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Animal Services Monthly Report August, 2007 <br />6 <br />neutered animals than for intact animals. Other legislative options include an extra <br />redempt ion fee for intact animals recovered fro m the Animal Shelter, which may be <br />refunded if they are sterilized within a given time period, and permit systems that require <br />a permit for dogs and cats that are going to be bred. <br />Moreover, there is an overwhelming need to address the deepseated problem of feral cats <br />in Orange County. Month after month feral cats (as defined by their communit y history <br />and/or observed behaviors in the context of the shelter) are the largest single group of <br />animals that are euthanized. In August, 45 feral cats were euthanized, and they <br />comprised 54 percent of all cats euthanized during the month (and 28 percent of all <br />animals euthanized). <br />The euthanasia of feral cats is not in fact a “shelter problem,” but rather a communit y <br />problem that needs to be addressed as such. There is a great need for init iatives in the <br />area of public educat ion to raise awareness insofar as euthanasia is the end result for <br />many of these creatures, and their presence must be considered in relation to the risk of <br />rabies, given the ongoing and endemic nature of socalled “raccoon rabies” in our County <br />and region. Thus addressing the problem o f feral cats must beco me part of a strategic <br />plan for the County’s Animal Services Department, again working in coordination with <br />our concerned cit izenry through the Animal Services Advisory Board. <br />These are illustrations o f the kinds of the positive and proactive approaches that are <br />needed to address the problem of pet overpopulation as a communit y problem. In <br />working to reduce the number of unwanted animals that must be sheltered in our own <br />communit ies, we would also expect improvements in so me o f the outcomes of our <br />sheltering practices. We should all look forward to the day when there are very good <br />numbers of adoptions and “live releases” but no less notable ongoing decreases in the <br />number of animals that come to our shelter. <br />Rabies Cycle, Rabies Prevention and Rabies Control <br />Wit h respect to rabies control—historically a core function of animal control—there is a <br />continuing concern about posit ive rabies tests based upon public reporting and our <br />surveillance of possible exposures of people and/or their pets. Table C.1. Rabies <br />Exposures Investigated and Positive Cases shows that this month there were no posit ive <br />rabies tests. However, thus far there have been twelve (12) posit ive tests for 2007, and in <br />2006 there were twent yseven posit ive cases—eighteen (18) raccoons, four (4) bats, four <br />(4) skunks, and one (1) fox. <br />Our own public educat ion activit ies stress that pet owners not only need to be sure that <br />their pets are vaccinated and licensed but that a dog or cat with a current rabies <br />vaccination must receive a booster shot within sevent ytwo (72) hours of any exposure to <br />rabies. Unless an exposed pet with a current vaccination receives a booster shot within <br />that time frame, the requirements of North Carolina law is the same as for an <br />unvaccinated animal—namely, euthanasia or a six (6) month quarant ine. In this regard,
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