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Residents Urge Menifee to Investigate Animal Shelter Licensing and Breeder Oversight
Summary
During public comment, residents said contracts and licensing gaps leave Menifee’s regional animal shelter contractor operating without sufficient oversight and alleged the contractor’s clinic license expired Jan. 31; council did not take immediate action and staff committed to follow up.
Three members of the public used the non‑agenda comment period on Feb. 4 to raise concerns about regional animal services and breeder oversight.
Laurie Clough told the council there are two contracts that govern the city shelter (one she described as between the financing authority and Animal Friends) and said she could not find documentation. Clough said, "At this point, with all the responses I've gotten about no one has documents, that means our shelter's running without protocol, oversight, or inspections," and…
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