Ramona Humane Society ending animal control services in Hemet

After 13 years, a San Jacinto Valley animal shelter prepares to head in a brand-new instructions not long after its animal services contract with the city of Hemet expires.

The contract between Hemet and the Ramona Humane Society, a nonprofit animal service center, is set to end June 30, after the society's board of directors chose to not renew the agreement, a news release states.

The shelter, located in San Jacinto, experienced obstacles such as crowding, President and CEO Jeff Sheppard stated. Likewise, its personnel is wanting to take a step back from animal control and enforcement duties and focus on discovering houses for protected pets, he stated.

" We don't believe our specializeds lie any longer with enforcement and with policing-type work as far as being out in the neighborhood and you understand, doing enforcement tasks," Sheppard stated.


< img alt=" Diana Lochowicz, animal health planner, left, and Director of Development ..." class =" lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes =" car "data-src=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-06.jpg?w=620" data-srcset=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-06.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-06.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-06.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-06.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-06.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > Diana Lochowicz, animal health planner, left, and Director of Development Katie Stout are seen Friday, April 28, 2023, at the Ramona Humane Society administering a hydration fluid shot to a kittycat in San Jacinto.< img alt=" A kitty looks through a gate at the Ramona Humane ..." class=" lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes=" automobile" data-src=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-04.jpg?w=620" data-srcset=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-04.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-04.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-04.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-04.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-04.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > A kitten looks through a gate
at the Ramona Humane Society in San Jacinto on Friday, April 28, 2023.< img alt=" Ramona Humane Society

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Ramona Humane Society Director of Development Katie StoutAdvancement left, and Diana Lochowicz, animal health coordinator, work Friday, April 28, 2023, with a kitten in San Jacinto.


< img alt=" A pet that's qualified for adoption peers through its outdoor ..." class=" lazyload size-article_inline "data-sizes=" vehicle" data-src= "https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-05.jpg?w=620" data-srcset=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-05.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-05.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-05.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-05.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-05.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > A canine that's qualified for adoption peers through its outside kennel Friday, April 28, 2023, at the Ramona Humane Society in San Jacinto.< img alt=" Ramona Humane Society animal control officers, from left, Rene Barrera ..." class=" lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes=" auto" data-src=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-07.jpg?w=620" data-srcset=" https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-07.jpg?w=620 620w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-07.jpg?w=780 780w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-07.jpg?w=810 810w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-07.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-07.jpg?w=1860 1860w" >
Ramona Humane Society animal control officers, from left, Rene Barrera and Leobardo Morales, are seen in San Jacinto on Friday, April 28, 2023.


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https://www.pressenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RPE-L-HUMANE-0428-03.jpg?w=1860 1860w" > Animal Control Officer Rene Barrera plays with one of the Ramona Humane Society's pet dogs in San Jacinto on Friday, April 28, 2023.( Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG). An adoptable kitten checks out a kennel Friday, April 28, 2023, at the Ramona Humane Society in San Jacinto.( Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG). < img alt=" Omi, a cow called after omicron, sits with a goat ..." class =" lazyload

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Hemet since 2010 and housed more than 8,000 animals during that time, the release states. The society will continue to offer shelter and adoption services, sterilize and make sterile services and a pet healthcare facility, Sheppard stated. These programs will be readily available

to San Jacinto locals but only shelter services will be provided to cities consisting of Beaumont, Calimesa and to the Soboba Reservation. The Ramona Humane Society likewise has an animal control agreement with the city of San Jacinto but it will end Dec. 31. Like the Hemet agreement, it will also not be restored, society representative Katie Stout stated. The society satisfied difficulties in supervising animal services for Hemet, Sheppard stated. The development of cities, the economy, COVID-19 and pet desertion contributed to congested animal shelters, he stated. California rescue groups have formerly asked the public to stop acquiring animals due to the fact that it's trendy without thinking of the durability of animal care." I do not seem like we're assisting, "Sheppard
stated." We're just making it through.". Presently, the shelter is housing 375 animals, however its capability sits at 150, he said." I guarantee you: there's not a shelter in this county or state that are not at overcapacity in the exact same manner that we are, "Sheppard said. In the future, the shelter plans to concentrate on its specialties
, including finding homes for animals under its spaying, care and education and neutering, he said.