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Orange County Animal Services – November 2005 Monthly Report – Page 5 <br /> <br />volunteers on November 10, 2005. Several volunteers and customers brought in goodies for the staff and <br />the animals. <br /> <br />November 10, 2005 – Program Coordinator met with a teacher and a student from Mary Scroggs <br />Elementary School in Chapel Hill. The student interviewed the Program Coordinator and the teacher <br />filmed the interview to run on Scroggs’ Morning Announcement Show for about 6 weeks to generate <br />donations for the shelter. <br /> <br />November 14, 2005 – A group of ten (10) students from The Friends School volunteered at the shelter <br />from 9:30 -12:30 for their community service day. They folded cat boxes and stuffed kong toys which <br />they then gave to the dogs. <br /> <br />Nov. 14 & 21, 2005 – Program Coordinator meet with RSVP Assistant Director Vicki Hill, RSVP <br />volunteers, and a representative of Red Cross to discuss and plan a presentation for disaster pet <br />preparedness. <br /> <br />November 15, 2005 – A group of ten (10) Girl Scouts came for a tour of and talk about the County’s <br />Animal Shelter. <br /> <br />November 22, 2005 – Friends of Orange County Animal Shelter (FOCAS) Program Coordinator met <br />with Pat Sanford of FOCAS and they bought The “Shelter Helper Kit” from NAHEE for Animal <br />Services, to assist in educational presentations to the schools and other youth groups that request <br />presentations. The kit includes educational supplies including lesson plan booklets, Spanish/English <br />worksheets, puppets, and a CD. <br /> <br /> <br />Animal Control Highlights <br /> <br />As for each month, the Animal Intake Data (see below) shows how Orange County mirrors trends <br />affecting animal sheltering insofar as we impound a large number of number of unclaimed stray animals <br />and a large number of animals surrendered by their owners (animals sometimes referred to as owner <br />releases). The presence of such animals in our community accounts in no small part for our need to have <br />professional animal control services as well as an animal shelter to ensure to provide for the welfare of <br />animal companions as well as to minimize the adverse affects of stray and unwanted animals on members <br />of the public. <br /> <br />Animal intake of stray and surrendered animals also underscores the importance of promoting responsible <br />pet ownership in our communities—ownership that complies with regulations pertaining to public health <br />and safety as well as the livability of our communities; provides appropriate care, socialization and <br />training; ensures no unwanted offspring; and forms a lifelong bond between human households and their <br />animal companions. Promoting such responsible pet ownership is basic the various programs our Animal <br />Services Department has and will continue to provide including public education on health and safety, <br />spay/neuter outreach and low-cost rabies vaccination clinics.