{"id":479231,"date":"2026-09-29T09:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/479231\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:36:22","slug":"animal-rescue-operator-pleads-not-guilty-in-300-animal-neglect-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/479231\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Rescue Operator Pleads Not Guilty In 300+ Animal Neglect Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> One cat found dead on the property had suffered from starvation and dehydration, prosecutors said. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cFor someone who calls herself an animal rescuer, there\u2019s a fundamental responsibility to protect and care for the animals entrusted to her,\u201d District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p> Hochman said De Anda allegedly continued taking in animals despite repeated warnings and citations from the county and an inability to properly care for the growing number of animals. <\/p>\n<p> Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control Director Marcia Mayeda said some of the animals could not be saved because of the severity of their illnesses and injuries. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cOur teams have worked tirelessly to stabilize them, provide the medical care they needed, and help them recover,\u201d Mayeda said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One cat found dead on the property had suffered from starvation and dehydration, prosecutors said. \u201cFor someone who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-479231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}