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Animal Services Monthly Report July, 2007 <br />7 <br />public healt h authorities to ensure the healt h of all members of a househo ld—human and <br />pet alike. <br />As can also be seen fro m the table on rabies exposures, Animal Control Officers <br />investigated thirtythree (33) cases in which there were possible rabies exposures. <br />Usually, these are cases invo lving known or suspected contact between a domest ic small <br />animal such as a dog or a cat and a wild animal such as a raccoon, as well as whether <br />there is an indirect contact between a human and pet member of a househo ld in these <br />situations. But our Animal Control Officers are also responsible for bite reports <br />invo lving dogs and cats (as well as other animals) and a human victim. In these cases, it <br />is a legal requirement and public health precaution that a dog or cat bit ing a human being <br />be contained and observed for a period of ten (10) days—thereby ensuring that the bite <br />victim was not exposed to the rabies virus. <br />Efforts to ensure current vaccination, for the welfare of pets and the people with who m <br />they come into contact, are ongoing and act ivit ies in this area are captured by vaccination <br />statist ics compiled by our Animal Control Divisio n. As is ordinarily the case, the <br />majorit y o f these vaccinations – 1,126 out of a total o f 1,378 vaccinations – continue to <br />be performed at veterinary establishments. <br />The Animal Services Department organized one lowcost rabies vaccination clinic for <br />Orange Count y in the month of July, and a total of one hundred and fortyfive (145) cats <br />and dogs were vaccinated at this clinic. In addition, another one hundred and fifteen <br />(115) animals were vaccinated at our Animal Shelt er prior to their adoption or recovery. <br />All o f these act ivit ies—public educat ion and outreach, invest igations and enforcement, <br />and providing lowcost vaccination clinics—are crit ical given that Orange County <br />continues to be affected by the epidemic of “eastern raccoon rabies” that began in the <br />latter half o f the 1990s. Their essential nature is further underscored by the current view <br />that we are on the upside o f a raccoon rabies cycle that may bring even higher numbers of <br />confirmed rabies cases than we have seen in recent years. North Carolina public health <br />veterinarians have articulated this view because of their awareness that last year 520 <br />animals were confirmed rabid by North Carolina’s rabies laboratory, an increase of 62 <br />cases fro m the year before. <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 typical seasonal increase of <br />animal intakes during spring and summer, a clear indicat ion of the ongoing problem of <br />pet overpopulation. <br />Another notable challenge over the last six mo nths has been the housing o f 17 dogs that <br />were confiscated due to a cruelt y case. In May, nine of these dogs were humanely <br />euthanized due to medical or behavioral problems, but six of the dogs still remain in the
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