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ANWA ~ PROTECTION SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNT( , o81 A/RpOnr ROAo ° C*ApsL H |LL. mmmr* CAmOL|wA urs ` u aps TELEPHONE e19'ee7'73E3 Shirley Marshall Commissioner 's Office 106 E . Margaret Lane Hillsborough , N� ' Dear Ni s , Marshall : During the May 26th Public Hearing on the Propoeed Animal Control Ordinance , I commented that Dr . Hunter , the NC State yoter- inarian , supports the issue of reouiring cats to wear valid rabies tags and identifice_tion tags. We did not have h / s letter in hand at the time . but I am forwarding it to you (Attachment 1 ) . I would also like to give you Orange County License statistics for dog owners owning six or more doos. It maY not be surprising that out of the 9,618 dogs licensed in 1986, onlx 49 residents claimed to own more than five dogs. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20+ 15 12 4 2 6 3 4 2 0 O 0 O O C 1 O total : 49 I would guess that peooYe are not register ) ng their dogs: however , it can be viewed two ways: either thaY are not complying to license recuirsnnents or there are not that many multi -doQ owners in Oranne County. Wh / le the noncommercial kennel status is not exhorted to te a revenue source in itself ( the County could very well not charge for this status. instead having a check only on the license form to indicate noncommercial status) , it would allow monitor / no of situations where dogs are kept under cruel and inhumane condi - tions. Unfortunate7y , we often get cruelty and neglect com- plaints against owners of larger numbers of doos , but we often- times cannot adequately investigate because unless the person who has seen the conditions ia willing to come to the magistrate's office , it is very difficult if not impossible for a cruelty investigatop to gain access to insoect the animals. This access when there are complaints is what is sought in the ordinance . This section of the ordi`nance should not reou | re any additional enimal control officers to enforce .