Unapproved animal research meeting committee summary

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Animal services mission: strives to meet the needs of residents by working with volunteers and other partners to deliver cost-effective and integrated sheltering and animal control services that ensure the health, safety and well being of humans, pets and the community as a whole. Addressing the problem of pet overpopulation with a proactive and positive approach is an integral ingredient of the department’s mission. Meeting July 15, 2015 Minutes Susan Elmore, Bob Marotto, Caroline Green, Maureane Hoffman, Dewana Anderson • Shelter has the responsibility to support research that will benefit the lives of all shelter animals • Research would have to be compatible with the mission statement and articulate how the proposed research would be consistent with the shelter mission (e.g. Kitten diarrhea). That is, the research should have a specific focus on shelter health and wellness. • No euthanasia, invasive procedures or pain/suffering for the research project Noninvasive sample collections such as nasal swab, fecal samples, blood, tick collection, etc. would be acceptable. • Should be institutional IACUC review of the study. • Can’t be for-profit research • If the research meets all of the above criteria, then participation would still be at discretion of the OCAS Director (logistics, etc. can’t conflict with overall operations) • Ask Wake County Animal Shelter what their protocol is and what issues they have encountered to date. • Take back to the advisory board then to the manager and board and see if they would like for us to move forward OR • Are the political risks warranted? Yes. How will they be minimized? Forming focus groups with all concerned parties participating. To have a well thought out and developed framework for moving forward. • Take back to advisory board and form focus groups of people in the county and region including people who might be supportive and apposed. Should then go to the manager and then to board.