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<br /> <br />Orange County Animal Services <br />501 W. Franklin St, Suite 106, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919) 968-2287 <br /> <br />Animal Control <br />PO Box 8181 <br />304 Revere Rd <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />(919) 245-2075 <br /> <br />Robert A. Marotto, <br />Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Animal Shelter <br />1081 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br />(919) 967-7383 <br />Monthly Report <br />Orange County Animal Services <br />May 2006 <br /> <br /> <br />Departmental Highlights <br /> <br />1. A work team consisting of staff from the Animal Shelter and Animal Control worked together <br />throughout the month to initiate Pet Harbor by June 1st. Pet Harbor is a website for records and <br />photographs of animals at Orange County’s Animal Shelter. It is available from HLP, the vendor <br />of the software (Chameleon) used by the Animal Services Department <br /> <br />Pet Harbor is expected to more fully take advantage of the Animal Services Department website <br />and thereby enhance the quality of the service that we provide to the public. It makes information <br />available to people looking for a lost pet as well as people looking for a new pet. In improving <br />access to such information, it is expected to have a positive affect on the overall placement of <br />animals that come into the County’s Shelter. <br /> <br />Our department work team has been involved in the various activities required for Pet Harbor <br />implementation. These include work process changes in the intake of animals; training select <br />shelter staff to take and upload digital photographs of animals; training all staff in the use of this <br />component of the Chameleon software application; appropriate design of our Pet Harbor website; <br />and the uploading and operation of related software such as “Knowledge Rocket.” <br /> <br /> <br />2. The Animal Services Advisory Board met on May 17th, 2006. At this meeting the Board set the <br />meeting schedule for the remainder of the year; appointed new members to its two standing <br />committees (the Dangerous Dog Appeal Hearing Committee and Adoptions Appeal Committee); <br />discussed our Pet Harbor initiative; reviewed a new Animal Control brochure; and received select <br />department updates. <br />Also, the Animal Services Advisory Board considered a proposal that it and the Health Board <br />jointly recommend to the school systems in the county that they develop some policies and <br />guidelines for animals in schools. The following formulation of this proposal was unanimously <br />accepted: “The Animal Services Advisory Board recommends that the Orange County and <br />Chapel Hill and Carrboro School Systems adopt policies or guidelines regarding animals in <br />school. Our joint recommendation with the Orange County Health Board is made with the <br />understanding that there can be and are varied and substantial benefits to having animals in