"Pep" was a beautiful, happy, playful Australian Shepherd/Smooth-Coated Collie puppy less than a year old who had a loving family waiting to adopt him. He was killed by PACC on Easter Sunday.

Last evening in its lead story (Tuesday, April 14), KVOA Ch. 4 covered the recent killing of a healthy puppy by Pima Animal Care Center. "Pep" had a loving family willing to adopt him, but PACC killed him anyway.

View the news story here

PACC Advocate Justin Gallick was aware that this family wanted to adopt the puppy, and "Interested Party" was written in two places on Pep's kennel card. See the kennel card here

A kennel supervisor named Yvonne authorized the killing of Pep anyway, on the Easter Sunday holiday.

We will continue to add updates to this story as it progresses.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Please add your comment to the story online and thank KVOA for covering this incident. And contact your elected officials on the Pima County Board of Supervisors, the body that governs the county-run animal control agency, and demand that they implement life-saving policy changes and strict accountability standards to stop the killing at the taxpayer-funded facility.

Pep is pictured above with John, the boy wanting to adopt Pep - the puppy he had named.