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<br /> <br />Animal Services Highlights <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />ii. Also offered are microchips ($25) <br />c. Annually, more than 1000 dogs and cats are vaccinated at these clinics <br />2. Certified Rabies Vaccinators (CRVs) <br />a. Animal Services staff appointed by Health Director pursuant to NCGS <br />i. Currently, there are 5CRVs. <br />ii. Certification requires class and practical training <br />b. CRVs administers 1 year rabies vaccinations (only) <br />i. May provide vaccinations at low cost clinics <br />ii. Routinely provide rabies vaccinations to shelter animals <br />3. Community Outreach and Awareness <br />a. Media advisory for each laboratory confirmed rabies case <br />b. Promote events such as World Rabies Day <br />c. Communicate with local veterinary clinics about rabies and rabies management <br /> <br />Did you know that Animal Control used to be part of the Health Department—specifically, a <br />section within Environmental Health—and that the Health Board used to conduct potentially <br />dangerous dog appeals? With the creation of Animal Services as a free standing department <br />in 2005, all Animal Control staff became county employees instead of state employee and <br />appeals are now conducted by panels formed from the Animal Services Hearing Panel Pool. <br /> <br />Free Roaming Cats <br />1. Cats are front and center in current efforts to manage companion animals <br />a. By and large they have remained “second class citizens” <br />b. Cats have not fared well in community animal shelters <br />c. An alternative “community cats” approach has emerged <br />i. It is varied but increasingly focused on return animals to the community <br />rather than keeping them at animal shelters <br />ii. Animal are brought to shelters only for health checks, some vaccinations <br />and sterilization <br />iii. If healthy, they are returned to the area they came from (“return to <br />field”)