LA animal shelter employee mauled by dog [Video]

SAN PEDRO, Calif. – Concern about overcrowding at LA animal shelters is growing after an employee was mauled by a dog while on the job.

Kennel supervisor Leslie Corea was attacked by a pitbull mix on May 31 after opening the dog’s cage for a rescue group. The dog isn’t new to the bars of the Harbor shelter and neither is Corea… she’s spent 24 years at the city shelter.

Her right leg was severely damaged. She’ll now undergo extensive physical therapy and unfortunately, the dog will be euthanized.

Workers say the attack spotlights the growing crisis of overcrowding at local shelters because of illegal breeding, COVID returns, housing restrictions and situations like this.

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The shelters operate under a no-kill policy and despite denying the allegations, silenced volunteers say adoptable animals are euthanized for space.

“The staff members and the volunteers would ask …