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14 <br /> Creation of Orange County - _- <br /> Animal Services - <br /> 1953 -The Orange County Animal Control Program was _ <br /> established in 1953 with the appointment of the first Dog - _-� <br /> Warden and the opening of the Dog Pound. The Dog Warden <br /> provided services to the unincorporated parts of the county , 4 <br /> and focused on rabies control. " . <br /> • 1979-2004 -The APS of Orange County (changed to .A <br /> Paws4ever in 2008) administered the county government <br /> contract to operate animal services and its open-admission <br /> animal shelter, providing rescue, health exams, humane <br /> care, nutritional food, disease and parasite control, and <br /> veterinary care for sick or injured animals arriving in its care. <br /> • July 1, 2004 - Orange County assumed responsibility for <br /> providing animal services, after concerns arose regarding , <br /> the management of Animal Services under APS of Orange <br /> County. <br /> June 1, 2009 - Orange County Animal Services opened the <br /> current location on Eubanks Road. Orange County Animal <br /> Services was a fully functioning department in its own right, <br /> with an animal control program, adoption program, and r <br /> robust volunteer program. "- <br />