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Orange County Animal Services Sheltering Practices and Philosophies 23 Forsyth County Forsyth County Animal Control This information was obtained from their website at htto //www co forsvth nc us/animalcontrol/default.aspx ,and from a telephone conversation with Tim Jennings, Director of Animal Control for Forsyth County. Mission Statement: "Our mission is to provide safe, humane shelter for unwanted, stray, abused, and impounded animals in accordance with State regulations, The Department is responsible for assuring the timely and effective enforcement of the County's ordinances and State laws. The Department strives to protect the public's health and safety from vicious, sick, or injured animals, to educate the public about responsible animal care and ownership and to reduce the number of unwanted animals in the community." Forsyth County Animal Control does not operate under a no-kill, limited- admission, or related methodclogy, and avoids the "no-kill" terminology. On August 31 2006, they officially opened their brand new 20,000 sq ft facility featuring an adoption center, replacing the 30-year-old previous facility with one three times the size. It is more centrally located within the community and more welcoming, and provides space for animal welfare programs, bath in-house and independent. In 2004 when the current Director came on board, the adoption program underwent some fundamental changes and was basically "reinvented". In the last two years, 1,300 animals were adopted out of 8,000 intakes, a 90% increase over previous rates -this increase was accomplished before the new facility was open, strictly through outreach efforts. Forsyth now sterilizes all adopted animals, and also has arescue-group placement program called "Community Care," as well as service programs for meal assistance and dog houses. Forsyth Animal Control also increased staff by about 20% in the past two years, and presently has a budget of about $2 million per year, They have increased their activities regarding licensing and abatements, changing to a "no-tolerance" policy regarding violations to project the message of proper care, and patrol divisions are practicing a program of early intervention, Forsyth Humane Society This information was obtained from their website at htto //www.forsythhumane.org/ ,and from a telephone conversation with Lori Sears, their Adoption Center Manager. Forsyth Humane is anon-profit organization that operates a no-kill shelter in Winston-Salem, Their "About FHS" webpage states that animal intake is on a wait-list basis, and their adoption center is rated by the NC Department of Agriculture to shelter a maximum of 50 animals, advertising 5 dog runs and 24 feline cages (8 quarantine/infirmary).