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Rescued livestock may be housed at the Cabarrus County Fairgrounds or Mt. Pleasant High <br />School if appropriate. <br />III.INCOMING ANIMALS <br />A. Definition <br />Incoming animals include all rescued animals, owned animals brought to the temporary <br />shelter, and strays found during a disaster. <br />B. Intake <br />1. All incoming animals are first processed through the designated intake area of the <br />temporary shelter. <br />2. Staff will complete an intake form on each animal to identify the animal. As resources <br />are available, pictures are taken of each animal to be part of the intake form. All intake <br />forms are maintained for the duration of the disaster as well as for a significant time after <br />the disaster. <br />3. All incoming animals are identified with tags /collars, which are correlated with the intake <br />form. <br />4. From the intake area, the animal is moved to triage trial assessment by the Triage <br />Veterinarian/staff (if available). <br />5. After the triage assessment, the animal is moved to the housing area or foster home. <br />6. Any animal suspected by the intake personnel to be particularly aggressive or a danger to <br />personnel is immediately brought to the attention of the Shelter Manager or Triage <br />Veterinarian before further processing. If the animal has an owner and is deemed to be <br />too dangerous to safely shelter, the shelter reserves the right to refuse to house the <br />animal. If the animal is a stray and is deemed to be too dangerous to safely shelter, then <br />in consultation with CART Manager, Animal Control personnel and veterinary staff, the <br />animal may be euthanized. <br />7. As resources are available, CART volunteers are assigned to the various shelters for <br />citizens, to accept pets for transport to the temporary shelter. These personnel complete <br />the intake form at the citizen shelter. The animal is given an appropriate tag /collar and <br />transported in a crate to the temporary shelter. Once at the pet shelter, these animals are <br />processed as all other incoming animals except that the intake form and identification <br />have already been completed. <br />IV. TRIAGE <br />As veterinary personnel are available, a triage area is set up as part of the temporary pet shelter. <br />Cabarrus County EOP — Annex O — Animal Control and Protection 12 <br />Attachment number 15 <br />F -6 Page 336 <br />