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4 <br /> In the Beginning <br /> • The Orange County Animal Control Program was <br /> established in 1953 with the appointment of the first <br /> Dog Warden and the opening of the Dog Pound. <br /> i <br /> • Administration of Animal Control was under the District <br /> -Y Health Department (Orange, Person, Caswell, <br /> Chatham, and Lee Counties), and the Dog Warden was <br /> responsible only for animal control in the <br /> unincorporated areas of Orange County, not in the <br /> municipalities. <br /> • This was at a time when the primary concern of Animal <br /> Control was rabies control. <br /> 4 <br />