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Orange County Animal Services Sheltering Practices and Philosophies 11 <br />The diversity of the Asilomar group was both "painful and helpful," says <br />Avanzino, "Who wants to change what they're doing? Everybody likes what <br />they're doing; otherwise, they wouldn't be doing it that way," he says, "And so <br />when we come together and we are put into a position where we're making <br />compromises and trying to develop a consensus and modifying what we've done <br />in the past, it's not terribly comfortable. But the goal is to make for a better <br />society," <br />All the Asilomar participants stress that the agreement is merely the first of many <br />steps-and that real change has to grow organically from the ground up, "What <br />will really keep this grounded and make this work is if it's not just the national <br />talking heads discussing it," says Armstrong, "It's going to have to be applied in <br />the local community," <br />To read the Asilomar Accords and download a copy of the statistical reporting <br />template, visit www.asilomaraccords.org, <br />