Spencer Pratt just turned the Los Angeles animal cruelty crisis into a mayoral accountability fight, and he is naming names.
In a nearly 10-minute video, Pratt accuses Mayor Karen Bass and city council member Nithya Raman of ignoring dogs being harmed on Skid Row and inside the city’s own shelters.
His message is blunt. He frames the abuse and neglect as a moral failure of the people running Los Angeles.
There’s a reason “Dog” is just “God”, backwards; they share an unconditional love for mankind. Both Nithya and Karen Bass ignore these poor animals being killed on Skid Row and in their city shelters. They don’t care. I will put an end to this horror. VOTE to save these animals. pic.twitter.com/DwCVHtscSP
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) May 30, 2026
Pratt opens by comparing the unconditional love of dogs to God’s love, and he says abused animals are being betrayed by people in Los Angeles.
Here is the video for yourself.
The video walks through overcrowded shelters, euthanasia, and volunteers who say they have been ignored.
Pratt references questions about dogs euthanized at the South LA Animal Shelter after rescue groups or families believed pickup plans were already in place.
He says animal advocates have documented disturbing abuse and neglect around Skid Row, and that volunteers who spoke up about shelter conditions were ignored, threatened, or pushed aside.
The video says shelters need better leadership, food, medical care, exercise, and basic decent conditions for the animals.
“Dogs are not property,” Pratt says. “They are not disposable.”
Instead of the usual city-hall talk, Pratt is putting an actual plan on the table.
He says he would create a task force inside the LAPD called PAWS, short for Protecting Animal Welfare and Safety.
Pratt says anyone caught abusing animals belongs behind bars.
“Anyone caught abusing animals is going to prison,” he says, promising zero tolerance.
His five steps include stopping the abuse, enforcing spay and neuter laws, shutting down backyard breeders, supporting volunteers, overhauling shelters, and finding homes for dogs.
That last piece includes programs that pair rescued dogs with inmates for training and rehabilitation.
Pratt is also honest that rescue alone will not fix it.
“We cannot rescue our way out of this animal crisis,” he says.
The Rumble video lays out Pratt’s PAWS plan in his own words:
Here’s what I will do as mayor to save these poor animals. Step one, end the abuse.
We are cleaning out Skid Row. I will stand up a task force within LAPD: Protecting Animal Welfare and Safety.
Anyone caught abusing animals is going to prison. I will have zero tolerance for animal abuse in our city.
Step two, spay and neuter.
ADVERTISEMENTBy enforcing spay and neuter laws we can lower shelter intake and euthanasia numbers in our shelters.
We cannot rescue our way out of this animal crisis, but low cost spay and neuter, education and basic law enforcement has been ignored for years by Karen Bass and Nithya Raman.
Dogs are not property. They are not disposable.
They are truly a gift from God. We must cherish that gift and share it freely.
If we work together, we can not only lift these heavenly creatures out of their misery in this city, but we can lift ourselves too. The city of angels is a city of dogs.
The Washington Examiner laid out Pratt’s plan and the race this way:
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt said he’s pledging to end animal abuse as mayor with the creation of a Los Angeles Police Department task force called “PAWS.”
Pratt is facing current city Mayor Karen Bass and city council member Nithya Raman, who are both Democrats, in the primary election.
Pratt said the Protecting Animal Welfare and Safety task force will help implement a program that will clear out Skid Row, where he said animal abuse occurs daily.
ADVERTISEMENT“Anyone caught abusing animals is going to prison, I will have zero tolerance for animal abuse in our city,” Pratt said in a video posted on X.
“We cannot rescue our way out of this animal crisis,” Pratt said.
He said spaying and neutering is the best way to control shelter numbers, as well as shutting down “backyard breeders,” and prosecuting anyone selling dogs without city licensing.
Pratt alleged that volunteers have been bullied, harassed, and have been trying to get Bass’s attention.
“These volunteers are on the front lines of this crisis, and they deserve to be heard,” Pratt said.
He also said that shelter conditions need to be improved, and vowed to overhaul the city shelter system.
“These aren’t murderers, they’re dogs,” Pratt said. “They’re innocent animals, and they live worse than serial killers on death row.”
Pratt gave examples of how the city could help the crisis, such as inmate trainer programs as a way to foster dogs.
“Dogs see the best in us, and they help us see the best in ourselves,” Pratt said.
“Dogs are not property; they are not disposable. They are truly a gift from God,” Pratt said.
Pratt concluded by saying, “The city of angels is a city of dogs.”
The primary election will be held on June 2.
The primary election is Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
Pratt ends the video with a line that doubles as his pitch to a city that has watched its leaders shrug at suffering for years.
“The city of angels is a city of dogs,” he says.
Bass and Raman have had the power to fix the shelters and enforce the laws already on the books. Pratt is betting that voters have noticed they did not.
