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The 2026 Los Angeles Animal Services Budget Model That Could Shape Shelters Nationwide
How LA’s 2026 animal services budget and a $14 million ASPCA–Best Friends deal could redefine who pays for basic shelter care in cities across the…
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When You Adopt a Pet From Your Local Shelter, Where Does Your Data Go?
How Best Friends Animal Society built the most powerful personal data network in animal welfare, and what it may be doing with it.
May 11
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Who’s Buying the Dogs of Skid Row?
Illegal Dog Breeding in Los Angeles, Enforcement Failures, and the Hidden Market Behind Animal Cruelty- AMA #50
May 9
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Hantavirus and Rats: Why Cities Need Managed Working Cat Programs
A deadly cruise-ship outbreak is a warning about rodent-borne disease, failed urban pest control, and the need for humane, data-driven working-cat…
May 6
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Privatizing the Crisis: How LA’s $14 Million Shelter Deal Protects the Brand, Not the Animals
A new $14 million “prevention” initiative and a quiet motion at City Hall push Los Angeles toward outsourcing its shelters, while leaving the root…
May 4
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The Juggernaut Problem: How Corporate Money Shields Best Friends From Accountability
When partnerships fund response instead of prevention, who bears the cost? AMA #49
May 2
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April 2026
Best Friends and ASPCA’s $14 Million LA Animal Services Deal Tests What "Prevention" Really Means
Los Angeles must decide whether prevention means accessible spay/neuter or just managed intake and better shelter metrics
Apr 30
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On The Record: The University Behind the Pressure Cooker
The Consortium Files: UC Davis’ Koret Shelter Medicine Program and the $50 million shelter experiment.
Apr 29
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Rescue or Retreat? Inside the $14 Million Takeover of LA Animal Services
Mayor Bass’s budget cuts, rationed spay/neuter vouchers, and embedded nonprofit advisers reveal a city shifting animal care from public duty to private…
Apr 27
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Ojai Valley News, Riverside Records Add New Scrutiny to Humane Society of Ventura County (HSVC)
New Ojai Valley News reporting echoes Animal Politics’ findings on HSVC’s program cuts, finances, and growing reliance on outside consultants.
Apr 26
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Sane-Washing the No-Kill Movement: How Best Friends Shapes the Crisis Narrative
AMA #48 - From People Magazine to shelter policy, Best Friends shapes how the crisis is measured, narrated, and answered
Apr 25
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A “Historic” Rescue or a Hostile Takeover?
How Best Friends and the ASPCA are using $14 million and a coordinated pressure campaign to remake Los Angeles Animal Services
Apr 23
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