HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 01-28-2010 - 1ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: January 28, 2010
Action Agenda
Item No. .~
SUBJECT: Strate is Plan for Mana ing Pet Overpopulation
DEPARTMENT: Animal Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
Managing Pet Overpopulation;
A Strategic Plan for Orange County,
North Carolina
January 19, 2010, Memo Update on the
Community Spay/Neuter Fund
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bob Marotto, Director, 968-2287
PURPOSE: To provide the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) the opportunity to review
and discuss the strategic plan for managing pet overpopulation in Orange County, prepared by
Animal Services Staff in coordination with the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB).
BACKGROUND: Animal Services staff has worked closely with the ASAB to develop
Managing Pet Overpopulation; AStrategic Plan for Orange County, North Carolina in
order to establish a fiscally responsible and humane approach to pet overpopulation in Orange
County.
This strategic plan has developed from the Community Spay Neuter Fund, created by the
BOCC in FY0708 and made up of a portion of the monies from the $20 licensing differential for
reproductive (or non-sterilized) animal registrations. The success and progress of this fund are
noteworthy.
As the attached progress report illustrates, more than 200 cats and dogs were spayed and
neutered in calendar year 2009. The majority of these animals were owned by low-income
residents of the County, who otherwise may not have had the means to spay or neuter their
cats or dogs. Animal Services has partnered with the Department of Social Services and
AnimalKind's $20 Fix to target such individuals, offering both The $20 Fix's traditional co-pay for
income-qualified households and "no-pay" vouchers to DSS clients.
With the creation of the Community Spay Neuter Fund, staff and the ASAB have worked to
create a strategic plan that aims to reduce the number of unwanted litters in the County over the
next five years (and beyond). With this strategic orientation to the root problem of pet
overpopulation, the number of animals being admitted, sheltered and ultimately euthanized will
decrease over time.
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This strategic plan has been under development for several years. It is based upon a
comprehensive examination of programs of this kind throughout the country, professional
literature on the subject, and our own experience in Orange County. It was formally adopted by
the ASAB at its October 2009 meeting.
The plan is designed to be self sustaining and to make good fiscal sense for the County in the
long run. Pet overpopulation is a significant problem that cannot be solved through placement
efforts alone. Only by combating the root issue-namely, the unwanted reproduction of pets-
and combining this approach with strong placement efforts, can the population of unwanted and
homeless pets be effectively manage from both a humane and fiscal standpoint. Staff and
citizens advisors believe that this strategic orientation and plan offers an attainable and fiscally
sound approach that will begin to do just that for Orange County.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The plan for managing pet overpopulation in Orange County requires no
additional funds from the BOCC for implementation or management. All it requires is a
continued commitment from the BOCC to the Community Spay Neuter Fund (which derives its
resources from the dedication of $20 from each registration fee for reproductive dogs and cats).
As indicated in the strategic plan, staff believes that the amount of funding from this source can
and should be increased by achieving higher levels of compliance with the County's pet
registration system. Funding may also be increased by targeted private donations.
Basic to this plan is that spaying and neuter of animals that otherwise could and would
reproduce will save the County large sums of money in the medium and long run by reducing
the number of animals that. the County needs to admit, shelter and in some instances,
euthanize. It is generally accepted that the number of animals admitted and sheltered grows as
a result of human population growth of the kind the County has experienced and can be
expected to continue to experience. Thus continuing growth in Orange County's human
population will produce an increase in animals needing to be sheltered in the absence of a
strategic plan for managing pet populations.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the BOCC review and discuss
Managing Pet Overpopulation: AStrategic Plan for Orange County, North Carolina and
provide direction as to the further refinement on approval of the plan.
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Managing Pet Overpopulation:
A Strategic Plan for Orange County,
North Carolina
January 28t"~ 2010
Prepared by Animal Services Staff
and the Animal Services Advisory Board
Members of the Pet Overpopulation Committee of the Animal Services Advisory Board
and Animal Services cooperafed to prepare this report. Special thanks are due to fhe
following individuals for their contributions to the work that resulted in this strategic
plan: Amanda Arrington, Spay Neuter Initiatives Manager, The Humane Society of the
United States; Beth Livingston, Executive Director, Anima/Kind; Peter Marsh, Esq,,
Director, Solutions to Overpopulation of Pets; and Pat Sanford, retired Executive
Director, Animal Protection Society of Orange County.
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Managing Pet Overpopulation:
A Strategic Plan for Orange County, North Carolina
Executive Summary
This is a five-year strategic plan developed by Animal Services staff and the Animal
Services Advisory Board (ASAB), on the basis of professional knowledge and best
practices, to address pet overpopulation and euthanasia in Orange County. The plan
builds upon strong animal services and a progressive tradition of animal welfare and
seeks to reduce the number of animals that end up needing to be sheltered at
considerable costs to the County and its residents.
As population continues to grow in the County, planning of this kind becomes even
more critical, as it is expected that there will be an increasing number of surplus pets-
that is, cats, dogs and other animals needing to be sheltered. In the absence of a
vigorous effort to be proactive toward this dynamic of population growth, there will be
growing costs associated with caring for and sheltering animal companions. Indeed, it is
a widely held belief among animal welfare professionals that the actual costs of reactive
approaches to pet overpopulation problems exceed the costs of more positive and
proactive intervention.
