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RES-2013-009 Resolution Recognizing February 26, 2013 as Spay Neuter Day in Orange County
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RES-2013-009 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />2013 SPAY NEUTER DAY 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 likelyto have certain health problems or exhibit <br />certain undesirable behaviors that can create community problems and use community resources; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the problem of pet overpopulation costs the taxpayers of Orange County hundreds of <br />thousands of dollars annually through animal control and sheltering programs aimed at coping with <br />unwanted and homeless cats and dogs; and <br />WHEREAS, humane societies and shelters throughout the country have to euthanize approximately <br />four million cats and dogs each year, although many of them are healthy and adoptable, due to the <br />lack of critical resources such as money, space, and good adoptive homes; and <br />WHEREAS, the Animal Services Advisory Board and the Animal Services Department have made <br />Managing Pet Overpopulation: A Strategic <br />correcting pet overpopulation apriority, and prepared <br />Plan for Orange County <br />; and <br />WHEREAS, Animal Services has partnered with AnimalKind and the Department of Social Services <br />to offer “low cost” and “no cost” spay and neuter for cats and dogs,and has to date performed more <br />than 1800 overall and more than 1200 for pets belonging to DSS clients; and <br />WHEREAS, spaying and neutering cats and dogs, among other animal companions, has helped to <br />reduce the intake rate of animals from 36 to 25 per 1000human residents between 2005 and the <br />present and the number of animals euthanized from approximately 1900 in 2005 to 1129 in 2012; and <br />WHEREAS, the County received an Outstanding County Program Award from the North Carolina <br />Association of County Commissioners in 2010; and <br />WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal welfare <br />organizations, and private individuals work together each year to ensure the spaying or neutering of <br />thousands of companion animals through “World Spay Day”; and <br />WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal welfare <br />organizations, and private individuals have joined together again this year to advocate and support <br />the spaying and neutering of companion animals on “World Spay Day 2013.” <br />Now, therefore be it RESOLVED by Orange County that February 26, 2013 is declared “Spay Neuter <br />Day”, and the Board of County Commissioners calls upon the people of Orange County to observe <br />the day by having their own cats or dogs spayed or neutered or by sponsoring the spaying or <br />neutering of another person’s cat or dog. <br />th <br />This the 19day of February, 2013. <br />_____________________________________ <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> <br />
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