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Rev 06/25 <br /> <br />concerns such as coyotes, or information about rabies and low-cost rabies <br />vaccination clinics. <br />iii.Organizing or conducting proactive awareness and/or education activities <br />and programs, e.g., rabies risks, bite prevention for children, animal safety, <br />animal control reporting opportunities, etc. <br />c.Emergency After Hour Call Services. The County shall provide emergency after <br />hour animal service calls as described below. <br />i.Emergency after hour animal services are from 5:00 pm to 8:00 am Monday <br />through Friday and all holidays and weekends. <br />ii.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 and <br />injured animals will be handled according to Animal Services’ operating <br />policy. <br />iv.The County may, in its discretion, bear the cost of emergency care and <br />sheltering costs for animals that do not appear to have an owner or keeper, <br />or where the owner or keeper can be identified, charge the owner or keeper <br />with the cost of emergency care and sheltering costs of the animals <br />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 assistance. <br />vi.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 enforcement <br />of the Town's animal control ordinance and the Orange County Unified <br />Animal Control Ordinance. <br />vii.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 />4