Kate Karp - Long Beach Watchdog

A sign on the wall showing the silhouette of a dog's head and the words "Bixby Animal Clinic."

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Long Beach veterinary clinic and animal-welfare organization team up to spay and neuter pets

Bixby Animal Clinic founder wants to start a tradition of giving back to the community.

Three women stand next to each other, while each cradles a kitten.

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Scratch This: Long Beach Community Cat Project spay/neuter clinic shuts off the faucets

The Little Lion Foundation helps close the availability gap for cat trappers.

A grey and white cat laying down in a cage on top of newspapers.

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Scratch This: Claw-dy with a chance of whiskers

The Long Beach animal community prepares for kitten season.

Stone columns hold up a sign saying "spcaLA ANIMAL ADMISSIONS."

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Special Bonus Scratch This: Dogs are still overflowing at LBACS

Also, there's a Long Beach TNR & Community Cat Coalition meeting Saturday morning!

A really good black and white dog stares at a man's fist that is concealing a treat.

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Scratch This: ‘Change impacts everyone'

Long Beach Animal Care Services ending its 26-year partnership with spcaLA is like a bitter divorce, with many animals caught in the middle.

A white fluffy puppy sitting on top of a large cage holding two other dogs.

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Scratch This: 3 California bills attack the ‘puppy mill pipeline’

Anyone planning to buy a pet needs to do their due diligence.

Two really good dogs standing in shelter cages.

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Scratch This: Noses are wet, violets are blue...

Find the love of your life at the Long Beach animal shelter!

Dozens of people sit on folding chairs in a parking lot.

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Long Beach residents rally for free public education for all students

Speakers at the teachers' union headquarters on Saturday expressed anger at the Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.

A yellow snake rests its head on a man's nose.

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Scratch This: The coiling of hearts on the Lunar New Year

For one Long Beach couple, celebrating the year of the snake happens every year.

A very cute brown cat crouches in a cage.

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Mitigating the kitten flow!

A partnership among three Long Beach animal organizations spays and neuters 156 cats in a month.

A woman with a surprised facial expression pets a black and white dog.

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Fix Long Beach spays and neuters 23 animals in one day

It wasn't even a lot, said clinic co-owner Sherri Stankewitz, and it's also not a coincidence that quite a few of the animals fixed that day were so-called purebreds.