Lawyers keep candlelight memorial after the youngest dog death in San Jose Animal Shelter – NBC Bay Area

Proponents and families require changes in the San Jose Animal Care Center.

It comes after the recent death of a dog called Lola, who was under the care of the shelter before her death. Proponents say that their death was avoidable.

Many supporters gathered on Tuesday evening in the town hall of San Jose to remember Lola and other pets that died in a candlelight commemorate.

An employee announced the NBC Bay Area last week that it reacted to the sound of a medical alarm that came from the kennel in which Lola was in San Jose Animal Care Center.

She said Lola had an IV in her leg and was placed in the kennel with a panties, a leash similar to a loop that is still around the neck. She said leash pulled around Lola's neck and affected her breathing. She died later.

Lola's family told the NBC Bay Area that the dog was out of her house and landed in the shelter. They didn't want to show their faces during an interview on Tuesday. But the 13-year-old daughter said Lola meant everything to her.

“Not many words can explain the feeling of losing them, loving them,” she said. “I love her very much, in my head, my soul. She is everything you can, she is my best friend, my soul mate, my whole friend. I am very sad, upset that we had to lose her.”

A former employee of the San Jose Animal Care Center took part in the event on Tuesday. He said he was released last year. He also shared some photos with the NBC Bay Area from what he said, show in the shelter and he said the photos highlighted annoying conditions.

“There are definitely things that break your heart when you work in the shelter,” said the former employee. “There are animals that are constantly neglected, there are animals that are abused.”

The Ministry of Public Works in San Jose monitors the shelter. They published the following explanation on Tuesday:

“The city of San José Animal Care Services (ACS) is very concerned about employees, animals and the community that we serve. Our priority is to provide the highest quality of care and an inviting and human place for animals and those who take care of them. The city is currently leading an internal review to understand what happened, and Lola to search for.

The incident is about six months after a published audit has found that the shelter overcrowded, dirty and does not do enough to prevent diseases. Lawyers said that officials from the city of San Jose had to make changes.

“Changes must be made in the animal shelter, in certain management and the medical director. A change must be made so that the employees are better trained so that they know what to do in an emergency so that the animals do not die,” said Rebekah Davis-Matthews, co-founder of Sustain Our Shelters.