Overview
- PAWS Chicago received 41 to 42 dogs Tuesday afternoon after a flight from Los Angeles to Gary, Indiana, with volunteers transporting them to the group’s Little Village medical center.
- Los Angeles authorities seized more than 300 dogs and cats from a Lake Hughes property late last week in an animal-abuse investigation, which flooded local shelters overnight.
- County officials say the seized pets must be held as evidence for a legal case that could take months, which blocks those animals from adoption and crowds out other shelter pets.
- Rescue groups organized emergency flights to move at-risk dogs out of LA, with Giuliana Rancic greeting arrivals in Chicago, while LA shelters waived fees and urged fosters to prevent euthanasia.
- PAWS Chicago began exams, vaccinations, and spay or neuter prep for the new arrivals, and the property’s caretaker, Christine De Anda of Rock ’N Pawz, disputes neglect claims and wants the animals returned.