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RES- 2015 -009 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />SPAY NEUTER DAY RESOLUTION <br />3 <br />WHEREAS, cats and dogs provide companionship to and share the homes of thousands of <br />individuals in Orange County; 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 Managing Free - Roaming Cats in Orange County, North Carolina; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, spaying and neutering cats and dogs, among other animal companions, has been shown <br />to drastically reduce overpopulation; 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 to households who are economically disadvantaged <br />or who receive public assistance; and <br />WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal welfare <br />organizations, and private citizens have joined together again this year to advocate and support the <br />spaying and neutering of companion animals on "Spay Day USA 2015"; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that February <br />24, 2015 is declared "Spay Neuter Day" and the Board calls upon the people of the County to <br />observe 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 />THIS THE 17th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2015. <br />Earl McKee, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />