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3 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> SPAY NEUTER DAY USA RESOLUTION <br /> WHEREAS, cats and dogs provide companionship to and share the homes of thousands of <br /> individuals in Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, humane societies and shelters throughout the country have to euthanize approximately <br /> four million cats and dogs each year, although many of them are healthy and adoptable, due to lack <br /> of critical resources such as money, space, and good adoptive homes; and <br /> WHEREAS, the problem of pet overpopulation costs the taxpayers of Orange County hundreds of <br /> thousands of dollars annually through animal control and sheltering programs aimed at coping with <br /> unwanted and homeless cats and dogs; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Animal Services Advisory Board and the Animal Services Department have made <br /> correcting pet overpopulation a priority; and <br /> WHEREAS, the County has established a Community Spay/Neuter Fund to address the issue of pet <br /> overpopulation in the County; and <br /> WHEREAS, spaying and neutering cats and dogs, among other animal companions, has been shown <br /> to drastically reduce overpopulation; and <br /> WHEREAS, Animal Services is working with the Department of Social Services to offer no-cost spay <br /> and neuter surgeries to qualifying Orange County households; and <br /> WHEREAS, Animal Services has partnered with AnimalKind to offer The $20 Fix in Orange County, <br /> providing qualifying households the ability to have their pets spayed and neutered for $20; and <br /> WHEREAS, spayed and neutered animals are less likely to have certain health problems or exhibit <br /> certain undesirable behaviors that can create community-wide problems and use community <br /> resources; and <br /> WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal welfare <br /> organizations, and private individuals worked together to ensure the spaying or neutering of more <br /> than 20,000 companion animals nationally through "Spay Neuter Day USA" in 2008; and <br /> WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal welfare <br /> organizations, and private individuals have joined together again to advocate the spaying and <br /> neutering of companion animals on "Spay Day USA 2009"; <br /> Now, Therefore Be It Resolved by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that February 24, <br /> 2009 is declared as "Spay Neuter Day USA." The Board of County Commissioners calls upon the <br /> people of the County to observe the day by having their own cats or dogs spayed or neutered or by <br /> sponsoring the spaying or neutering of another person's cat or dog. <br /> THIS THE 17th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2009. <br /> Valerie P. Foushee, CHAIR <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />