https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/03/san-jose-animal-shelter-kept-dogs-and-cats-in-dirty-kennels/

When visitors step into the San Jose Animal Care Center looking to add a dog or a cat to the family, a brightly lit space with adoptable animals in clean cages welcomes them.

That hasn’t always been the case with animals kept out of public view until recently, however. For years, animals in the back of the West Coast’s largest shelter were forced to live in dirty kennels, current and former volunteers and staffers say.