General (04)
Susana Barrios
From: Michael Mavrovouniotis
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2024 9:31 PM
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Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] CITY COUNCIL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
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Have you seen this article in the OC Register?
Big A exposure will help homeless pets in Orange County
https://www.ocregister.com/2024/12/06/big-a-exposure-will-help-homeless-pets-in-orange-county/
Column: Pairing animal activists and grand slams can save more lives
Please read all the way through. The article cites my research, published in a scientific journal.
https://jsmcah.org/index.php/jasv/article/view/85
I showed that allowing visitors in the kennel areas increases adoptions. But OC Animal Care has the
fewest hours of kennel access of any large shelter in Southern California. This is bad for the animals
AND bad for the taxpayer, because slower adoptions mean higher costs.
Let your city know that OC Animal Care’s policies need to change. Your city, along with other OC cities,
pays the shelter’s bills. Don’t let the county bureaucracy waste your money by preventing adoptions.
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