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a. To cooperate with the County Health Director and all <br />law enforcement Officers in the county and the towns there, in and <br />assist in the enforcement of the laws of the state with regard to <br />animals, the vaccination of dogs and cats against rabiesr the <br />confinement and leashing of vicious animals, and any other state <br />law applicable to animals or animal control. <br />C. To investigate reported or observed animal cruelty Or <br />animal abuse and make written reports of such investigations and, <br />when requested, provide such reports to animal crufLty <br />investigators, appropriate law enforcement officers I or the Dis- <br />trict Attorney's office. <br />D. To investigate reports of observed harassment or at- <br />tacks by dogs or other animals against domesticated livestock and <br />to assist in locating those persons owning or harbor . ing the at- <br />tacking animals. <br />E. County Animal Control officers shall not have.the power <br />to arrest. <br />Section 117 - Animal License Fees. Orange County m ay set . <br />animal license fees as allowed by law and set the fee amounts an- <br />nually as part If the Budget ordinance. In order to further the <br />goals of controlling animal population, the fees of unspayed or <br />unneutered dogs and cats shall be higher than those of neutered <br />animals. Within thirty days of acquisition of an animal for <br />which a license is required, the owner or keeper shall purchase <br />the appropriate county license. <br />2 <br />