TIME RUNNING OUT ON ANIMALS FROM UNSANITARY SHELTER.Byline: Anne Burke Daily News Staff Writer Animal regulation officers are wondering what happened to all those animal lovers who jammed their phone lines last month after more than 600 cats and dogs Cats and Dogs A slang term referring to speculative stocks that have short or suspicious histories for sales, earnings, dividends, etc. Notes: In a bull market analysts will often mention that everything is going up, even the cats and dogs. were impounded from an illegal shelter in Van Nuys. More than 252 of the animals became available for adoption Tuesday morning, but by late afternoon, only about 10 animals had found new homes. ``I was hoping and praying that people would be coming in here in droves, but they haven't,'' said Richard Felosky, district manager 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. West Valley Animal Service Center in Chatsworth. Part of the problem is that most of the animals are feral cats, officials said. Many of the rest, while tame, are ill-tempered as a result of mistreatment mis·treat tr.v. mis·treat·ed, mis·treat·ing, mis·treats To treat roughly or wrongly. See Synonyms at abuse. mis·treat , Felosky said. At the Chatsworth shelter Tuesday afternoon, Denise Arancibia of Woodland Hills found out just what Felosky was talking about. A pit bull mix bared his teeth and growled at her as she shopped for a pet pooch for her 7-year-old son, Bryce. ``He's not available. He bit somebody,'' Ed Loria, a veterinary technician A veterinary technician (also called a vet tech), is a person trained and licensed to assist veterinarians. Their job is similar to that of a nurse. Job description at the shelter, told Arancibia. The animals were impounded during a July 7 raid at the Pets for Life shelter, a converted home on Valjean Avenue. Officials said many of the animals were malnourished mal·nour·ished adj. Affected by improper nutrition or an insufficient diet. , dead or dying, and living in horrific squalor. Felosky said he hopes that the Pets for Life animals will be kept at least a week before they are put to sleep. About 275 of the animals already were euthanized because they were dead or dying, said Peter Persic, spokesman for the Los Angeles Department of Animal Regulation. About 100 others were returned to their former owners, who had given them up to the Pets for Life shelter. Shelter operator Doris Romeo was arrested on suspicion of cruelty to animals cruelty to animals n. the crime of inflicting physical pain, suffering or death on an animal, usually a tame one, beyond necessity for normal discipline. It can include neglect that is so monstrous (withholding food and water) that the animal has suffered, died or , but has not been charged. She is expected to appear at a Los Angeles city attorney's investigative hearing this afternoon. On Tuesday afternoon, more than two dozen of the 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. dogs were crowded into metal pens at the Chatsworth shelter, yapping, napping and wagging their tails as a handful of pet shoppers inspected them. Marghy Scott and her son, Chris, 13, had read news reports about the animals' plight, and came to the shelter hoping to find a companion for their terrier, Misty. Mom and son went home empty-handed. They needed a female but could find only males. Too bad for the Pets for Life dogs. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Michelle Jones bonds with one of the four dogs she adopted Tuesday at the Los Angeles West Valley Animal Service Center in Chatsworth. (2) A dog from the Pets for Life shelter awaits adoption. Michael Owen
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