Linda Blair, the Exorcist star-turned-animal rescue activist, says she’s doing fine after her Southern California property was searched by the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control yesterday regarding a reported kennel operation.
Animal control officials, along with the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, conducted the search of the property that the officials suspected was being used as a kennel operation with more than 100 dogs present. (Subsequent reports indicate there were as many as 200 dogs on the property.)
“The warrant allows us to lawfully access the property and verify compliance with County codes,” the department said in a statement to press. “Our priority is the safety and well-being of both the animals on the property and the people who may be working or residing here. This inspection will help us determine whether conditions meet required standards.”
Officials said Blair was fully cooperative with the search.
Blair took to Instagram to post a video update on the situation. “I am fine, the animals are fine, and we just have some paperwork that has to be dealt with, and that’s all this was all about.”
She added, in reference to the unexpected in-person search, “I don’t know why mail isn’t used more often to notify somebody.”
See the Instagram video here.
In the written caption accompanying the video, Blair wrote, “The animals are good in lieu of our surprise visit in 105° heat! With as busy as we all are in animal rescue and saving lives from the hot deserts and abandoned animals and shelters, everyone’s emails and social media are overloaded!
“Turns out,” she continues, “we just have some paperwork to do and some diagrams but as everybody knows, I’m looking to move so I can be more educational and help more animals. I’d rather move forward. And I always say you know a good old-fashioned letter of contact always works. Be safe safe lives support animal rescue cause we’re all fighting to save lives.”
