SEAACA Provides Fun and Helpful Tips to Help You Adorn Your Pet in the Finest Costumes and Couture for the Holiday Season

From Halloween through New Year's Day, the fall and winter holidays provide ample excuses for everyone to dress up in their favorite costumes and attire, and the same holds true for beloved pets. In the fervor of the holidays, however, it can be easy for pet owners to put their animals in uncomfortable or unsafe outfits, sometimes for the sake of a great picture opportunity. For these situations, SEAACA (Southeast Area Animal Control Authority; www.seaaca.org) has created a list of tips to help pet owners dress up their loved ones in eye-catching garments while still looking out for the animal's welfare.

They're armed with cuffs and a leash, Animal Control officer Denise Woodside is out to protect animals. She's headquartered out of the Southeast Area Animal Control Authority in Downey.

Officer Connie Navarette is in for a wild day! Her first trip takes her to a local barber shop – only it’s not for a haircut - it’s for a Possum pick-up! Then a homeowner calls SEAAA after finding a posse of Possums hanging out in her front yard. And a trapped Kitty living in the floor boards of a house is rescued and taken back to SEAACA for safety.

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and U.S. Forestry Service officials have closed the Broken Blade, Twisted Arrow, and Pima Loops of the Table Mountain Campgrounds in the Angeles National Forest after tests confirmed that one ground squirrel trapped on July 16, 2013 during routine surveillance activities tested positive on July 23, 2013 for plague. The sites were officially closed at 1:00 p.m. today, and will be closed for at least 7 days. Campers at the site have been notified of the closure by Forest Service officials. The campgrounds and recreational areas are located near Wrightwood. In coordination with the Los Angeles County Department of Agriculture/Weights and Measures, the squirrel burrows in the area will be dusted for fleas. Further testing of squirrels will be done before the area is re-opened to the public.

SEAACA shelters strays and hurt animals. Why not make Christmas come early for some dogs in need? Adopt from SEAACA,