The Brief
- Animal advocates and law enforcement recently worked together to check on and rescue dogs on Skid Row.
- The group, Starts With One Today, has been working on Skid Row for years and is hopeful about a new federal task force targeting animal abuse in Southern California.
- The advocates say illegal dog breeding and trading is rampant on Skid Row, but they won’t give up on their efforts.
LOS ANGELES – FOX 11 walked exclusively across Skid Row with animal advocates Wednesday evening to check on dogs, only hours after the group did the same walk with federal agents and Los Angeles police.
“Every time I come down here, I usually come on the weekends; the next weekend the dogs are gone,” said Joey Tuccio from Starts With One Today. “The dogs are dead, the dogs are pregnant, it just never ends.”
For about 10 years, Starts With One Today has targeted Skid Row as a place to locate, feed, and rescue dogs in need. According to the group, dogs are often bred illegally and traded for money or drugs, while abuse and neglect run rampant.…