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200 <br />T.g C.ommittee Report July 30s', 2007 <br />would inchu]e education about the various albenoadives and oomm~ity resources avatiable to help . <br />owners won firm bets to other means of n~csining their dogs. <br />As the Committee does not want a much needed betheaing ordinance to intetlbre with the conduct of <br />legal sporting eveaLs, it is proposing an exemption for such events, provided the tang is <br />temporary, not lasting for mor$ than seven ('7) days in duration while such events are conducted. <br />The Committee considered the possibility of as exception fur huatia8 dogs given the concerns <br />raised by hunters in its "listening sessions," but ultimately decided against rec~m , ins such an <br />exception for several reasons. One is that belief that himtiag dogs have the same social and <br />Physical needs as other types of dogs. Another is that such an exception would. pose difficulties in <br />the process of enforcement insofar as anyone with a dog from a hwrting breed oouid contend that <br />liis or her dug should be exempted. <br />It was also believed that the creation of as exception or exccptians would not be fair to dog owners <br />who wean not allowed to tether their dogs for a period longer than tIu~ee horns under the prolwsed <br />ordinance amendme~tt. It was because of tins concern that the Committee ultimately decided <br />against rec~nmendng some kind of an exception for dogs that were kruown to be "escape artists," <br />as well as an exception for hunting dogs. <br />Deliberations regarding these and other concerns raised is public testimo~- occurred in the final <br />two meetings held by the Tethering Cow. And it is on the basis of those deliberations, as <br />well es the information rt gathered fmm other sources, that the Committee is proposing that thence be <br />an ardinance t than limits the pn~ctice of tethering in Orange County. <br />NEXT STEPS <br />The recommendations made in this report will be submitted to .the ASAB for timely review and <br />dehberation of whether a proposed ordinance amendment should ultimately be adopted by the <br />BOCC itself The ASAB is made up of twelve County :appointed members and charged with <br />providing inpuf and advice to the Animal Services Department on various , including policy. <br />14 <br />