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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 16, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-c <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution Acknowledging February 23, 2021 as Spay Neuter Day in Orange <br /> County, North Carolina <br /> DEPARTMENT: Animal Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Spay Neuter Day Resolution Bob Marotto, Director, 919.932.4963 <br /> 2020 Community Spay/Neuter Program Cooper Hatch, Program Coordinator, <br /> Report 919.932.4965 <br /> Amanda Schwoerke, Chair, Animal <br /> Services Advisory Board, <br /> 203.815.5481 <br /> PURPOSE: To officially resolve that February 23, 2021 is "Spay Neuter Day" in Orange County <br /> and receive a written update about the County's spay and neuter program. <br /> BACKGROUND: Animal Services staff and the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) are <br /> recommending that the BOCC adopt a resolution designating February 23, 2021 as "Spay <br /> Neuter Day" in Orange County. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has <br /> nationally designated the last Tuesday of each February as "International Spay Day." <br /> In Orange County, the issue of pet overpopulation is a priority. Working together, Animal <br /> Services staff and the ASAB prepared a five-year strategic plan on the basis of best practices in <br /> the field of animal welfare and public policy: Managing Pet Overpopulation: A Strategic Plan <br /> for Orange County, North Carolina. Fundamental to this plan is targeting spays and neuters in <br /> our county to decrease the rate of reproduction of dogs and cats, thereby containing the number <br /> of animals that must be sheltered and the costs of caring for those animals. <br /> The latest phase of this plan is to address free roaming cats in Orange County. Accordingly, <br /> staff and the ASAB prepared a plan called Managing Free-Roaming Cats in Orange County, <br /> North Carolina. A central component of this plan is to more effectively sterilize these (and <br /> other) cats in order to reduce their numbers over time. <br /> Significant developments for calendar year 2020 include: <br /> • The total number of dogs and cats sterilized is 798 and 200 of those belonged to clients <br /> of the Department of Social Services. <br /> • Five hundred and thirty-two (532) cats and dogs were sterilized through partnerships with <br /> AnimalKind and Spay Neuter Assistance Program — North Carolina. <br />