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