Investigations:

Farm Animals are living creatures entitled to legal, moral and ethical consideration and protection.

Animal Cruelty Investigations Inc. (ACI), is a registered Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Intentional cruelty, neglect or abuse, is knowingly depriving a farm animal of food, water, shelter, or veterinary care. It is also the malicious torturing, maiming, mutilating, overworking or killing of a farm animal.

ACI/SPCA is a non profit 501(c)(3) organization that helps protect healthy, sick and injured FARM animals.

Our State Humane Officers get their enforcement powers from the California Corporations Code 14502, and can exercise the powers of a peace officer while investigating animal-related crimes.

The ACI/SPCA Investigation Department has officers and investigators in the field seven days a week, handling a variety of farm animal cruelty and neglect complaints.

While our primary focus is educating owners about proper care for their farm animals, we will use all the authority that we have been given to ensure every farm animal receives care and protection as set forth by California State law.

ACI Continues Its Investigation of Illegal Street Animal Sales in Downtown LA

The LAPD's recent arrests for illegal street vending of animals has slowed, but not stopped the criminals profiting off these sick and cruelly treated baby animals. ACI was back on the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Easter Sunday monitoring and gathering more crucial evidence that can put a final stop to these illegal activities. We found that the criminals that we identified and provided to the LAPD were off the streets, but other members of their ring were out there still selling. It's obvious we need to send a stronger message...[read more]

ACI Works with LAPD to Bust Illegal Animal Street Sales!

Sickly baby bunnies, turtles stacked on top of each other in paint buckets, and puppies stuffed into tiny cages withering away in the hot sun. That's not what you'd expect on the streets of downtown Los Angeles, but to the criminals who profit off these animal babies, LA's black market is big business.

Hardly known to most Los Angelenos illegal street sales abound in downtown's Santee Alley. Until now. ACI worked directly with the Los Angeles Police Department in November of last year and provided them with the body of evidence that was necessary to take down the entire animal-dealing cartel. In the past couple of weeks, several arrests have been made including key players in this ring...[read more]