General (05)Date:12/27/2025 2:09:50 PM
From:"Michael Mavrovouniotis"
To:"Public Comment" publiccomment@anaheim.net
Subject:[EXTERNAL] Public Comment to City Council on animal shelter services
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Hello,
I am an OC resident and researc her on animal shelter issues. I am uniquely qualified to offer City Counc il members information on how OC Animal Care, a
shelter that has fac ed numerous problems in recent years, could be improved.
A paper of mine just came out in AJVR (research journal of the Americ an Veterinary Medic al Assoc iation)
https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.25.09.0335
This is my third paper on animal sheltering… The other tw o w ere published in JSMCAH (the researc h journal of the Assoc iation of Shelter Veterinarians)
and pertained direc tly to OC Animal Care:
https://doi.org/10.56771/jsmc ah.v4.123
https://doi.org/10.56771/jsmc ah.v3.85
The key is the applic ation of the shelter’s existing Strategic Plan, as highlighted in a rec ent c ommunity opinion piec e:
https://voiceofoc.org/2025/12/vaughn-is-the-county-working-to-fix-the-animal-shelters-problems-if-so-why-havent-any-progress-reports-been-
released/
Please contac t me to meet.
Thank you.
Michael Mavrovouniotis