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<br />Animal Services Updates <br /> Dog-Fighting Case <br />o The State came to a rest in the dog-fighting trial <br /> Upcoming Events <br />o 15th Annual Dog Swim (Sept. 22, 12-3 p.m. @ Heritage Hills Pool) <br />o Low-Cost Rabies Vaccination & Microchip clinics (Sept. 26, 5-7 p.m. @ Eno <br />River Farmer’s Market, and Sept. 28, 1-4 p.m. @ Efland-Cheeks Community <br />Park; Oct. 24, 5-7 p.m. @ Eno River Farmer’s Market) <br />o October is Dog Adoption Month: all dogs and puppies will be nearly half price for <br />the entire month <br /> Grants <br />o Animal Services received another grant from the Margaret T. Petrie Spaying & <br />Neutering Foundation to help residents with a higher income (up to 400% of the <br />Federal Poverty Guidelines) spay and neuter their pets <br />o Animal Services also received a $40,000 grant from PetCo for its barn-cat <br />program (a central part of its free-roaming cat strategic plan) <br /> Community Spay-Neuter Program <br />o Bob Marotto provided updates on this year’s numbers. <br />o Two grant applications submitted by Animal Services are currently under <br />consideration. <br />o Animal Services is working to obtain sufficient surgical capacity for barn-cat <br />sterilization. <br /> Shelter Statistics <br />o Bob Marotto presented on the August sheltering statistics, which were extremely <br />encouraging <br /> <br />Adjournment and next meeting: <br /> The meeting was adjourned at 8:37 p.m. The next meeting is October 16, 2019, at 6:30 <br />p.m., Orange County Animal Services Center. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Attachment: Progress Report of the Wild and Dangerous Animal Task Force