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39 <br /> • To continue the Pets-for-Life program (managed <br /> bybolunteers) that provides grooming, training, <br /> behavior solving, and counseling to adopters and <br /> potential adopters to assure that pets will remain <br /> in their home after adoption. <br /> • To continue education outreach programs to <br /> upgrade pet owner responsibility and awareness <br /> of pet overpopulation. <br /> • To hold animals longer with She decrease in the <br /> numbers of animals impounded, giving them a . <br /> greater chance of being adopted. <br /> OUTCOME for 2001: <br /> • In 2001 there was a record adoption of 2,017, or <br /> 39% of domestic animals admitted to the Orange <br /> County Animal Shelter, or 40%of dispositioned . <br /> animals.. <br /> • The adoption of animals from the Orange County <br /> Animal Shelter enhances the overall Pet <br /> Overpopulation Program since the animals are <br /> sterilized before they go home. <br /> • The adoption of each animal from the Shelter <br /> provides a more humane outcome for Orange <br /> County animals. The euthanasia rate for 2001 <br /> was also a record low of 45%. <br /> • The adoption of animals from the Orange County <br /> Animal Shelter assures that the animals are <br /> recorded in the Orange County Animal Control <br /> system, added to their data rase with the their <br /> rabies information, owners names and addresses, <br /> and proof of sterilization. This cuts the costs of <br /> Animal Control <br /> • Income for adoptions in 2000.01 was$23,673; <br /> feline leukemia tests, heartworm tests, and FIV <br /> tests income was$24,746, and microchip income <br /> was$9,587. <br /> V. To develop a temperament profile for potentially <br /> adoptable animals. <br /> The APS has held seminars, including one by Sue Stemberg who has a national <br /> reputation in temperament testing shelter animals to determine N the animals are <br /> suitable for adoption. Orange County Animal Shelter animals were used as <br /> training models and taken to the Sanctuary for this workshop. One-hundred and <br /> w <br /> 9 <br />