Vernon in Los Angeles County.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfIEahZsS3E

 

Yesterday after Judy and I, working with the American Maltese Rescue picked him up from the vet.  He was too weak to raise his leg to urinate. He would fall over when he tried.  However, today he is feeling better.  He spent a total of six days in vet care.

 

However, I would like to give Kudos to the Animal Shelters at Apple Valley, California and Hesperia, California.  Both of these shelters have the welfare of their animals as their priority. 

 

 

 

 

[AndySharon BoomerShaynaMariner]

Richard -

 

Is SEAACA a private contractor providing these services?

 

 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

No, Andy. SEAACA stands for Southeast Area Animal Control Authority, and it is a public animal control facility, fully funded by taxpayers. The workers there are local government employees and receive salaries and all the benefits that public servants enjoy, on the taxpayers' dime. You can see how dedicated they are by this video, which illustrates their job performance and the level of care they give the animals who are under their supervision.

Like all animal controls, SEEACA functions for the health and welfare of the people, not the animals. Their function is to get these nuisances  strays off the streets where they might hurt someone, or make someone sick from their nasty dirty animal selves. And of course, they have to take any dog that anyone wants to dump. They also have to take dogs from cruelty cases and dogfighting raids.

There are 334 "adoptable" animals currently at this shelter, and God only knows how many more in holding. And people wonder why rescues make a big deal out of things like spaying & neutering and casual breeding.

Here is a link to SEAACA's website. Notice their adoption requirements. What a joke. A dog would be better off on the streets than in this shelter.

http://www.seaaca.org/reportanimalabuse.htm

 

That video just breaks my heart.

[Angie, Hudson and Lily]

That video was absolutely heart wrenching. That poor little dog! Thank goodness for rescue.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

This is so difficult to understand how our society could let this go on.  The 'famous' southern California radio talk show hosts should spend some time ranting about these workers on the taxpayers dime rather than  teachers and nurses. Hmmm. I think i will go to their website and see if I can load this..

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I did load it and hope they check it out.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

From the website:
About SEAACA

Founded in 1975, the Southeast Area Animal Control Authority (SEAACA) is a municipal joint-powers agency serving 13 cities in Los Angeles County.
Refuge for Lost, Homeless and Needy Animals
SEAACA shelters strays and injured or sick animals rescued by Animal Control Officers or concerned members of the public. When a resident in SEAACA's service area must give up a pet but cannot find a suitable home, SEAACA may accept the animal after an assessment is made by staff and the relinquishment fee is paid. SEAACA wants all the animals taken in to find wonderful homes. Though the placement rate is never 100%, adoption numbers are steadily improving.

Comfort and Care
In 2002, after a year-long renovation that left no square inch unchanged, SEAACA unveiled an animal care center that is a comfortable haven for animals, and an inviting environment for people. A walk through the fresh facility shows off roomy, stainless steel kennels and catteries in a peaceful area of their own. Beyond, there are accommodations for other domestic and wild animals, state-of-the-art dispatch, grooming and maintenance facilities, and the Animal Wellness Clinic.

This would actually be funny if it wasn't so sad.