❗️We, the undersigned, demand immediate policy change.

We call on San Bernardino County and the Devore Animal Shelter to adopt a humane and transparent protocol that provides a minimum of 72 hours’ advance notice before any animal is scheduled to be euthanized.

The current system does not allow sufficient time for the public, adopters, fosters, or rescues to organize, respond, and take action to save these animals. Animals are losing their lives simply because they aren’t given a fair window for help to arrive.

This practice is not only inhumane — it’s fundamentally broken.

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🧾 Why a 72-Hour Notice is Critical

🐶 1.  It Can Save Lives

Many animals on the euthanasia list are healthy, adoptable, and simply overwhelmed by the shelter environment. They’re not broken — they’re just unseen.

With 72 hours’ notice, they can be networked across social media, rescues can be contacted, adopters can be reached, and lives can be saved.

Without that time, even the most deserving animals are killed — not because no one wanted them, but because no one knew they needed help.

🔍 2. It Creates Transparency and Accountability

When animals are quietly euthanized without enough time for the public or rescues to respond, it erodes trust. A clear 72-hour notice ensures the community can act and keeps shelters accountable for the lives in their care.

📋 3. The List Must Be Clear and Manageable

The euthanasia list should be easy to access, clearly communicated, and not packed with an overwhelming number of dogs. Rescues and advocates need time to process, evaluate, and network. Dumping dozens of names with no clarity only hurts the animals who desperately need help.

💔 4. It Protects the People Fighting to Save Them

Advocates and rescue volunteers are being emotionally crushed by last-minute lists. We are expected to save lives with just hours—or less—to work with. This is unsustainable and deeply harmful to those doing everything they can to help.

📹 5. It Allows for Fair and Accurate Assessments

Animals are often labeled incorrectly—fearful, not aggressive, adoptable but marked rescue-only. A 72-hour notice gives time to gather updated videos, behavior notes, and accurate profiles that could change the outcome entirely.

🙏🏻  6. It’s a Moral Obligation

These animals have already suffered abandonment, trauma, and instability. Ending their lives behind closed doors — without giving them a fighting chance — is not just unethical, it’s inexcusable.

San Bernardino County claims to serve its communities. But a community that euthanizes its animals in silence is not one we should accept.

The very least we owe them is a chance—a window of time to be seen, to be helped, and to be saved. 72 hours is not too much to ask. It’s the bare minimum of compassion.

📣 We Are Demanding:

✔️A written and enforced policy that requires at least 72 hours’ public notice prior to any scheduled euthanasia of an animal at Devore Shelter.

✔️An easily accessible, daily updated euthanasia list to be posted on the shelter’s website and distributed to the rescue community.

✔️Clear behavior and medical evaluations included with the notice, so decisions can be based on accurate information.

✔️Full transparency and cooperation with the rescue community, including responses to inquiries and timely access to animals at risk.

🖊️ Sign This Petition

By signing this petition, you are calling for an end to rushed, behind-the-scenes decisions that rob animals of their right to be seen, heard, and saved.

Help us show San Bernardino County that this issue matters to thousands. Together, we can stop preventable euthanasia — but only if we speak out.

🐾 These animals deserve more than silence. They deserve a chance.