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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 22, 1991 <br />SUBJECT: Recognition of Animal Protection Society for Standards of <br />Excellent Award <br />------------------------- - - - - -- ---------------------------------- <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: County Manager <br />Ext. 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER - <br />Hillsborough - 732--8181 <br />Chapel Hill - 968 -4501 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />PURPOSE: To recognize the Animal Protection Society's receipt of the <br />American Humane Association's Standards of Excellence award. <br />BACKGROUND: In early summer, the Animal Protection Society of Orange <br />County received the American Humane Association's Standards <br />of Excellence Award. The APS received recognition in the <br />categories of Facilities and Staff, Euthanasia, Operational <br />Programs, Community Relations and Education, and Planning. <br />The APS is one of only sixty -three agencies participating in <br />the Standards of Excellence Program, and the first in <br />North Carolina. <br />