CASTAIC SHELTER TO AUCTION UNCLAIMED HORSE.

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CASTAIC - A black-and-white paint mare found last month wandering near Agua Dulce Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations:

In Mexico:

Agua Dulce, Veracruz

In the United States:

Agua Dulce, California
Agua Dulce, El Paso County, Texas
Agua Dulce, Nueces County, Texas

will be auctioned today at the Castaic Animal Shelter "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound.

An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. .

The opening bid is $350 in the silent auction, said Sgt. Jerry White Jerry White is a common name that can refer to different people:

Jerry White (activist), cofounder of the Landmine Survivors Network
Jerry White (criminal), a criminal executed in Florida
Jerry White (baseball), a player and coach in MLB

of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Department of Animal Care and Control. Prospective buyers may submit written bids beginning at 9 a.m. and they will be opened, and the winner announced, an hour later.

White said there has been a lot of interest in the 5- to 6-year-old blue-eyed horse. Shelter officials said the animal had been well cared for and were surprised that nobody claimed it.

The shelter is at 31044 Charlie Canyon Road, Castaic.

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(ran in SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox.

SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series.

[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. edition only) Animal Control Officer Linda Osborne pets a 5- or 6-year-old mare found last month near Agua Dulce and taken in by the Castaic Animal Shelter.

John Lazar/Staff Photographer

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