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Partnerships <br />Common ground <br />Community Effort! <br />Modeling Public Policy <br />Self-funded program <br />Demonstrable results <br />NCACC 2010 Program Award <br />Promoting Responsible Pet Ownership <br />Kris Bergstrand, Chair of ASAB, read the resolution. <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />2012 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, spayed and neutered animals are less likely to have certain health problems or <br />exhibit certain undesirable behaviors that can create community-wide problems and use <br />community resources; and <br />WHEREAS, the problem of pet overpopulation costs the taxpayers of Orange County hundreds <br />of thousands of dollars annually through animal control and sheltering programs aimed at coping <br />with unwanted and homeless cats and dogs; and <br />WHEREAS, humane societies and shelters throughout the country have to euthanize <br />approximately four million cats and dogs each year, although many of them are healthy and <br />adoptable, due to the lack of critical resources such as money, space, and good adoptive homes; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Animal Services Advisory Board and the Animal Services Department have <br />made correcting pet overpopulation a priority, and prepared Managing Pet Overpopulation: A <br />Strategic Plan for Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, the County has established a Community Spay/Neuter Fund to address the issue of <br />pet overpopulation in the County; and <br />WHEREAS, spaying and neutering cats and dogs, among other animal companions, has been <br />shown to drastically reduce overpopulation; and <br />WHEREAS, Animal Services has partnered with AnimalKind and the Department of Social <br />Services to offer "low cost" and "no cosY' spay and neuter through The $20 Fix in Orange County; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal <br />welfare organizations, and private individuals work together each year to ensure the spaying or <br />neutering of thousands of companion animals through "Spay Neuter Day USA"; and <br />