When Animal Control Loses Its Voice: Melissa Miller Reflects on a Difficult Decision

Podcast: Keep it Humane · Keep it Humane

Opublikowano: 2026-06-16

This week on Keep it Humane: The Podcast, we sit down with former St. Clair County Animal Control Director Melissa Miller following her recent resignation after a controversial vote by county commissioners to rewrite the county’s animal control ordinance. The changes shifted criminal animal cruelty investigations away from Animal Control and placed those responsibilities with local law enforcement agencies, a move Miller publicly opposed before stepping down. (St. Clair Area View⁠) Melissa joins us to discuss the events leading up to her resignation, her concerns about the future of animal cruelty investigations, and what...