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Animal Services Monthly Report April, 2007 <br />7 <br />Special Monthly Notes <br />There have been several challenges and changes that have affected animal disposit ion <br />numbers this month. One of the most notable has been the use of kennel space for an <br />ongoing invest igation. Since early January, kennel space has been needed to house <br />nearly twenty dogs seized as a result of an animal cruelt y invest igation, result ing in much <br />less space for adoptable animals. <br />Also notable are improvements in the areas of adoption counseling and behavioral <br />evaluations. The change in adoption counseling has promoted more informed and <br />responsible decisio n making, but may mean so me potential adopters choose not to adopt <br />at this time. Similarly, improved behavioral evaluations for incoming animals have <br />allowed for early ident ification o f animals that may not be suitable for adoption, but also <br />impact the number of animals available for adoption in a given month. <br />It should also be noted that staff members have strived to promote adoptable animals to <br />not only the public, but a number of rescue organizations as well. Staff has created new <br />partnerships and built upon exist ing ones to ensure a successful working relationship <br />between Animal Services and these organizat ions. This has created an increase in the <br />total number of animals transferred to such organizations. They have also init iated new <br />market ing activit ies including communit y posters and targeted ads that are intended to <br />supplement ongoing outreach activit ies in raising the public profile o f Orange Count y’s <br />Animal Shelter. <br />Conclusion <br />As a very young department that came into existence in 2005, Animal Services cont inues <br />to develop new ways in which to better serve the animals and cit izens of the county. As <br />suggested in our discussion o f pet overpopulation, there are a number of init iatives that <br />must be taken to effect ively address the underlying problem of pet overpopulation. These <br />include the creation of a spay/neuter fund and an effective program to address feral cats, <br />among others, and steps are being taken toward those goals by the department in <br />coordination with the Animal Services Advisory Board. <br />Also, on behalf o f its cit izens the County has committed itself to building a new animal <br />services facilit y. Wit h the opening of this facilit y at the end of 2008, for the first time <br />Animal Control, the Animal Shelter, and Administ rative staff will be housed under the <br />same roof. In addit ion to providing so me true econo mies o f scale, and better allowing the <br />coordination of animal services, it is expected that this facilit y will help to overcome one <br />of the major inhibit io ns to our placement efforts—namely, the fear and inhibit io n that <br />members of the public have toward earlier generations of shelters which are often <br />perceived as dreadful places. <br />As it is being designed as a resource center that is an attractive public dest ination, the <br />new facilit y is expected to have a very posit ive affect on the number of adoptions,
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