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lie Attending varied community meetings to provide information about <br /> key animal control issues and pet owner responsibilities , e . g . , wildlife <br /> concerns such as coyotes , or information about rabies and low cost <br /> rabies vaccination clinics . <br /> iii . Organizing or conducting proactive awareness and/or education <br /> activities and programs , e . g . , rabies risks , bite prevention for children , <br /> animal safety , animal control reporting opportunities , etc . <br /> c . Emergency After Hour Call Services . The County shall provide emergency <br /> after hour animal service calls as described below . <br /> i . Emergency after hour animal services are from 5 : 00 pm to 8000 am <br /> Monday through Friday and all holidays and weekends . <br /> lie The County shall provide trained, qualified personnel to respond to <br /> emergency after hour animal calls within the Town by going to the scene <br /> when necessary to protect and preserve the health and safety of the public <br /> and the life and health of animals . <br /> iii . Qualified county personnel shall , when necessary and proper in the <br /> judgment of County personnel , provide first aid treatment and/or take <br /> animals requiring care to veterinary facilities according to County policy . <br /> When immediate veterinary care is not needed in the judgment of County <br /> personnel , an animal may be taken to the Animal Services Center . Sick <br /> and injured animals will be handled according to Animal Services ' <br /> operating policy , <br /> in its discretion, bear the cost of emergency care and IV * The County may, <br /> sheltering costs for animals that do not appear to have an owner or <br /> keeper, or where the owner or keeper can be identified , charge the owner <br /> or keeper with the cost of emergency care and sheltering costs of the <br /> animals consistent with the Animal Services ' operating policy . <br /> v . County employees or their designees shall attempt to contact at a time <br /> which is reasonable under the circumstances in each situation, the owner <br /> or custodian of each animal involved in an emergency requiring <br /> assistance . <br /> vie Where Town Public Safety and/or Town officers are also on the scene of <br /> an animal -related emergency, the County personnel shall cooperate with <br /> Town personnel in matters involving safety of persons and/or <br /> enforcement of the Town' s animal control ordinance and the Orange <br /> County Unified Animal Control Ordinance . <br /> vile Subject to further guidelines as determined between the parties and <br /> provided in " Guidelines for Emergency After Hours Calls " which are <br /> attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference . <br /> 3 <br />