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~e$~aa9-oil <br />~~~~~~~ 2 -~~ DF <br />~~. <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />SPAY NEUTER DAY. USA RESOLUTION <br />WHEREAS, cats and dogs provide companionship to and share the homes of thousands of <br />individuals in Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, humane societies and shelters throughout the country have. to euthanize approximately <br />four million cats and dogs each year, although many of them are healthy and adoptable, due to lack <br />of critical resources such as money, space, and good adoptive homes; and <br />WHEREAS, the problem of pet overpopulation costs the taxpayers of Orange County hundreds of <br />thousands of dollars annually through animal control and sheltering programs aimed at coping with <br />unwanted and homeless cats and dogs; and <br />WHEREAS, the Animal Services Advisory Board and the Animal Services Department have made <br />correcting pet overpopulation a priority; and <br />WHEREAS, the County has established. a Community Spay/Neuter Fund to address the issue of pet <br />overpopulation in the County;.and <br />WHEREAS, spaying and neutering cats and dogs, among other animal companions, has been shown <br />to drastically reduce overpopulation; and <br />WHEREAS, Animal Services is working with the Department of Social Services to offer no-cost spay <br />and neuter surgeries to qualifying Orange County households; and <br />WHEREAS, Animal Services has partnered with AnimalKind to offer The $20 Fix in Orange County, <br />providing qualifying households the ability to have their pets spayed and neutered for $20; and. <br />WHEREAS, spayed and neutered animals are less likely to have certain health problems or exhibit <br />certain undesirable behaviors that can create community-wide problems and use community <br />resources; and <br />WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal welfare <br />organizations, and private individuals worked together to ensure the spaying or neutering of more <br />than 20,000 companion animals nationally through "Spay Neuter Day USA" in 2008; and <br />WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal welfare <br />organizations, and private individuals have joined together again to advocate the spaying and <br />neutering of companion animals on "Spay Day USA 2009"; <br />Now, Therefore Be It Resolved by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that February 24, <br />2009 is declared as "Spay Neuter Day USA." The Board of County Commissioners calls upon the <br />people of the County to observe the day by having their own cats or dogs spayed or neutered or by <br />sponsoring the spaying or neutering of another person's cat or dog. <br />THIS THE 17th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2009. <br />Valerie P. Foushee, CHAIR <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONER'S <br />