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<br />control. This is a model ordinance. He asked that the Board approve it <br />without any revisions. The leghold trap is primitive and should be <br />banned. There are alternatives to the leghold trap. <br />CARL WALTERS stated that everyone in the rural area has at least three <br />dogs. He has lost cattle because of dogs running them to death. By the <br />time the Dog Warren is called the dog is gone. Most of the owners are <br />responsible but it is those few that are not. He has never found a wild <br />dog -- they are stray dogs. The only place a steel trap is used is in the <br />pond to catch the muskrats. The Ordinance does not dwell on those things <br />about which farmers have problems. <br />Pat Sanford said that the ordinance was written to include the Cunabear <br />trap. <br />Commissioner Willhoit asked if there has been an approach where a <br />differential fee is used with a provision for excluding hunting dogs. Pat <br />Sanford indicated there have been some provisions for excluding show dogs <br />but none for hunting dogs. - <br />Commissioner Willhoit suggested that this be addressed in the <br />differential fee schedule. <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by Commissioner <br />Carey that the public hearing be closed and that the Ordinance be referred <br />to the Manager and the Attorney for their recommendation to be considered <br />by_..the Board on June 16. <br />Chair Willhoit stated that there are ambiguities- in the Ordinance and <br />that some of the numerical values are unreasonable. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis asked for guidance with regard to the Statewide <br />-- trapping law and what the County can and cannot do. <br />Chair Marshall noted that because of budget implications the Ordinance <br />needs to be brought back to the Board on June 16. <br />Commissioner Carey pointed out that although it was specific problems <br />that prompted the revisions in the Ordinance, that the Board asked .the <br />Task Force to be comprehensive in their approach and that is what the <br />proposed Ordinance does. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br />Chair Marshall announced that all other items on the agenda will be <br />continued to June 1, 1987 and will be taken in the order they appear. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner <br />Carey to adjourn the meeting. The next regular meeting will be held on <br />June~1G, 1987, 7:30 p.m. in the Courtroom of the old Post Office, Chapel <br />Hill, North Carolina. <br />Shirley E. Marshall, Chair <br />Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk <br />