Animal Shelter Statistics - 01-2006

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Orange County Animal Services – January 2006 Monthly Report – Page 5 Animal Intake Data Total Percent Animal Control FromPublic Incoming of Total Strays (1) Surrender Strays Surrender Chapel Hill 16 2 21 14 53 19.1% Carrboro 5 5 6 4 20 7.2% Hillsborough 13 1 5 2 21 7.6% Orange County 85 38 12 10 145 52.3% Night Deposit 0 0 22 3 25 9.0% Other County 0 0 3 10 13 4.7% Total 119 46 69 43 277 100.0% Strays188 67.9% Animal Control165 59.6% Surrenders89 32.1% Public112 40.4% (1) “Strays” under Animal Intake Data also includes impounded animals not surrendered to Animal Services With respect to rabies control—historically one of the core functions of our own and other animal control programs throughout the United States—we have continued to see positive rabies tests based upon public reporting and our surveillance of possible exposures of people and/or their pets. As always, any incidence of rabies underscores the need for effective rabies control as it is provided through our Animal Control Division and preventive measures beginning with the vaccination of our dogs and cats. Efforts to ensure current vaccination, for the welfare of pets and the people with whom they come into contact, are ongoing and activities in this area are captured by vaccination statistics compiled by our Animal Control Division. As is ordinarily the case, the majority of these vaccinations continue to be performed at veterinary establishments that service pet owners who reside in Orange County. While more than one hundred animals were vaccinated at the Animal Shelter during the month, no low cost vaccination clinics were held. However, Animal Services staff planned these clinics and related activities for 2006 and upcoming clinics are now posted on the Animal Services website. Rabies Vaccinations within Orange County Dogs Cats Total Vaccinated at Shelter 55 57 112 Vaccinated at Vet Clinics 456 517 973 Vaccinated at Rabies Clinics 0 0 0 Total Vaccinations 511 574 1085 This month there was one positive rabies case. As the first of the two Tables below shows, the two positive tests results came from four (4) rabies cases our Animal Control Officers investigated in the course of the month. Usually, these are cases involving known or suspected contact between a domestic small animal and a wild animal such as a raccoon, as well as whether there is an indirect contact between a human and pet member of a household in these situations. In addition to these “exposure investigations,” it is a requirement that a dog or cat biting a human being be contained and observed for a period of ten (10) days—thereby ensuring that the bite victim was not exposed to the rabies virus—and in January there were twelve (12) such bite quarantines.