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Animal Services Monthly Report <br />September, 2007 <br />5 <br />Monthly and Seasonal Variations <br />Month by mo nth there are significant changes in the numbers of cats, dogs and other <br />animals that are sheltered at Orange County’s Animal Shelter. In very general terms, <br />there is a significant “spread” in the number of animals that are sheltered each mo nth, <br />which reflect the seasonal nature of pet demographics and animal sheltering in our own <br />and other communit ies. <br />During the peak summer months, the numbers are much higher than in other months of <br />the year. In September, for instance, 568 animals were sheltered. Whereas this is <br />comparable to the number sheltered last September (619), it is much higher than the <br />number sheltered this past February (392). Similarly, this September 356 animals were <br />admitted to the shelter—a very large number that equates to nearly 12 animals per day <br />over that thirtyday period. During the last twelve mo nths, the number of animals <br />admitted to the shelter has ranged fro m 262 (February 07) to 488 (June 07). <br />Moreover, it should be underscored that the “live release rate” for a given time period is <br />determined by the number of animals that are sheltered as well as the total number of <br />animals that are adopted, transferred, or recovered by their owner. It may well be that <br />there is a very high percentage of animals that are released alive in a given month but that <br />the abso lute number is lower than in other months because of the number of animals that <br />come to the shelter. <br />Wit h respect to the month of September, for instance, a lower number of animals were <br />released alive than in August—195 versus 216; however, the percentage of live releases <br />is higher in September than in August—70 percent versus 65 percent. Quite simply, the <br />reason for this is that the number of animal sheltered was lower this mo nth than last <br />mo nth (568 versus 590). <br />Addressing Pet Overpopulation <br />To work toward the desideratum o f ending euthanasia as a means of population control, it <br />is thus essent ial to posit ively impact the number of animals that come into Orange <br />County’s Animal Shelter in the course of the year. Essent ial to this is a communit y <br />spay/neuter program for animal companio ns such as dogs and cats that promotes <br />responsible pet ownership and enables all communit y members to spay and neuter their <br />own pets. Developing such a program through the County’s Animal Services <br />Department, in coordination with the Animal Services Advisory Board, remains a <br />fundamental and realizable object ive for the foreseeable future. <br />No less essent ial is progressive legislation that is enforced in an effect ive, fair and <br />reasonable manner. A starting po int is what is sometimes referred to as “different ial <br />licensing”—that is, licensing or registration fees that are much lower for spayed and
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