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Animal Services News March 18, 2015 HIGHLIGHTS • For 2014, animal intakes (2939) and animals euthanized (760) were the lowest ever and the live release rate (85%) was the highest ever. • Year-to-date there have been 3 laboratory confirmed rabies cases—2 raccoons and 1 bat. • Pet colocation was available at the mass shelter opened for the public in the southern part of the county as part of one of the inclement weather events in late February. • Development of web-based lost and found resources has been completed with the creation of a real time Twitter feed for incoming animals. • An article about our web-based lost and found resources appeared in the Chapel Hill News and an article about sheltering successes appeared in the News of Orange. MANAGING FREE -ROAMING CATS REPORT • Finalized and posted on the Animal Services website on both the resources page (http://orangecountync.gov/AnimalServices/info.asp ) and on the advisory board page under committees (http://orangecountync.gov/animalservices/FRC.asp). • Provided to the Board of County Commissioners as an information item attachment for its March 17, 2015 regular meeting. • Currently being shared with professional peers North Carolina and beyond with a request for useful feedback and resources. UNIFIED ANIMAL ORDINANCE • Finalized version prepared and shared with partners in the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. • Scheduled as an agenda item at the April 7, 2015 meeting of the town of Carrboro Board of Alderman. • Scheduled as an agenda item at the April 27, 2015 meeting of the town of Chapel Hill Council meeting (unless approved as a consent item at Council’s April 13, 2015 meeting). • Town meetings will be attended by the Animal Services Advisory Board Chair, Vice-Chair and town representative to the board as well as Animal Services Director and Staff Attorney. • Separate consideration of the new animal recovery fees tabled as a result of the process that is underway for adopting a unified county animal ordinance. SPAY/NEUTER DAY 2015 • SNAP-NC came out as did the owners of 10 of the more than 20 scheduled dogs and cats, despite the inclement weather. • The Board of County Commissioners retroactively adopted a resolution declaring February 24, 2015 Spay/Neuter Day in Orange County at its March 3, 2015 meeting (and needed to do so since its February 17, 2015 meeting was cancelled due to inclement weather).