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Advocates urge increased funding for animal-sterilization vouchers as shelters report capacity strain
3428649 · May 21, 2025
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Summary
Speakers representing animal-welfare organizations asked the council to increase sterilization vouchers and other funding, saying voucher value and veterinary participation have fallen and shelter euthanasia rates have risen.
Animal-welfare advocates told the Los Angeles City Council on May 21 that sterilization-voucher funding has not kept pace with costs and that the number of veterinarians accepting vouchers has dropped sharply, contributing to higher shelter euthanasia rates and reduced access to care.
Gina Bren, representing a coalition that works on community…
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