LA County gave license to a girl for unicorn

 A six-yr-vintage on a quest to maintain a unicorn in her backyard figured she'd get the difficult element out of the manner first — getting permission from animal control.

In mid-November, eager to reduce thru the purple tape, Madeline wrote a letter to the l. a. County branch of Animal Care and control with a honest request. (The county redacted her remaining name from the letter on its social media posts.)

"expensive la County," it reads. "I would love your approval if i will have a unicorn in my outdoor if i can discover one. Please ship me a letter in response."

Director Marcia Mayeda obliged some weeks later, writing lower back with suitable news. The branch does in fact license unicorns, she said, under positive situations.

the ones include polishing the unicorn's horn at the least as soon as a month with a soft cloth, feeding it watermelon (one among its favorite treats) at least as soon as every week, overlaying it with handiest risk-free and biodegradable flickers and giving it "regular get admission to to daylight, moonbeams and rainbows."

confident that Madeline will meet the 5 requirements, Mayeda also despatched her a "preapproved unicorn license" for her elusive future puppy — within the shape of a certificates on pink paper with curlicue script, as well as a coronary heart-fashioned tag engraved with the phrases "permanent unicorn license."

And, due to the fact unicorns "are certainly very uncommon to discover," the department is also giving Madeline an opulent unicorn — carrying the tag, of direction — to preserve her company all through her seek, as a token of its appreciation.

"it's far continually rewarding to listen from younger individuals who thoughtfully keep in mind the necessities of offering a loving domestic to animals," Mayeda wrote. "I commend your experience of responsible pet ownership to are trying to find permission in advance to maintain a unicorn in los angeles County."

Mayeda advised the Washington publish that this is the first time the branch has received a request for a license for a unicorn — or any mythical creature — in her extra than two a long time running there.