OFFICIALS SEIZE ANIMALS; AUTHORITIES CONTEND RABBITS, OTHER CREATURES WERE BEING NEGLECTED.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Twenty-five Angora rabbits, three dogs, two sheep and a goat are at the Lancaster 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. after animal control officials confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. them from their owners on grounds they were being neglected. Animals control officials went to a Lake 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. home Jan. 13. in response to a complaint and found five rabbit corpses Corpses See also burial; death autopsy an inspection and dissection of a body after death, usually to determine the cause of death. Also called necropsy, post-mortem examination. necromania an obsession with death or the dead. and the other animals. ``They were very undernourished,'' said Sgt. Leslie Troncale of the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Control and Care. ``They had no food and water.'' Troncale said Wednesday that the department plans to present evidence to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office for a decision on whether to file criminal charges against the owners, a mother and daughter whom department officials did not identify. Troncale said the department brought charges against the pair last year after animal control officers received a neighbor's complaint about a dog attacking a Pigmy goat. ``The dog was still chewing chewing or mastication Up-and-down and side-to-side movements of the lower jaw, using the teeth to grind food for easier swallowing. During chewing, the tongue shapes food into a lump and saliva lubricates it for swallowing. on the goat when we arrived,'' said Troncale. ``The animal was dead.'' Three Pigmy goats were taken to the animal shelter and the owners were ordered to clean and clear their property, and build separate pens for the dogs and the goats. When the residents complied, the animals were returned to them, Troncale said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color in AV Edition only) An Angora rabbit removed from an area home sits in an animal shelter cage Wednesday. (2--Color in AV Edition only) Sgt. Alex Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the of the county Department of Animal Care and Control looks over confiscated rabbits. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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