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If this strong Pet Overpopulation Control Program were allowed to decline, the numbers of unwanted and stray animals in'Orange County would again start to rise, animals impounded would increase, and the adoption rate will fall. The APS appreciates the support from Orange County to make these remarkable statistics possible and to help us create a really humane community, OBJECTIVES • To reduce the number of animals impounded at the Orange County Animal Shelter by 1%for 2002-03. (Last year's success greatly exceeded the 2001-02 objective of 1%.) While every effort will be made to increase the percentage reduction, other steps, such as ordinance changes that give greater incentives to residents for sterilizing their animals and the feral cat sterilization project may be necessary for the ne)d step in overpopulation decrease. STRATEGIES: • To track unadoptable animals (e.g.,feral, communicable disease, aggressive) to determine the Percentage of adoptable/unadoptable animals admitted to the Shelter and provide information to develop action protocols. (The new software package, Chameleon, will allow staff to do this, but it is not yet installed.) • To offer outreach low-cost spay/neuter certificates to the general public. • To reduce the numbers of feral cats in Orange County--which will reduce the numbers of animals impounded and reduce the risk of rabies in the county. • To continue microchipping all animals adopted from the Shelter and offering microchips at rabies clinics to the general public. • To propose an ordinance change to increase license rates for fertile animals and a proposal that would increase the reclamation charge for fertile animals brought to the Shelter as strays. OUTCOME FOR 2001: The An)mal Protection Society has focused on the APS Spay/Neuter Program in 2001-2002 realizing that to reduce the numbers of unwanted 5