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Effects of COVID-19 on Spay/Neuter <br />and Our Response <br /> <br /> <br />•In April 2020, all spay/neuter surgeries were stopped by Orange <br />County Animal Services and our partners (SNAP-NC and IAR) <br />to preserve PPE since they were not considered essential. <br />•Before COVID, we did not adopt out animals that were not <br />sterilized. However, to continue to be able to adopt out animals, <br />we began adopting them out unsterilized. We sent them with a <br />voucher to receive spay/neuter services from SNAP -NC. <br />•Some adopters qualified for our normal Spay/Neuter Programs <br />and were counted in those areas to receive spay/neuter <br />services. However, some adopters lived outside of Orange <br />County or had income above 400% of the federal poverty level, <br />so they were not able to be covered by our programs. We were <br />able to spay or neuter 79 animals that were adopted from us <br />that did not qualify for our normal programs.