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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:February 19,2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.4-a <br />SUBJECT: <br />Resolution Acknowledging February 26,2013,as Spay Neuter Day in Orange <br />Countyand Community Spay and Neuter Program Presentation <br />DEPARTMENT:PUBLIC HEARING: No <br />Animal Services <br />ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Spay Neuter Day Resolution Bob Marotto, Director, Animal Services 919- <br />968-2287 <br />Sarah Fallin, Program Director, Animal Services, <br />942-7387, ext. 224 <br />Susan Elmore, DVM, Chair, Animal Services <br />Advisory Board, 919-967-4172 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To consider a resolution officially acknowledging February 26, 2013 as“Spay Neuter <br />Day” in Orange Countyandto receive an update aboutthe County’sCommunity Spay and Neuter <br />Program. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Animal Services staff and the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) recommend <br />that the BOCC adopt a resolution making February 26, 2013, “Spay Neuter Day” in Orange County. <br />The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has nationally designated the last Tuesday of <br />each February as “World Spay Day”. <br />“Spay Day USA” has been celebrated since it was created in 1995. This year HSUS is recasting the <br />day as an international rather than national event called “World Spay Day”. As a result of efforts over <br />the years, participants have spayed or neutered more than a million animals, preventing millions of <br />potential births.As a result, millions of taxpayer dollars have been saved that may have otherwise <br />been neededto care for the offspring of these animals. <br />In Orange County, the issue of petoverpopulationis a high priority.In a January 2010 work session, <br />ManagingPet Overpopulation: A Strategic Plan for Orange County, North <br />theBOCC approved <br />Carolina <br /> (http://www.co.orange.nc.us/animalservices/spayneuter.asp). Working together, Animal <br />Services staff and the ASAB prepared this strategic plan on the basis of best practices in the field of <br />animal welfare and public policy. Fundamental to this plan is targeting spay and neuter in theCounty <br />to decrease the rate of reproduction of dogs and cats and thereby contain the number of animals that <br />must be sheltered and the costs of caring for those animals. <br />Since the creation of the County’s Community Spayand Neuter Fund, Animal Servicesstaff has <br />worked with the ASAB to establish a proactive and cost-effective spay and neuter program.It is <br /> <br />