In the United States there are approximately 77.5 million owned dogs and approximately 93.6 million owned cats. Nineteen percent of owned dogs were adopted from animal shelters and twenty-two percent of owned cats were adopted from animal shelters.

Whether an animal is a pet, a farm animal, or wildlife, it can be the victim of animal cruelty. Animal cruelty can be either deliberately inflicted abuse, or it can involve a failure to care for an animal. Either way, abuse of this sort causes immeasurable pain and suffering to the animal.

District Attorney Phillip J. Cline, the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office, and the SPCA have launched a public information campaign seeking to increase awareness of animal abuse and neglect. Because many cases of animal cruelty and neglect involve multiple jurisdictions, prosecutors working within the campaign will network with other counties and jurisdictions to share information and about cases and perpetrators. The campaign seeks not only to increase awareness of these abuses, but also to identify and bring the justice the perpetrators of these horrific crimes.

To report a case of animal cruelty, please contact your local law enforcement agency, or dial 911.

Tulare County Animal Control
(559) 737-6314
www.tularehhsa.org – click onto “Animal Control”

Tulare County Animal Shelter
(559) 636-3647
www.lostpets.tularehhsa.org

Lindsay Animal Control and Shelter
(559) 562-6577
www.lindsay.ca.us/citygov/safety/animals.cfm

Valley Oak SPCA
(559) 651-1111
www.ci.visalia.ca.us