Ed Pilolla's Accounts of Carson Shelter, LA

Carson Shelter is the Animal Control Centre for LA. It is currently being exposed for it's dreadful treatment of animals, in particular, Pit Bulls. It is the centre which Josh Liddy campaigns for the renovation of, and networks for the Pit Bulls inside. 

Ed Piololla has written some in depth accounts of being a volunteer at the shelter, and documents the works of Cathy Nguyen. You can read from part one here, but here's some snippets:

"Nguyen (rhymes with Schwinn) witnessed the inhumane conditions but even she didn’t know the extent of the slaughter that was taking place at the shelter. Still, she knew enough. She knew things had to change."

"Nguyen began transferring dogs out of Carson as fast as she could. She moved them to shelters near her home in Irvine that had more space and could house the dogs for longer than Carson could.

Nguyen wasn’t just rescuing dogs at Carson. She also walked the long aisles of dog kennels writing down ID numbers, watching.

And she started complaining. Nguyen phoned and emailed the department director who oversaw all six county animal shelters."

"Later, a source informed Nguyen that the county worker liked to brag to his co-workers at Carson about his favorite methods of euthanizing animals, including injecting air or detergent with a syringe into the dog’s bloodstream. He once broke a stick over a dog’s head, according to witnesses. He also injected bleach and euthanasia serum into birds and released them to see how long they could fly before dropping out of the sky dead, Nguyen was told."

"Over a period of 16 months back then, staff had killed 2,938 healthy dogs and cats less than four days after they arrived, according to court records. By California law, animals must be held for at least four days plus the day of impoundment, given food, water, shelter and veterinary care before they can be euthanized– unless they are suffering.

Of the animals marked “normal” by county staff at intake, 488 were euthanized the day they arrived at the shelter. Court records also showed that 550 animals went missing and the county could not account for their location or outcome, meaning the department lost an average of 39 animals a month."

This is a supporting video of Carson Shelter. I'm not sure who made it or what it's purpose is, but it seems to be the catalyst for Nyugen's exile from the shelter.