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Animal Services Monthly Report November, 2007 <br />8 <br />In a similar vein, mult iple kennels in our holding areas have cont inued to undergo routine <br />sanding and paint ing during November. This periodic maintenance is necessary for the <br />purposes of disease control and sanitation, and at least four kennels at a time have been <br />unusable due to this maintenance project, reducing available space. <br />Yet the numbers o f direct adoptions as well as “live releases” remain strong. These very <br />posit ive indicators reflect the varied efforts of staff (discussed in detail in previous <br />mo nthly reports). In addit ion to their work with potential adopters, they have built and <br />maintained important relationships with various placement partners. They have also <br />init iated new market ing activit ies including communit y posters and targeted ads that are <br />intended to supplement ongoing outreach activit ies in raising the public profile of Orange <br />County’s Animal Shelter and Animal Services Department. <br />Conclusion <br />As a very young department that only came into existence in 2005, Animal Services <br />continues to develop new ways in which to better serve the animals and cit izens o f the <br />county. As suggested in our discussio n of pet overpopulation, there are a number of <br />init iatives that must be taken to effectively address the underlying problem o f pet <br />overpopulation. These include the creation of a spay/neuter fund and an effective <br />program to address feral cats, among others, and steps are being taken toward those goals <br />by the department in coordination wit h 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 inhibit io n that members of <br />the public have toward earlier generations of shelters which are often perceived as <br />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, <br />transfers, communit y outreach programs, public visitors—and much more. With its <br />inno vative and modern design, this new facilit y will become a communit y asset and help <br />further staff efforts to deliver integrated and coordinated animal services to the cit izens o f <br />Orange Count y. As well, it is intended and expected to enhance our adoption activit ies <br />and increase our average rate of “live releases” at the same t ime as it enables our staff to <br />work with communit y stakeholders to more effectively address and ult imately reso lve the <br />pressing problem o f pet overpopulation.
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