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reduced rates, or a waiver of fees <br />Additionally, dog and cat owners or keepers who furnish to the <br />Animal Control Director a statement from a licensed veterinarian <br />that the animal, due to age, physical reasons, or chronic health <br />problems cannot withstand spay/neuter surgery, shall be allowed <br />to pay the license fees provided for spayed or neutered animals. <br />Section VI - Ordinance. All other Orange County ordinances <br />in conflict with K-h-e- this ordinance except the Ordinance to <br />Regulate Wild and Vicious Animals are hereby repealed to the ex- <br />tent of such conflict. The Ordinance to Provide for Animal Con- <br />trol and Protection in Orange County, adopted May 15, 1979, as <br />amended October 3, 1983, is hereby repealed. <br />Section VII - Definitions. As used in this ordinance, the <br />following terms mean: <br />1. Adequate Food: The provision at suitable intervals, <br />not to exceed 24 hours, of a quantity of wholesome foodstuff <br />suitable for the species and age, sufficient to maintain a <br />reasonable level of nutrition in each animal. Such foodstuff <br />shall be served in a receptacle, dish, or container that is <br />physically clean and in which agents injurious to health have <br />been removed or destroyed to a practical minimum. <br />2. Adequate Shelter: That shelter which will keep a non- <br />aquatic animal dry, out of the direct path of winds and out of <br />the direct sun, at a temperature at a level that is healthful for <br />4 <br />