Animal Shelter Statistics - 11-2005

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Orange County Animal Services – November 2005 Monthly Report – Page 6 Animal Intake Data Total Percent Animal Control From Public Incoming of Total Strays (1) Surrender Strays Surrender Chapel Hill 19 2 21 19 61 20.5% Carrboro 7 1 2 2 12 4.0% Hillsborough 7 5 7 4 23 7.7% Orange County 100 18 12 10 140 47.1% Night Deposit 0 0 22 8 30 10.1% Other County 0 0 10 21 31 10.4% Total 133 26 74 64 297 100.0% Strays 207 69.7% Animal Control 159 53.5% Surrenders 90 30.3% Public 138 46.5% (1) "Strays" under Animal Control Demographics also includes quarantined animals that have not been surrendered. 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. This month there was again one positive rabies case, bringing the total to date this year to twenty-one (21). As the first of the two tables below shows, this positive case came from the ten (10) rabies cases our Animal Control Officers investigated during 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 November there were fifteen (15) such bite quarantines. 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 can be seen from the second of the two tables following, the majority of these vaccinations continue to be performed at veterinary establishments that service pet owners who reside in Orange County. However, a significant number also continue to be provided through the Animal Service Department through low-cost vaccination clinics as well as adoptions and the vaccination of animals that are recovered from the Animal Shelter by owners or custodians. One hundred and two animals – fifty-eight (58) dogs and forty-four (44) cats—were vaccinated at the final low cost vaccination clinic of 2005 which was held at the Orange County Animal Shelter on November 5th, 2005.