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Animal Services News <br />February 19, 2014 <br /> <br /> <br />WINTER STORM ACTIVITY <br />• Animal Services staff were present in the Emergency Operations Center <br />• Pet co-location team was put on alert and prepared to mobilize in the event an emergency <br />shelter was opened <br />• Generator was brought on site to deliver electricity through a transfer switch in the event of a <br />power failure <br />• Skeleton crew of staff provided basic care to sheltered animals <br />• Debrief will include the need for more emphasis on pet as well as human preparedness <br /> <br />COMMUNITY SPAY & NEUTER PROGRAM <br />• BOCC adopted a resolution declaring February 25, 2014, as Spay/Neuter Day in Orange County <br />• More than 30 cats and dogs belonging to DSS clients are registered to be sterilized by SNAP-NC <br />at Orange County Animal Services on Spay/Neuter Day <br />• “Beat the Heat” Billboards are up at intersection of Highways 86 and 70 Hillsborough <br />• Highlight from the annual report ( available online) include: <br />o Spaying and neutering a total of 472 cats and dogs on the basis of the partnership <br />between Animal Services and AnimalKind (which offers The $20 Fix); <br />o Spaying and neutering 373 dogs and cats belonging to clients of the Department of <br />Social Service (DSS) on a “no pay” basis. <br />o Helping reduce the number of animals admitted to Orange County’s Animal Services <br />Center from more than 4000 a year to a historic low of 3207 in 2013. <br /> <br />MISCELLANEOUS <br />• Reclassified position as Training & Lead Animal Control Officer <br />o Assure an effective training program across a variety of disciplines <br />o Assume a lead role in complicated and challenging cases <br />o Assure effective oversight and leadership in absence of Animal Control Manager <br />• Training in regard to wildlife calls with spring afoot <br />o With spring afoot CLAWS classes for staff will be offered in the coming month <br /> Responding to and referring wildlife inquiries <br /> Safe handling, housing and transport of injured and orphaned wildlife <br />o Training with WRC personnel in regard to field euthanasia of injured deer <br /> <br />VETERINARY OUTREACH <br />• Veterinary Health Care Manager (Josh) and Communications Specialist (Andi) are meeting <br />with 17 or so vet clinics in Orange County to build stronger relationships. <br />• Each veterinary clinic is receiving a photograph from the library gallery collection as a gift <br />from OCAS. <br />• Outreach includes adoptable animals and adoption specials, low cost spay and neuter, the free <br />roaming cats and the ASAB task force on free roaming cats and partnership possibilities. <br />• Four have been done to date and they have been very, very positive. <br /> <br />By Bob Marotto, Animal Services Director