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• Miscellaneous - There is a vacant Training & Lead Animal Control Officer position which <br />OCAS hopes to fill in the near future. The staff has received training from the State <br />Wildlife Commission (WRC) personnel in regard to field euthanasia of injured deer. <br />There will be trainings provided by CLAWS in the upcoming months regarding <br />responding to and referring wildlife injuries and safe handling, housing and transport of <br />injured and orphaned wildlife <br />• Veterinary Outreach - Josh Fisher, the new Veterinary Health Care Manager at OCAS <br />and Andi Morgan, Communication Specialist, are meeting with seventeen or so <br />veterinary clinic staff in Orange County to build stronger relationships. The response to <br />date has been very positive. <br /> <br />Ongoing and Upcoming Events <br />• Low Cost Rabies Vaccination & Microchip Clinic, 3 to 5 pm, Thursday, February 13, 2014 <br />• Beat the Heat Campaign - January to March 2014 <br />Billboards on 70 East and 70 West in Hillsborough up February 10 to March - There has <br />been good feedback from community members about the billboards. They were <br />purchased at a decent cost and receive lots of traffic daily. <br />• Beat the Heat advertising and outreach <br />• Spay/Neuter Day, January 31 and February 27, 2014 <br />• Valentine Adoption Special - February 1-28 <br /> <br />Accompanying Documents <br />1. Meeting Summaries for November 20, 2013 and January 22 , 2014 ASAB <br />2. Annual Services 2013 Statistical Package <br />3. 2014 Community Spay /Neuter Annual Report <br />4. Orange County Animal Services Advisory Board <br />Free-roaming Cat Task Force Charge: DRAFT February 5, 2014 <br />5. Animal Services News, February 19, 2014 <br />6. January, 2014, Monthly Sheltering Statistical Summaries <br />(http://www.co.orange.nc.us/animalservices/monthlyreports2013.asp) (forthcoming) <br />7. January, 2014, Field Services Statistical Summaries <br />(http://www.co.orange.nc.us/animalservices/fieldstatistics2013asp) (forthcoming) <br /> <br /> <br />