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Reference Check Report - GOJpty Hea7 HSUS Animal Services Program m O Reference Check#1 o D 3 Robert Anderson,Director,Baltimore City Bureau of Animal Control millin k Interviewed by John Sauls, October 7, 2002) N-th Cmoli—Public H*ahh Background ORANGE COUNTY 1. The HSUS evaluation was advocated by local humane societies that did HEALTH DEPARTMENT not have their own shelters. 2. There are local humane societies that have their own shelters that did not call for a program evaluation because they were working in the city Rosemary L Summers, shelter to make improvements. MPH, DrPH 3. The"humane-oriented community"went to the city council to request Health Director the HSUS evaluation. Richard E.Whitted Human 4. The Director, Mr. Anderson,was opposed to the evaluation because he Services center 1 Y 300 West Tryon Street had on the job for only six months. He said that some in the humane Post Office Box 8181 community"wanted his head". Hillsborough,NC 27278 5. Baltimore City Animal Control handles 17,000 animals per year. The Phone:(919)245-2411 Fax: (919)644-3007 evaluation was done in 2000. www co orange nc.us/health Outcomes/Conclusions ♦ 1. Report is 650 pages. It was on his desk when I called. 2. First part of report details what is wrong, second and third parts detail Animal Control Services how to fix the problems. 3. Mr. Anderson said the report was and is, "useful because it killed the Central Administrative opposition"but also because it concluded that Animal Control cannot do Services what some think they should do without more money. For example, HSUS recommended that Animal Control employ 41 A.C.O.'s. There Dental Health Services are 12 officers and money to hire more has not been forthcoming from the city. ivironmental Health Services 4. Mr. Anderson said that he is now glad that the report was done because he uses it to raise money and to defend his agency. 5. There is an Animal Control Advisory Committee composed of Health Promotion and veterinarians and other professionals. Education Services P Reference Check#2 Personal Health Services Ms. Rana Bohan,Director, Department of Neighborhood Services, ♦ City of Oklahoma Animal Welfare Division (Interviewed by John Sauls, October 7, 2002) Background N 1. On May P, a tornado struck a city neighborhood and damaged or destroyed 4000 homes. The division sheltered many of the animals that 304 Revere Road QJ lived in that part of the city. There was no Animal Emergency Response P O Box 8181 cn Hillsborough,NC 27278 o Plan. The disaster and the division's response pointed out many problems that had previously existed in the shelter operation but had not Phone: (919)245-2075 been identified. When the disaster recovery was over it was clear to the FAX: (919)644-3308 E Director that the underlying shelter program problems still existed. So a she decided to call in an outside evaluator.