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disinfected dog kennels and cat cages. He rescued injured deer on roads in the middle of the night. He chased down and captured raccoons and bats suspected of rabies, and he transported injured dogs and cats for euthanasia that were left on the roadside to die. He said that his comments were from experience and not from perception or emotion. He said that the APS is required by contract to accept every cat or dog that is brought in through its doors. He said that the presence of the parvo virus will always have the potential to occur when sheltering dogs and it does not happen by management. He said that these diseases would never be eliminated by cleaning house with the administration. He said that in 1997, animals were chosen for euthanasia based upon a number of factors. As a member of the APS Board of Directors for only two months, he has tried to sift through the false claims. He volunteers his time at the APS because he believes that the humane treatment of animals is an extension of haw we treat each other as individuals and as a community. Cynthia Wise, the oldest APS Board member, said that she has been on the board for over 20 years. She said that she has never seen the Orange County APS in better shape than it is currently. The shelter staff is shard-working group that delivers skilled care to all of the animals. She said that the executive director deals with the staff, the public, and with local governments very well. She said that she was proud to be a member of this outstanding board of directors. Allison Procopio said that she has volunteered with the Orange County APS for over a year. She commended the staff at APS and said that they face hard situations every day. She spoke about her foster dog "Curtis" and she read an excerpt from a letter from the family that adopted the dog. The family is very happy with the dog. She said that she was at a meeting last week when a lady came in with a dog with severe mange. She was crying because she had been to nine vet offices to treat the dog and no one would help her because she could not afford to pay for it upfront. She said that Laura Walters stayed and talked with the woman and assured her that APS would help her. She said that you never hear about the goad things that APS does and the incredible people at the shelter. Melissa Wallen spoke about her experience with APS. Her family looked for a dog for three months on different websites and rescue places. They went by the APS all the time and the staff was very helpful. They found a dog and put a deposit on it. The dog was a puppy and did not have a tag yet. She walked one of the employees back there to put the tag on the dog. Every day, she brought her daughters into visit with the dog. On the day they went to pick up the dog, it was a really rainy day and all the puppies were out in kennels and they were all cold and dirty. She could not find the puppy with the puppies that she was with originally. When she asked the staff about it, they took her back and they had scratched out the number and put the number on another card and were trying to tell her that a male dog was hers. She talked with the director and asked far the paperwork, and the director could not tell her what happened. The director told her to find another puppy, which she did. This dog gave her other dog the kennel cough virus. She had to spend about $300 trying to find out what was wrong with the dog. Suzy Cooke is a resident of Orange County far nine years and she has been a volunteer with APS for five years. She instructs puppy kindergarten and she then moved into adoption counseling. She said that at APS there are a lot of wonderful programs offered to Orange County. She is most proud of becoming a member of the Board of Directors of the APS of Orange County. She said that on an hourly basis the staff, volunteers, and everyone else associated with APS does everything they canto serve the mission of APS. It is an organization that is willing to be evaluated.