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it's only funny till some kids face gets mauled off
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Bakosphere stumbled across this post on an anti-Obama blog of all places, but trust us, it has nothing to do with him.
KGET discovered an embarrassing mistake in which Kern County Animal Control tried to get a Bakersfield woman to license her dog. The problem? The dog was a stuffed animal.
We...
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Today, we adopted "Adorabelle" into our family from the Animal Control Shelter on Mt. Vernon. We're excited to have a new addition to the family.
There were a lot of other wonderful pets there just waiting to be adopted, including a lovable dog named Bob Senior, who we also...
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Local TV station, KERO-23 aired a story last night about an abandoned pit bull puppy chained up and left to die in a Shafter sump.
Fortunately someone saw the puppy, covered in trash, and alerted Shafter Animal Control. The puppy is now at the shelter and I just got this e-mail from shelter...
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The dog put in a chokehold by a 9-year-old boy after it attacked a girl will not be euthanized today and instead will survive at least through the weekend, animal control officials said.
The stray pit bull is “very good with people,” said Guy Shaw, director of Kern County Animal...
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Reporting party requests animal control because his dog has been hit by a car. Reporting party/owner told to take dog to vet.
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Kern County Animal Control is holding an off-site adoption day at Petco on Rosedale Highway, Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Adoption fees are $75, all dogs are already spayed & neutered, have their vaccinations, their tags for a year, and a free visit to see a...
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Pit Bull attack.
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Saturday, November 01, 2008
Time: 2:59:15 PM
Details: On 11-01-08, just after noon, deputies were dispatched to a pit bull attack on...
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Reader: I was interested to compare the
Los Angeles Times article you printed on
Wednesday’s front page headlined “Don’t
take Palin lightly, aides warn,” by Stephen
Braun and Tom Hamburger, with the version
of the same story printed in the Times.
I realize it was a...
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Maybe the reason nothing ever seems to move forward at Animal Control is that, rather than hire people who have experience with shelters, shelter management or animals, they continue to appoint people who have no apparent animal experience whatsoever.
They couldn't find one person who had some...
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Dr. Jennifer McDougle, the veterinarian for the Kern County Animal Control Shelter, has left her position on staff, effective last week. While KCAC is busy trying to fill the position on a permanent basis, this has to be a serious blow to an already embattled department.
Seriously, can anything...
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In today’s paper is a letter to the editor asking, “Why should responsible pet owners pay licensing fees to pay for services for people who don't take care of theirs?”
Pet licensing is not just a way to make you spend more money. It is one of the primary ways that Kern County...
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And they said it couldn’t be done.
Last night, despite a healthy dose of cynicism from folks on both sides, people on either side of some of the most hotly debated animal-related issues in the area got together to work on a plan to benefit the companion animals at the Kern County...
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Given that every spay/neuter proposal I’ve seen, including the one proposed in Bakersfield, exempts breeders, why are breeders so up in arms? The one thing the proposal does ask is that breeders be licensed. So, given that breeders are not being asked to alter their pets, but are...
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