General (09)Date:3/17/2025 12:35:41 PM
From:"Michael Mavrovouniotis"
To:"Public Comment" publiccomment@anaheim.net
Subject:[EXTERNAL] CITY COUNCIL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
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This Public Comment has three parts… and the third part is the good news.
(a)
A peer-reviewed research study was just published, showing how important it is to allow visitors access to the kennels at the animal shelter.
The OC animal shelter hasn’t returned to pre-COVID access yet.
Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health, March 10, 2025
The Effect of Kennel Viewing on the Adoption of Slow-Track Dogs
https://doi.org/10.56771/jsmcah.v4.123 or https://jsmcah.org/index.php/jasv/article/view/123
Click on the “PDF” button to download the full article.
This is a peer-reviewed research study. It focuses on dogs that have been at the shelter 9 or more days. In the 2019-2024 period, whenever there
was kennel viewing there was a higher adoption rate.
Excerpt:
In the period 2019–2024 but excluding 2020, adoption rates were 1.04% – 1.18% per session (with an av erage of 1.10%) in viewing
sessions versus. 0.68% – 0.80% (with an average of 0.74%) in non-viewing sessions. The evidence suggests that k ennel viewing enhances
opportunities for increasing adoptions of dogs with LOS [Length of Stay] ≥ 9 [days].
(b)
The study was quickly picked up by influential newsletters
Animal Politics with Ed Boks, Substack, January 24, 2025
Kennel Viewing: The Key to Unlocking Higher Dog Adoption Rates
https://animalpolitics.substack.com/p/kennel-viewing-the-key-to-unlocking
New Peer Reviewed Study Reveals How Open Kennels Boost Adoption Rates for Dogs Most at Risk
(The author, Ed Boks, is a former Executive Director of the New York City, Los Angeles, and Maricopa County Animal Care & Control
Departments. His work has been published in the LA Times, New York Times, Newsweek, Real Clear Policy, Sentient Media, and now on
Animal Politics with Ed Boks)
The No Kill Advocacy Center, March 14, 2025
Open the shelter doors (part 2)
https://news.nokilladvocacycenter.org/p/open-the-shelter-doors-part-2
Nathan Winograd, March 13, 2025
Adoption appointments kill dogs
https://news.nathanwinograd.org/p/adoption-appointments-kill-dogs
(c)
The Board of Supervisors is, thankfully, intervening to correct the problem.
OC Register, March 12, 2025
Supervisors approve operational changes at OC Animal Care, including expanded public hours
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/03/12/supervisors-approve-operational-changes-at-oc-animal-care-including-expanded-public-hours/
Voice of OC, March 12, 2025
Orange County’s Troubled Animal Shelter Slated for Overhauls
https://voiceofoc.org/2025/03/orange-countys-troubled-animal-shelter-slated-for-overhauls/
The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved a slate of recommendations that could create a host of improvements at the county-run animal
shelter in Tustin – like expanded viewing hours.