Animal Welfare United States Project #23031

Donate to help stop animal cruelty

by spcaLA

Project Report | Oct 30, 2019
2019 In Review

By Madeline Bernstein | President

Bianca

Dear Friends,

This year will be loud.

Political candidates will demand your attention. Wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural disaster will devastate. Wrongs will need righting.

And, you will respond.

You are compassionate and impassioned. After all, you support spcaLA – an agency whose mission is to prevent cruelty to animals through Education, Law Enforcement, Intervention, and Advocacy. The generosity of caring people like you allows spcaLA to:

Engage youth and children in empathy-based animal welfare education and social-emotional learning; and offer violence intervention and support services for adults and families;
Investigate animal cruelty; provide continuing education for fellow law enforcement professionals; and deploy our Disaster Animal Response Team (DART)™;
Provide behavior enrichment and training, veterinary care, safe shelter, nourishing food, and much more to thousands of abused and abandoned animals annually.

As we march into 2020, please continue to hear the call of local abused and abandoned animals.

Please, support your spcaLA.

Thank you,

Madeline

Obedience Training

Susy

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Jul 15, 2019
Sick Puppy Peddler: Felony Animal Cruelty

By Madeline Bernstein | President

spcaLA investigates

The following is a press release detailing an investigation by spcaLA Animal Cruelty Investigators.

Downey Man Charged with Felony Counts for Selling Sick Puppies

A 26-year-old man has been charged with 52 criminal counts for selling puppies that became very ill soon after they were sold to more than two dozen victims, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. The charges are the result of an investigation by Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles (spcaLA).

Gustavo Gonzalez of Downey faces 28 felony counts of cruelty to an animal, one felony count each of first-degree residential burglary and grand theft as well as 22 misdemeanor counts of petty theft.

The case is being tried by Deputy District Attorneys Kimberly Abourezk, Animal Cruelty Coordinator, and Duke Chau of the Consumer Protection Division.

The criminal complaint charges Gonzalez with selling 28 sick puppies to 25 families throughout Southern California from February 2018 to April 2019. Most of the puppies died after the victims brought them to their homes, the prosecutors said.

Bail is set at $740,000. If convicted as charged, the defendant faces a possible maximum sentence of 36 years in custody.

Anyone who believes they may have been a victim is encouraged to call the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs at (800) 593-8222.

spcaLA is the only private animal welfare organization in Los Angeles that is also Law Enforcement. spcaLA Humane Officers hold the same powers of Peace Officers in the state of California when investigating animal cruelty. spcaLA is a non-profit agency that relies on donations for its programs and services, including animal cruelty investigations.

The case remains under investigation by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles, DCBA, the District Attorney’s Office Bureau of Investigation and the Downey Police Department.

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Apr 15, 2019
Spring Impact Report

By Miriam Davenport | Vice President

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