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Abandoned pet turtles, specifically red-eared slider turtles that are native to Louisiana, are turning up at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia (shown in photograph), Huntington Library, and local golf courses. It is illegal to buy turtles less than 4 inches long and to dump them. They threaten to push out the state's only native turtles species in urban and natural waters here.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32163
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2010
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2010
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p. A1, A4
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Animals
Pets
Turtles
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32360AN
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Arcadia resident Robin Harrington has asked the City Council to pass a measure preventing the sale of lost pets in Arcadia for medical research.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper392
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 8, 1988
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 8, 1988
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Animals
Harrington, Robin
Item ID
392AN
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Article gives rules and how-to's for driving coyotes back to their natural habitat.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper386
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 26, 1978
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 26, 1978
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p. A-3
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
386AN
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Coyotes come down to the Arboretum, digging under the fence and roaming the grounds. They will go back to the mountains in the fall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper379
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1974
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1974
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p. 1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
379AN
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A 150-pound bear, about half the size of the adult bear seen earlier in the week, was caught in the northeast corner of Wilderness Park as it rummaged through a trash dumpster. It was tranquilized and released deep in the Angeles National Forest.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4118
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 19, 1994
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p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 19, 1994
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p. A-1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
3994AN
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The Arcadia City Council agreed to continue its contract with Los Angeles County for animal control. In addition, Arcadia will remain in the 9 city consortium which does business with the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper388
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
388AN
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Arcadia is considering dropping its contract with the County Animal Control Division (pound) in favor of the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper378
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1974
July 25, 1974
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1974
July 25, 1974
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p. A-3
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
378AN
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The local police department and humane societies in the San Gabriel Valley do not support efforts to establish a new private humane society in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper393
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1988
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p. A-1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
393AN
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Area law enforcement officials will meet in Arcadia with the California Department of Fish and Game representatives to discuss wildlife, especially bears, coming down into the populated foothill cities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24418
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2002
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2002
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p. A4
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
24608AN
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An attorney for the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society has asked the Arcadia City Council to amend the municipal code so as to allow establishment of an animal shelter in Chicago Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper387
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
387AN
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The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Control, which has licensing responsibility in Arcadia, has increased its fees from $2.50 to $3.50 for spayed dogs and from $5.00 to $7.00 for non-spayed animals.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 24, 1974
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 24, 1974
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p. 1
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Animals
Item ID
380AN
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Arcadia, along with several other communities in the San Gabriel Valley, face termination of animal control services now rendered by the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society. This agency will discontinue services as of June 30, 1978.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper384
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1978
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1978
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
384AN
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Fish and Game officials met in Arcadia with members of area police to discuss dealing with increasingly visible wild animals, especially bears, who amble into cities bordering Angeles National Forest. Wildfires may drive animals from the mountains.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24420
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2002
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2002
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p. A3
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
24610AN
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More than 40 cats and kittens have taken over a foreclosed house in Arcadia and while most neighbors are complaining, some are feeding and trying to find a home for the cats. The house, at 381 Walnut Avenue, has been described as "one big litter box."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper391
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 25, 1987
Pages
p. 1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 25, 1987
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p. 1 photo
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
391AN
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Arcadia's Craig Bonholtzer has spent years tracking and studying the behavior of bears in the local mountains.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10850
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 1997
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p. 1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 1997
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p. 1 w/photo
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Animals
Bonholtzer, Craig
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10761AN
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The city has changed its animal control services from a county program to the Pasadena Humane Society as part of a one-year pilot program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper190
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 3, 1993
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p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 3, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
190AN
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Care is advised as the rattlesnake season comes to the Foothills area. Do's and Dont's are given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper381
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1975
Pages
p. A-6
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1975
Pages
p. A-6
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
381AN
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Article delineates the prevalence of coyotes in the Foothills area. Their increase in number and some of their habits are given.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 10, 1977
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 10, 1977
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
382AN
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Beginning July 1, the city will contract with Los Angeles County for animal control services.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1978
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1978
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
383AN
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Coyotes are invading area foothill neighborhoods looking for food. The Pasadena foothills are a prime area for coyote activity.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper385
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1978
Pages
p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1978
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
385AN
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