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San Dimas, CA - Bob Everett watches a handler with a raptor at the San Dimas Canyon Nature Center. Everett formerly operated a donor-funded bird rehabilitation facility in San Dimas called Wild Wings. California authorities recently closed the facility after learning that it failed to meet regulations. It is now open and managed by the Los Angeles County Parks & Recreation Department, and Everett will be retained as a docent. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Southern California’s wildlife rehabilitators say they are in a fight for survival

Wild animal rehabilitation organizations claim California officials are hassling their operations after decades of cooperation. The state denies it.

Dec. 10, 2023

Palmdale, CA - June 29: Name: HONDO Age: 2 Years Breed: PIT BULL Color: BROWN Sex: NEUTERED MALE Available Date: 6/23/2023 Intake Date: 6/23/2023 Intake type: OWNER SUR Hold Type: Animal ID: A5563123 Kennel No: P1402 Microchip: 985141003988256 Dogs at Los Angeles County's Palmdale Animal Care Center on Thursday, June 29, 2023 in Palmdale, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

After Times investigation, L.A. County seeks to add kennels, review policies at animal shelters

Dec. 5, 2023

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 05: Supporters of rodeo on their horses rally outside city hall as L.A. City Council debates banning rodeo in city limits on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.’s rodeo ban stirs a cultural backlash. The city still moves to crack down — with these exceptions

Dec. 5, 2023

PIXLEY, CA - MAY 20: Dairy cows feed at a farm west of Pixley, CA in Tulare County. Some town residents believe their health problems are owed to air pollutants from the nearby dairy facilities. The topography of the San Joaquin Valley contribute to the region's poor quality trapping dirty air from traffic on Interstate 5, State Route 99, locomotives and farming pollutants including open burning and emissions from dairy cows. Photographed in Pixley, CA on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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Why some people think California’s cow manure methane plan stinks

Dec. 5, 2023

‘It’s hard to stomach’: These shelters are euthanizing more dogs despite promises to save them

Dec. 3, 2023

‘We’re inundated’: Animal shelters across the U.S. are overflowing

Dec. 3, 2023

U.S. moves to protect wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges, threatens extinction

Nov. 29, 2023

A population of hard-to-eradicate ‘super pigs’ in Canada is threatening to invade the U.S.

Nov. 23, 2023

Decision on the future of wild horses in a North Dakota national park expected next year

Nov. 23, 2023

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IDYLLWILD, CA-JUNE 9, 2023:Naillah Benjell of Los Angeles greets Maximus Mighty-Dog Mueller III, otherwise known as Mayor Max III, the mayor of Idyllwild, a 9 month old American pure bred Golden Retriever, during a public appearance in town. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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The unusual story of how a dog became a town’s mayor

Idyllwild has an unusual political tradition: Its mayor cannot be human. Here’s how this California mountain town came to be governed by a golden retriever.

Nov. 20, 2023

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