The community of Pasadena was willing to donate $20 Million dollars to Pasadena Humane Society to recently enhance their facility.  However, ANIMAL-LAW ENFORCEMENT IS BEING IGNORED BY PHS.  Although they are providing satisfactory sheltering of animals, it is becoming painfully and unbearably clear that PHS does not want to do the law-enforcement and field services which are  part of  its contract and is willing to ignore or risk unbearable fear and/or suffering by animals and humans, in the areas they are paid to serve. 

The undersigned are therefore asking that--at the least--the City take action to bifurcate the recently renewed contract with PHS to provide Pasadena and the surrounding cities (Altadena, Arcadia, Bradbury, Glendale, La Canada-Flintridge, La Crescenta-Montrose, Monrovia, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena) with the public & animal safety response, as well as enforcement of field & law-enforcement services Pasadena Humane Society is being paid to perform.

You are urged to sign the petition (below) now to void or revise their current contract. Allow another agency to be considered to provide the badly needed response to calls for injured animals, dog bites/attacks, animal cruelty or neglect and other often life-threatening situations (endangering either people or animals) before we have a major tragedy or threat in our community--and Pasadena Humane Society again refuses to take action. In addition, an informed 3rd party oversight is imperative to administer some level of accountability, for which at present there is none.

 If you are a resident; property owner, renter, or own or manage a business in any of the above areas, you are affected and endangered by the refusal of PHS to provide protection to animals and humans, as provided and paid for under their current contract.  PLEASE SIGN NOW TO HELP US START THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY:

Following are just a few recent examples. Many residents/stakeholders in the jurisdiction of PHS can undoubtedly add their own frustrating experience with PHS not providing prompt and competent service--and WE ARE ALL PAYING FOR THIS. 

Recently, when a PHS officer was asked why she didn't impound a clearly abused, neglected and traumatized boxer puppy in exigent circumstances, she replied multiple times "we don't want to get sued", when asked by a neighbor "what if the dog dies?". 

Six days later, after daily reports were made by surrounding neighbors of a dog whimpering, crying and barking for help, multiple days of standing tied so tight to the side of her crate she could not lay down and was forced to stand in her own feces and urine, with no food or water, a bleeding tail and collar so tight it was pinching her neck, still nothing was done by PHS.. 

Reports of animals that PHS declines to pick up. One neighbor was told when she called in a stray cat she had found, "just let it go, we aren't going to pick it up, and if we do, it will just be put down".  When a small chihuahua was killed by 2 large shepherds and the owner left the scene, PHS officers told the reporting party " just hire a lawyer there's nothing we can do". That same recommendation was made by PHS  officers when neighbors continually called PHS for months about the noise, smell, illegal setback and the of criminal violation of possessing 11 roosters living on a property that by code was only allowed to have 4, based on the size and location in Altadena.

Glendale had a series of attacks by a Vicious Pit Bull in which a small family dog was killed while the owner and her small child and a neighbor watched.  The dog soon after attacked two adults--one a jogger and the other a potential business associate of the dog owner--and again PHS ignored its obligation to take action.

And then there was the dead bear on New York Drive--obstructing traffic and endangering motorists--but they refused to handle the removal of the body, or at least move it to a safer area and contact the CA Wildlife department, or other able agency.  It's clear PHS does not want to do their job so let's find some other humane or animal control service that does.