‘He just sits in this concrete cell’: Abused dogs in LA shelters will get a break
LOS ANGELES — The 5-year-old dog named Bruce had already suffered by the time he was housed in a Los Angeles city kennel. In May 2021, a bare-chested and barefoot man arrived at the South L.A. shelter with the brown and white dog by his side. The man demanded that the dog be euthanized. After his request was denied, he pulled out a box cutter and slashed the dog’s neck in front of horrified ...
LOS ANGELES — The 5-year-old dog named Bruce had already suffered by the time he was housed in a Los Angeles city kennel.
In May 2021, a bare-chested and barefoot man arrived at the South L.A. shelter with the brown and white dog by his side. The man demanded that the dog be euthanized. After his request was denied, he pulled out a box cutter and slashed the dog’s neck in front of horrified city employees.
Bruce spent the next seven months at the shelter as investigators sought charges. He trembled in his kennel and looked scared, according to visitors, but remained off-limits to volunteers for regular walks or yard time because of the ongoing criminal case.
Los Angeles Animal Services for years kept dogs who
