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Home My WebLink AboutAnimal Services News Sept 2018 1601 Eubanks Road | Chapel Hill, NC 27516 | phone: (919) 942-7387 http://orangecountync.gov/animalservices ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD MEETING September 19, 2018 Animal Services News  Clear The Shelters (August 18, 2018) o Very successful with a total of 48 same-day adoptions for us o WRAL reported 1,828 adoptions locally and over 98,000 nationwide!  Hurricane Florence o Orange County Opened 2 co-location shelters at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill and CW Stanford in Hillsborough  Smith operated Wednesday, 9/12 – Sunday, 9/16  Stanford operated Wednesday, 9/12 – Saturday, 9/15  Both locations had staff and volunteers from Animal Services there 24/7 in teams of 1-2  Mostly dogs present, but several rabbits and a few cats as well o Orange County opened another co-location shelter on Monday, 9/17 at Hillsborough Commons  No pets there yet  Animal Services staffed it for the first 24 hours  We are now on-call for assistance if and when animals arrive o Animal Services also had staff on site at the AS Center for several days during the storm to care for the animals in our own custody o We are exploring ways in which we can make resources available to the state-run shelter at UNC’s Friday Center  Upcoming Events o The next Low-Cost Rabies Vaccination Clinic is on Thursday, 9/27, at the Farmer’s Market on Margaret Lane in Hillsborough from 5pm – 7pm.  The 9/29 clinic has been cancelled and will be rescheduled as soon as possible.  It was cancelled due to conflicts in scheduling with LocalFest, which still needs volunteers. Contact Molly Weybright (mweybright@orangecountync.gov) with any volunteering questions or offers for LocalFest! o Spay/Neuter Day: October 17th (sign up by October 3rd) o October is Dog Adoption Month!  Reduced adoption fees for all dogs and puppies  Miscellaneous:  Thanks to a generous donation, we now have warming blankets for our surgery animals  Currently filling the 3 final staffing vacancies  Trees near the easement are staying (power lines will be buried along that stretch)