A New Venue for ‘Dogtown’
A new $5-million animal care shelter north of downtown Los Angeles was dedicated Monday to replace an outdated dog pound about a mile away on West Ann Street that was closed earlier this year.
The 15,000-square-foot Ann Street facility, built in 1926, gave residents a name for their corner of the city--they called it “Dogtown.”
The new 42,000-square-foot shelter at 3201 Lacy St. is a state-of-the-art facility that will allow animal control officials to keep animals an extra two or three days, beyond the required seven days, for adoption purposes.
The facility has retractable sunroofs, indoor and outdoor run areas, a spay and neuter center and glass-enclosed quarantine rooms for animals suspected of having rabies.
Michael Burns, director of the Lacy Street center, said it has a capacity of 500 adult dogs and cats, 100 puppies and kittens, 40 to 50 head of livestock, 20 to 30 wild animals and 3 horses.
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