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RES-2013-009 <br /> /3 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 'yam <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 likely to 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 /> correcting pet overpopulation a priority, and prepared Managing Pet Overpopulation: A Strategic <br /> Plan for Orange County, 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 1000 human 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. q /7 <br /> This the 19th day of February, 2013. <br /> Barry Jacob <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />