Animal advocates say dogs living on downtown Los Angeles’ Skid Row are living in filth and are being abused and neglected. Local rescuers say animals are being denied medical care, even after advocates have repeatedly gone before City Council seeking help. And they say nothing is changing.
The day KTLA was on Skid Row for this story, a dog was found tied up in the sun, unattended and desperately in need of water.
Tuccio said a homeless woman had 11 dogs and cats confined to four cages. In another case, rescuers helped a dog with severe injuries to one eye and a leg. The leg was so badly injured that it later required extensive treatment. The man caring for that dog was severely on drugs and was seen trying to dissect the leg with tweezers, Tuccio said. Parker says puppies are being sold on the street. Others are left for dead, thrown away like trash. Some animals, he says, are even being used to test drugs to make sure substances are not laced with fentanyl.
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