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Zuniga, Diana <br />From: Michael Mavrovouniotis < <br />Sent: Monday, March 17, 2025 12:36 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: CITY COUNCIL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT <br />Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />This Public Comment has three parts... and the third part is the good news. <br />(a) <br />A peer -reviewed research study was just published, showing how important it is to allow visitors access to <br />the kennels at the animal shelter. The OC animal shelter hasn't returned to pre-COVID access yet. <br />Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health, March 10, 2025 <br />The Effect of Kennel Viewing on the Adoption of Slow -Track Dogs <br />https://doi.org/10.56771/jsmcah.v4.123 or https://jsmcah.org/index.php/jasv/article/view/123 <br />Click on the "PDF" button to download the full article. <br />This is a peer -reviewed research study. It focuses on dogs that have been at the shelter 9 or more days. In the <br />2019-2024 period, whenever there was kennel viewing there was a higher adoption rate. <br />Excerpt: <br />In the period 2019 2024 but excluding 2020, adoption rates were 1. 04% 1.18% per session (with an average <br />of 1.10%) in viewing sessions versus. 0.68% 0.80% (with an average of 0.74016) in non -viewing sessions. The <br />evidence suggests that kennel viewing enhances opportunities for increasing adoptions of dogs with LOS <br />[Length of Stay] > 9 [days]. <br />(b) <br />The study was quickly picked up by influential newsletters <br />Animal Politics with Ed Boks, Substack, January 24, 2025 <br />Kennel Viewing: The Key to Unlocking Higher Dog Adoption Rates <br />https://animalpolitics.substack.com/p/kennel-viewin -the-key-to-unlocking <br />New Peer Reviewed Study Reveals How Open Kennels Boost Adoption Rates for Dogs Most at Risk <br />(The author, Ed Boks, is a former Executive Director of the New York City, Los Angeles, and Maricopa County <br />Animal Care & Control Departments. His work has been published in the LA Times, New York Times, <br />Newsweek, Real Clear Policy, Sentient Media, and now on Animal Politics with Ed Boks) <br />The No Kill Advocacy Center, March 14, 2025 <br />Open the shelter doors (part 2) <br />https://news.nokilladvocacycenter. org//p/open-the-shelter-doors-part-2 <br />Nathan Winograd, March 13, 2025 <br />Adoption appointments kill dogs <br />https://news.nathanwino rg ad.org_/p/adoption-appointments-kill-dogs <br />