Animal Shelter Statistics - 04-2006

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Orange County Animal Services – April 2006 Monthly Report – Page 5 2. Special Events and Community Meetings April was a busy month for events… Ongoing Orange County Schools Program – We continued our regular program aimed at Fourth Graders within Orange County Public Schools. This program – given by Animal Control Officers, our Program Coordinator and volunteers – presents Orange County Animal Services’ role in the community. April 5th found us at Hillsborough Elementary School in front of roughly 80 children (they’re hard to count, they keep moving). Outside of this program, our Program Coordinator also made a presentation on pet care to a class of 12 preschoolers, at the shelter on April 19th. They made dog biscuits and staff brought a dog and a cat in for kids to pet. Dog Parade – The 3rd Annual Dog Parade on Market Street in Carrboro was sponsored by Bloom Where You Are Planted, a garden & gift store, with assistance from a local Girl Scout troop. There was a dog parade and many contests. The Girl Scouts sold water and held a dog bath, with one-half of the proceeds going to Animal Services. We had an information booth and shelter pets on location. Chapel Hill Apple Chill Street Fair – Animal Services featured an information booth at the festival on April 23rd, fielding questions and distributing literature. UNC APPLES – There was a presentation and reception by UNC APPLE students, a service learning organization, at Carmichael Residence Hall on UNC campus on April 24th. One of our volunteers was in the APPLES program and did her project at the shelter by helping with school presentations, as well as developing the bookmarks we give out to students. Earth Day – The Program Coordinator could be seen at Eno River State Park on April 25th, presenting to all seventh-graders within Orange County on the role of OC Animal Services in the community and how to stay safe around cats and dogs. Career Day – The eight-graders of Orange County had their shot, too, during Career Day at the Triangle Sportsplex in Hillsborough on April 28th. An Animal Control Officer joined the Program Coordinator to speak about animal services careers. Health Fair – On April 29th at Phillips Middle School in Chapel Hill, the Program Coordinator staffed a booth with information on health-related issues for pets, such as fleas, ticks, heart worms, and feral cats. She also provided information on Orange County Animal Services. Animal Control Highlights Animal Intake Data shows that we are continuing to impound a large number of unclaimed stray animals and a large number of animals released by their owner. The presence of such animals in our community accounts in no small part for our need to have professional animal control services as well as an animal shelter. These respective divisions of the Animal Services Department minimize the adverse affects of stray and unwanted animals on our communities and provide for the welfare of what are sometimes referred to as “surplus” animal companions.