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Animal Services Advisory Board updates: <br /> <br /> Animal Services Hearing Panel Pool Updates <br />o All recommendations approved by BOCC <br /> <br /> Board vacancies <br />o ASAB Appointment Recommendation Updates <br /> Recommendations approved for Sue Millager and Sunita Driehuys <br />o New applicant for animal trainer position <br /> Susan Spinks <br /> Ms. Spinks shared her experience and interest in serving on the <br />board <br />o ASAB member Lisa Wells submitted her resignation from the board effective <br />immediately <br /> ASAB retail position now vacant <br />o New appointees Sue Millager and Sunita Driehuys in attendance <br /> <br /> <br />Old Business <br /> Update on mission and naming of Evelyn Daniel Fund <br />o Staff and Casey Ferrell will coordinate and bring back recommendations to the board for <br />March meeting <br /> <br /> County Commissioner Letter of Appreciation Regarding Seized Animals <br />o Board reviewed copy and suggested several edits <br />o Motion to approve (unanimous) <br /> <br /> Wild and Dangerous Task Force <br />o Adds the word “potentially” to the Division 5 title language <br />o Expands definition of “wild animals potentially dangerous to person and property (i.e., <br />wild and dangerous animals) to include zoonotic and epidemiological harms <br />o Does not add or remove species, only modifies/clarifies <br /> Notable exception: proposed language allows for keeping of hybrid felines if they <br />meet an F5 criteria <br />o Exemptions <br /> Expands to include institutions similar in mission to UNC-CH <br /> Addition of legitimate organizations (items (c) and (d)) <br />o Establishes process for petitioning for modifications <br /> Exemptions would be at species level, not individual animal level <br />o Board discussion followed <br />o Motion to approve documentation as ASAB policy recommendation (unanimous) <br /> <br />New Business <br /> 2019 Community Spay & Neuter Report (Cooper Hatch, PC) <br />o Report showed continued success in reducing euthanasia rate and increasing live release <br />rate <br />o Secured funding from PetCo for ongoing support of the Working Barn Cat program