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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 21, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Acknowledging February 28, 2017, as Spay Neuter Day USA in <br />Orange County, North Carolina <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Animal Services PUBLIC HEARING: No <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Spay Neuter Day Resolution <br />2016 Annual Community Spay/Neuter Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Bob Marotto, Director, Animal Services 968-2287 <br /> Sarah Fallin, Program Coordinator, Animal Services, <br />942-7387, ext. 224 <br />Maureane Hoffman, Chair, Animal Services <br /> Advisory Board, 919- <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To request that the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) officially resolve that <br />February 28, 2017 is “Spay Neuter Day USA” in Orange County. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: Animal Services staff and the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) recommend <br />that the BOCC adopt a resolution making February 28, 2017, “Spay Neuter Day USA” in Orange <br />County. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has nationally designated the last <br />Tuesday of each February as “International Spay Day.” <br /> <br />In Orange County, the issue of pet overpopulation is a priority. Animal Services staff and the ASAB <br />prepared a five-year strategic plan on the basis of best practices in the field of animal welfare and <br />public policy: Managing Pet Overpopulation: A Strategic Plan for Orange County, North <br />Carolina. Fundamental to this plan is targeting spays and neuters in our county to decrease the rate <br />of reproduction of dogs and cats, thereby containing the number of animals that must be sheltered <br />and the costs of caring for those animals. <br /> <br />The final stage of this plan addresses the presence of and concerns raised by free-roaming cats in <br />Orange County. Accordingly, staff and the ASAB recently prepared a plan called Managing Free- <br />Roaming Cats in Orange County, North Carolina. A spay neuter campaign for sterilizing free- <br />roaming cats will be kicked off in the coming years. <br /> <br />Significant developments for calendar year 2016 include: <br />