To the editor: As the leader of a rescue of animals based in Los Angeles dedicated to saving refuge dogs at risk, work closely with the six animal service shelters of Los Angeles and I have witnessed the challenges of the first -hand system. Its article accurately reflects a reality with which we have dealt for years: provided that the low -performance employees of union protection and the spectrum of responsibility promote significant reform, animal services will remain in dysfunction (“She directed the Los Angeles animal shelters. Why couldn't she solve the problems?” May 30). This environment generates disappointment among staff, leaving many numb to animal suffering and, in some cases, complicit of preventable deaths.
The real change will require the will to address these systemic barriers in front, for the sake of animals and citizens who care about them.
Jill Dyche, Los Angeles
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To the editor: What kind of reputation rehabilitation of Staycee Dains is this? I volunteered in East Valley Animal Shelter from November 2023 until July 2024. Of course, our animal shelters do not have funds of funds. The staff I saw and met did everything possible, as well as the dozens of volunteers. What is worse is that the accelerated euthanasia schedule for dogs and cats was designed by a person: Dains. However, this article seems that none of the problems of shelters is their fault, as it does.
Judy Graff, Studio City
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To the editor: However, another excellent article by the writer Supremely Knowing Dakota Smith. I was a fairly regular assistant at the meetings of the Los Angeles Animal shelters Commission during the year of Dains. I have seen it in action and I give high grades. Unless the financing for laas increases dramatically, I do not see any general quality manager candidate who wishes to enter that battle.
Lisa Edmondson, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Los Angeles Times publishes another exhibition on the sad conditions of Los Angeles shelters and nothing changes. What should happen to this city to hire an effective general manager who can correct this broken system and really help animals stay well and go alive? It is sad and frustrating. I, like Daines, are awake at night thinking about good dogs that leave the shelter in garbage bags. If Gandhi was right that the greatness of a society is judged by how they treat their animals, then we are failing miserably.
Melissa Klaskin, Los Angeles
