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Animal Resource Center executive director outlines surge in intakes, plans permanent facility
Summary
Clint Facker, ARC executive director, told the Montclair City Council that ARC began operations July 1, 2025, has handled large intake and call volumes (he cited 610 animals in the first 30 days and year-to-date figures), is designing a 40,000 sq ft permanent facility, and is recruiting volunteers while maintaining an 18+ volunteer policy and a licensing amnesty period.
Clint Facker, executive director of the Animal Resource Center of the Inland Empire, told the Montclair City Council that the agency has seen heavy demand since launching operations and is moving quickly to build capacity and community outreach.
Facker said ARC began services on 07/01/2025 and initially operated from a temporary facility in Ontario. "It was a baptism by fire for us," he said, noting that ARC received what he described as 610 animals in the first 30 days and was responding to an average of about 29 calls per day early in its operations. He told the council that year-to-date intake totaled in the thousands and that Montclair-origin intake represented a meaningful subset of that total.
The presentation outlined ARC's plan for a permanent,…
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