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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />SPAY DAY USA RESOLUTION <br />WHEREAS, cats and dogs provide companionship to and share the homes of thousands of <br />individuals in Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, humane societies and shelters throughout the country have to euthanize <br />approximately four million cats and dogs each year, although many of them are healthy and <br />adoptable, due to lack of critical resources such as money, space, and good adoptive homes; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the problem of pet overpopulation costs the taxpayers of Orange County hundreds <br />of thousands of dollars annually through animal control and sheltering programs aimed at <br />coping with the unwanted and homeless cats and dogs; and <br />WHEREAS, the Animal Services Advisory Board and the Animal Services Department have <br />made addressing pet overpopulation a priority; and <br />WHEREAS, the County has established a Community Spay/Neuter Fund to address the issue of <br />pet overpopulation in the County; and <br />WHEREAS, spaying and neutering cats and dogs, among other animal companions, has been <br />shown to drastically reduce overpopulation; and <br />WHEREAS, Animal Services is working with other County departments to spay and neuter thirty <br />animals that may not otherwise be sterilized; and <br />WHEREAS, spayed and neutered animals are less likely to have certain health problems or <br />exhibit certain undesirable behaviors that can create community-wide problems and use <br />community resources; and <br />WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal <br />welfare organizations, and private individuals worked together to ensure the spaying or <br />neutering of more than 20,000 companion animals nationally through "Spay Day USA" in 2007; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal <br />welfare organizations, and private individuals have joined together again to advocate the <br />spaying and neutering of companion animals on "Spay Day USA 2008"; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />hereby declares February 26, 2008 as "Spay Day USA in Orange County" and calls upon the <br />people of the County to observe the day by having their own cats or dogs spayed or neutered or <br />by sponsoring the spaying or neutering of another person's cat or dog. <br />THIS THE 19th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2008. <br />Barry Jacobs, CHAIR <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS