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Residents press Riverside County on animal-shelter capacity and new disposal contract; county says rendering halted since 2022
Summary
A public commenter accused the county of incentives to euthanize animals and resell byproducts; Riverside County animal services director Mary Martin told the board the county has not used rendering since 2022 and that animals are buried in landfill while county expands lifesaving programs.
A Riverside County resident accused county leaders at the Nov. 18 Board of Supervisors meeting of permitting practices that incentivize euthanasia and the resale of animal byproducts and urged the county to lease warehouse space as overflow kennel capacity.
Mary Martin, director of Riverside County Animal Services, responded to the allegations, telling the board that county shelters have not used animal rendering since 2022 after EPA changes required filters that the local rendering plant could not afford. She…
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