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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 18, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4 -c <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Acknowledging February 25, 2014 as Spay Neuter Day in Orange <br />County <br />DEPARTMENT: Animal Services PUBLIC HEARING: No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Spay Neuter Day Resolution <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Bob Marotto, Director, Animal Services <br />968 -2287 <br />Sarah Fallin, Program Director, Animal <br />Services, 942 -7387, ext. 224 <br />Michelle Walker, Chair, Animal Services <br />Advisory Board, 919 - 448 -8029 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a resolution declaring February 25, 2014 as "Spay Neuter Day" in <br />Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: Animal Services staff and the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) <br />recommends that the BOCC adopt a resolution declaring February 25, 2014 as "Spay Neuter <br />Day" in Orange County. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has nationally <br />designated the last Tuesday of each February as "International Spay Day ". Since the creation <br />of this day, participants have spayed or neutered more than a million animals, preventing <br />millions of potential births. As a result, millions of taxpayer dollars have been saved that may <br />have otherwise been needed to provide animal control, care and sheltering for the offspring of <br />these animals. <br />In Orange County, the issue of pet overpopulation is a priority. In 2010, the BOCC received and <br />discussed Nbobhjoh! QF d Pwf sgpgvrbopo;! B! TLEbd hjd! Qrbo! gps! Psbohf ! Dpvou? -! Opsui <br />DbsprjDb (see http: / /www.co. orange. nc. us/ animalservices /spayneuter.asp). Animal Services <br />staff and the ASAB prepared this five -year strategic plan on the basis of best practices in the <br />field of animal welfare and public policy. Fundamental to this plan is targeting spay and neuter <br />to decrease the rate of reproduction of dogs and cats and thereby contain the number of <br />animals that must be sheltered and the costs of caring for those animals. <br />Since the creation of the County's Community Spay and Neuter Fund, Animal Services staff has <br />worked with the ASAB to establish and develop a strong, proactive and cost - effective spay and <br />neuter program. Significant outcomes for calendar year 2013 and program highlights are <br />available at: <br />http:// orangecountync. qov/ AnimalServices/ documents /2013CommunitySpayNeuterReport 000. <br />pdf <br />