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Residents press Beaumont for animal shelter, enforcement and monthly low‑cost spay/neuter clinics
Summary
Multiple Beaumont residents told the City Council on Oct. 7 that stray and dumped animals are increasing and urged the city to fund a shelter or contract with an existing facility, enforce animal laws against backyard breeders and support monthly low‑cost spay/neuter and vaccination clinics.
Beaumont — During the public‑comment period of the Oct. 7 Beaumont City Council meeting, residents urged immediate city action to address a growing stray‑animal problem, calling for a city animal shelter or an interim contract with an existing shelter, stronger enforcement and regular low‑cost spay/neuter clinics.
Several speakers said the number of strays increased after the city’s animal‑shelter contract ended 21 months ago. “Five years is too long to wait,” resident John Morrison told councilmembers, urging quicker action than a previously suggested five‑year timeline.
Connie Mendoza, representing the Four Seasons of Beaumont senior community, described repeated stray and dumped dogs on neighborhood streets and said the gated senior community of about…
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