Mosko: On Pandemics, Pork Chops and Chicken Nuggets
Community Opinion
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A hard to swallow truth: Factory farms are America’s cultural equivalent of China’s wet markets…..Pandemics are a price we pay for eating animals and otherwise using them.
Ip: Plastic Whale in Last Resort
Community Opinion
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“How can we celebrate the whales when we’re adding to the destruction of their home in the process?” In the week of the 49th Festival of Whales, primarily sponsored by the City of Dana Point and County of Orange, environmentalists question these agencies’ reluctance to tackle the plastic crisis.
Boisot: Evidence Shows OC Animal Care is Making Good Progress
Community Opinion
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Dr. Saskia Boisot writes about the progress being made at Orange County Animal Care noting that the county shelter is on the right path.
Wolf: Return-to-Field is Better for Cats, Shelters, and Communities
Community Opinions on Animals
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Peter Wolf representing Best Friends Animal Society, one of the largest animal welfare organizations in the U.S. and a leader in the development and operation of community cat programs, explains the benefits of the Return-to-Field program compared to the “traditional” approach for managing feline intake.
Logan: OC Animal Care Wrong to Return Sheltered Cats Back Into Neighborhoods
Community Opinion
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Sharon Logan, founder of Paw Protectors Rescue, questions OC Animal Care over its controversial practice of returning sheltered cats back into neighborhoods.
Tingle: Keeping Track of Progress at The New OC Animal Shelter
Community Opinion
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After nearly one year, Orange County animal rights activist Rose Tingle provides a progress report for the new regional animal shelter which opened in March of 2018.
Logan: County Changing From Open Admission to Limited Admission Animal Sheltering
Community Opinion
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OC Animal Care is a municipal open admission county shelter. Sharon Logan, founder of Paw Protectors Rescue questions whether the new shelter management is trying to change that in a quick attempt to get to No Kill Status as soon as possible.
Boardman: Endangered Species Act More Important Than Ever
Community Opinion
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The Trump administration is proposing multiple regulatory changes to the Endangered Species Act that will drastically hamper its ability to save threatened species from extinction. With so many challenges to the natural world, now is the wrong time to make conservation even more difficult by placing additional limitations on the Endangered Species Act.
Tingle: Good News, OC Animal Care Turns the Page
Community Opinion
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Rose Tingle, along with her colleagues, has spent years trying to improve the Orange County animal shelter. Their work is paying off and Rose provides a progress report.
Boisot: Status of Citizen Lawsuit Against OC Animal Shelter
Community Opinion
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Dr. Saskia Boisot spotlights the Sharon Logan versus Orange County Animal Care lawsuit in a three part series updating where things stand today. Part 3 examines what has been done during the monitoring period and where the lawsuit stands today.