More Press Reports on OC Animal Care
Email addresses for County and Cities
Significant Progress!
Supervisors approve operational changes at OC Animal Care, including expanded public hours
Orange County’s Troubled Animal Shelter Slated for Overhauls
Research Paper: The Effect of Kennel Viewing on the Adoption of Slow-Track Dogs
OC Register: New plan for OC Animal Care: To boost survival, or dampen expectations?
OC Register: County managers failed our animal shelter
Voice of OC: The OC Animal Shelter Director is All Image and No Substance
To contact elected officials check out Local Government Info
Please read and re-post the latest articles:
OC Cities are Badly Served by the County Animal Shelter. Is Reform Possible? (Voice of OC)
Why is There No Catch and Release Program for Orange County’s Cats? (Voice of OC)
Reform is Badly Needed in Orange County Government (Voice of OC)
Will Orange County’s Animal Shelter Overhaul its Operations? (Voice of OC)
Vanished Without a Trace: The Mystery of the Disappearing Animals at Orange County Animal Care (Animal Politics - Ed Boks)
Big A exposure will help homeless pets in Orange County (OC Register)
County Managers Responsible for the Animal Shelter’s Decline are Turning Their Back on the Community (Voice of OC)
Senior County Managers Enabled the Andrew Do Scandal (Voice of OC)
OC Animal Care Volunteers Still Can’t Walk Dogs Offsite After Tustin Hangar Fire (Voice of OC)
OC Officials Again Claim Animal Shelter is Fully Staffed Despite Scathing Report (Voice of OC)
Questionable Contracts and Understaffed Shelter, A Crisis in OC Animal Care (Voice of OC)
A Strategic Plan was approved unanimously by the Board of Supervisors in 2018.
Read the 2-page Executive Summary or the complete Strategic Plan.
Letters sent by a group of experienced volunteers to county officials:
3rd letter, 7/2/2024: Urgent need for Animal Care Attendants
4th letter, 8/30/2024: Volunteers debunk statements made by OCAC director
Other recent articles to read and re-post:
Dog Adoptions get a boost from Visitor Access to Kennels (JSMCAH)
Kennel Staff at OC Animal Care are Stretched to the Breaking Point (Voice of OC)
If It Wants to Meet Industry Standards, the OC Animal Shelter Needs More Frontline Staff (Voice of OC)
OC Animal Care – Mismanagement and Public Deception Regarding Small Pets (Voice of OC)
Fewer dogs, more death, at OC Animal Care (OC Register)
The OC Animal Shelter Lied About Its Safety Record. It Needed an Excuse to Keep the Kennels Off-Limits and Ditch Its Strategic Plan. (Voice of OC)
Also visit the Take Action page of OpenTheOCShelter.com
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The views expressed are the authors' own and do not necessarily represent the views of Orange County Animal Care or any other Orange County government entity. For questions contact: gmoses4819@gmail.com