The 41-page report was prepared by the staff of the University of California at Davis.

Marilyn Stewart, the founder of Alpha Canine Sanctuary, said she got the report by filing a California Public Records Act request with the county after Animal Control administrators didn't give it to her voluntarily. Her sanctuary is a no-kill shelter north of town that houses about a 100 homeless dogs.

It says there is ''a breakdown in care leading to illness, animal suffering and likely unnecessarily high levels of euthanasia and death.''

The report says the animal shelter needs more money and a better spay-neuter-adoption program.

But, the report says, much of the blame goes to the administration of the shelter.

That's where Stewart puts responsibility.

"Many of the problem areas mentioned in this report are clearly the result of pet overpopulation," Stewart said in a letter to the Board of Supervisors. "But other highly disturbing situations are the direct result of shelter administrators ignoring repeated pleas to improve shelter situations where animals are horribly abused."

"I have sent copies of this report to all the Supervisors, as well as a cover letter asking that Ms. Denise Haynes be removed from any and all animal control duties immediately. It's impossible for me to just stand by and not make an effort to help," Stewart said.

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