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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 12, 2013 Action Agenda Item No. 1 SUBJECT: Recommendations and Report from Animal Services Advisory Board on Sterilization and Micro- chipping of Recovered Stray Animals DEPARTMENT: Animal Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) I No ATTACHMENT(S): Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) Report on the Spaying and Neutering of Recovered Stray Animals INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Marotto, Director, Animal Services 919 - 968 -2287 Susan Elmore, DVM, Animal Services Advisory Board Chair, 919 - 967 -4172 Lynn White, MD, Animal Services Advisory Board Task Force Chair, 919- 684 -6217 PURPOSE: To receive and consider findings and recommendations of an Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) study of the recovery of stray dogs and cats, including recommendations for the amendment of the County's animal ordinance, made as part of the strategic process of managing pet overpopulation in Orange County. As part of the plan's legislative component, there is to be a review of established practices governing the recovery of stray animals, specifically whether sterilization should be mandated for animals repeatedly impounded and recovered. The ASAB has completed research on this subject, and it is unanimously making recommendations of several ordinance amendments to the BOCC for feedback and direction. Specific recommendations and the research on which they are based are presented in the attached report, which provides an executive summary as well as a broader overview. As is seen therein, recommended ordinance amendments are to 1) create a requirement for micro - chipping stray cats and dogs upon their first recovery; 2) a tiered and differential fee schedule for the recovery of cats and dogs depending upon the number of times they have been recovered and the whether they are reproductive or sterilized; and 3) a refundable spay /neuter deposit for cats and dogs recovered three or more times.