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11 <br />overpopulation in Orange County depends upon carefully conceptualized and <br />reasonable staging of components over time. <br />Table 2 <br />Strategic Staging Timetable <br /> 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 <br /> Reclaim le islation <br />Legislation .Review <br /> Feral cat legislation <br /> Feral cat Partner with <br />Spay/Neuter Litter Patrol nonprofit Feral cat <br /> review non rofits <br /> $20 Fix <br /> Placement <br />Placements Partner Continue working with Placement Partners <br /> A reement <br />Licensing Program Program Increased Compliance <br /> Review Changes <br />A. Increasing Animal Placements- Orange County Animal Services currently places <br />animals through direct adoptions to members of the general public; transfers to <br />placement partners (or rescues) for final placement; and animal recovery by owners <br />or custodians. This plan aims to increase these placement numbers over the next 5 <br />years in a manner that ensures to the greatest extent possible that animals are <br />spayed or neutered before they enter our community. <br />a. Adoption and Pre-Adoption Sterilization <br />Maintain and enhance a high rate of adoption and continue to sterilize animals <br />prior to adoption to ensure they don't contribute to pet overpopulation. The <br />County's new state-of-the-art Animal Services Center should enhance the <br />adoption process (especially when economic recovery begins) and performing in- <br />house spays and neuters of adoptable animals is expected to be stable and cost- <br />effective. <br />b. Placement Partnerships <br />Continue placing pets with approved rescue organizations on the basis of a more <br />formal program that facilitates and governs these transfers. In addition to <br />finalizing the guidelines and agreement that are under development, it is critical to <br />organize effective outreach directed at placement partners that helps build strong <br />partnerships. This may eventually include the release of adoptable, screened <br />animals to organizations in geographic areas where there is an unmet demand for <br />certain adoptable animals. <br />c. Recovery <br />Increase the number of dogs and cats reclaimed from the ASC. In 2009 the <br />reclamation rate for the shelter for total intake was 20 percent overall with a <br />9 <br />