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<br />So, How Do We Achieve Reduced Euthanasia of Healthy Behaviorally Sound Animals? <br />^ Develop a written strategic plan <br />^ Understand that it will take time and involve incremental programming based on development <br />of community partnerships <br />^ Understand that to be only `reactive' you will never be successful unless equal money and <br />time is put into `pro-active' programming <br />^ Legislative <br />^ Sterilization <br />^ Education <br />^ Achieve an healthy population that is easier to adopt and transfer to partner agencies and <br />that reflect well on Orange County Animal Services <br />^ Commit to a building program that promotes excellent care and increased options far animals <br />Shelter Design <br />As you explore a new vision of animal sheltering and care in Orange Gounty and <br />enter into the design process for the new facility, the following are <br />considered best practice: <br />^ A minimum of 4 separate isolation areas per each species housed fo keep the general <br />population healthy <br />^ Larger animal care staff to care for more animals housed <br />^ A veterinarian and support staff to treat those illnesses identified as treatable and injuries that <br />are recoverable with reasonable intervention <br />^ Animal behaviorist to conduct behavior evaluations on all animals to assist the agency in <br />making adoption and euthanasia decisions <br />^ Ful! time volunteer coordinator to manage and train a needed larger volunteer staff <br />Closing Comments <br />^ Reactive vs proactive <br />^ Impressed with Orange County's approach and current operation <br />