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Animal Services – continued <br /> <br />FY 2016-17 Objectives <br />• Continued implementation of new Unified Animal Ordinance, including continued <br />collaboration with towns and working through implementation of the new appeal process <br />based on Animal Services Hearing Panel Pool. <br />• Increase pace of free-roaming cat initiatives based upon the plan set forth in Managing <br />Free-Roaming Cats in Orange County, North Carolina. <br />• Program changes and development for the Community Spay and Neuter Program given <br />changes in the state reimbursement program and oversight of continuing changes in health <br />care practices to make more cats and dogs available for adoption. <br /> <br />Budget Highlights <br />The FY2016-17 Manager’s Recommended Budget includes no significant budget changes. <br /> <br />Animal Shelter Division <br />Major Services <br />• Open Admissions Sheltering <br />o Provide shelter to stray, relinquished, quarantined, and confiscated animals as <br />an open-admission shelter pursuant to applicable regulations. <br />o Facilitate owner recovery and placement of animals. <br />o Euthanize stray, relinquished, quarantined, or confiscated animals as needed. <br />• Lost Pet Recovery <br />o Perform microchip scanning and rabies tag searches to identify pet owners. <br />o Maintain a website for online searches of lost pets. <br />o Facilitate lost and found inquiries and lost pet searches. <br />o Offer microchip implantation at select Rabies Clinics and as an optional service <br />for our adopters and placement partners; require microchipping for owners <br />recovering stray pets. <br />• Animal Placement <br />o Maintain a website for online searches for adoptable pets. <br />o Adopt medically and behaviorally sound animals from the Animal Services <br />Center into permanent homes. <br />o Transfer animals to placement partners for final re-homing. <br />• Animal Health <br />o Address pet overpopulation by ensuring dogs and cats are sterilized prior to <br />adoption in a cost-effective manner. <br />o Manage infectious disease through health protocols and practices to ensure the <br />health of sheltered, reclaimed, and adopted animals. <br />o Selectively identify and treat medical conditions that previously limited the <br />adoption of specific groups of cats and dogs.