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Residents urge Orange council to adopt trap–neuter–release ordinance and create shelter Facebook page
Summary
Two residents and a Beaumont Pets Alive representative asked the City of Orange to place a trap–neuter–release ordinance on a future agenda and to create an official Facebook page for the Orange Animal Shelter to increase adoptions and enable immediate intake vaccinations.
Public comments at the City of Orange council meeting Wednesday focused on animal welfare, with residents asking elected officials to place a trap–neuter–release (TNR) ordinance on a future agenda and to create a dedicated Facebook page for the municipal animal shelter.
A speaker representing Beaumont Pets Alive thanked council and staff for recent shelter outreach and said a city-managed shelter page would reach more potential adopters than the current practice of relying on an individual staff member’s personal social post. The speaker urged the council to enact a TNR ordinance so volunteers and animal-control staff can trap, spay or neuter, vaccinate and return feral cats to controlled colonies — an approach the speaker said reduces intake and improves public health. The speaker also asked the council to designate the shelter as the caretaker at intake so animals can receive vaccinations immediately and rescues will be more willing to pull puppies and kittens.
Rhonda Ivy, an Orange resident, said TNR is a humane and cost-effective method that reduces shelter crowding and nuisance behaviors. Ivy asked the council to place a TNR ordinance on a future agenda and reiterated the request for a regular, city-run Facebook presence for the animal shelter to promote adoptions, reunite lost pets and communicate urgent needs.
Council did not take an immediate vote on an ordinance; city staff noted public comments will be forwarded to the appropriate department for consideration under the Open Meetings Act procedure the mayor described at the start of the public-comment period.
The speakers’ requests — a formal TNR ordinance, a shelter Facebook page and changes to intake protocol — are policy or operational steps that would require staff review and, for the ordinance, a future agenda placement and formal council action.