All of this is worth bearing in mind given the recent completion of the County's new
state-of-the-art Animal Services Center. While expansion is certainly a possibility, it is
an expensive one from the standpoint of capital outlay as well as operating costs. It is
believed that by implementing this plan Animal Services can better manage the
assessed risk for pet overpopulation in Orange County and the increases this risk poses
for sheltering costs. Only in this way will it be possible to assure that the Animal
Services Center provides sufficient sheltering capacity in the absence of an increased
euthanasia rate.
This plan has been developed to be cost neutral and self-sustaining. More specifically,
it is based on an existing fee differential for licensing sterilized and unsterilized cats and
dogs, and the creation of cost-effective public/private partnerships. There is no
recommendation in this five-year plan to increase the licensing differential fee, but in the
long run, adequate funding for the plan does involve achieving greater compliance with
the County's licensing requirements.
Staff and the ASAB have developed this strategic plan to help the County manage its
commitment to animal welfare in a manner that is both good fiscal policy and good
public policy. By taking a proactive approach and promoting "targeted spay/neuter" in
the coming years, there is every reason to believe that the number of animals needing
to be sheltered will be lessened, and that costs will thereby be managed to a much
larger degree than would be possible in the absence of such a plan.
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction 4
IL Overview 5
III. Targeted Spay and Neuter 7
IV. The Plan g
V. Working with the Community 12
VI. Funding the. Plan 14
VII. Implementing and Managing the Plan 17
VIII. Planning Objectives and Performance Measures 17
IX. Conclusion 18
Appendix I 19
Appendix II 1 g
Appendix III 20
Appendix IV 20
Appendix V 21
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I. Introduction
The issue of pet overpopulation is a problem that many communities face, Orange
County being no exception. Pet overpopulation can simply be defined as having more
homeless animals than adoptable homes in any given community, leading to the use of
euthanasia as a means of population control for animals that are healthy, stable and
otherwise adoptable. It is an issue that merits addressing on various levels, from the
efficient use of government funds to social and humane interests of a community.
Animal Services staff and the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) recognize that
the problem of pet overpopulation is a community problem and must be addressed on a
fundamental level by targeting and preventing the root cause, namely the birth of
unwanted litters of puppies and kittens. Thus, we have developed the following
strategic plan to address the issue of pet overpopulation in our community.
Several factors make Orange County uniquely situated to launch an assertive program
to address pet overpopulation and further reduce the euthanasia rate of unwanted
and/or homeless pets. These factors include:
• The new Animal Services Center (ASC) on Eubanks Road opened in June of 2009.
This state-of-the-art facility has been designed to be auser-friendly public space, with a
retail-like front end. It is expected that both the number of animals arriving at the ASC
and the number of animals leaving the ASC through adoptions and partner placement
agreements will increase.
• Orange County's Community Spay/Neuter Fund was created with monies generated
from the increased licensing differential fee approved by the Board of County
Commissioners in FY0708. Funding is thus available to support low-cost spay/neuter in
Orange County and public outreach about the individual and community benefits of
sterilization.
• Orange County has a tradition of progressive animal welfare, as well as strong
community expectations about the care of companion animals and the value and
importance of taking reasonable measures to abate the use of euthanasia as a means
of population control. These expectations are responsible for the design and
construction of the new Animal Services Center and apparent in the transition of
sheltering services that ended in the creation of Animal Services as a County
Department.
Thus Orange County Animal Services (OCAS) is proposing this plan because it is good
fiscal policy in the medium and long-term and because it continues the County's
commitment to humane animal welfare. Current budget constraints necessitate
aggressive long-term cost management.
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II. Overview
This strategic plan builds upon existing programs and processes and it is expected to
make a measurable and sustained impact on Orange County's pet overpopulation
problems and their costs. It extends the work currently being done with the County's
recently established Community Spay and Neuter Fund on the basis of a survey of
practices in other communities and emerging professional perspectives on the problem
of pet overpopulation.'
The plan emphasizes controlling costs and could also mitigate staffing needs in the long
run. The program is self-sustaining in that the primary funding comes from the licensing
differential for unsterilized pets in Orange County. This is not only an effective part of
budget management now, but in the long run as well.
The primary goals of this program will be to:
• Lower annual animal intake measured as a per capita rate at Orange County's Animal
Services Center.
• Control the costs of managing the County's pet population by lowering annual animal
intake measured on a per capita basis.
• Generate funding for strong, proactive community spay/neuter via an effective
licensing program based upon differential licensing fees.
• Increase the annual rate of targeted sterilization of dogs and cats to 5 per thousand
county residents (or approximately 600 per year based on the County's current
population) over a period of 5 years.
• Lower the euthanasia rate at the County's Animal Services Center to 35 percent or
less in five years.2
A number of the elements of this proactive and progressive perspective are found in Chapter IV
(Programs for Spaying and Neutering) of.Handy, Geoff. 2002. Animal Control Management: A Guide
for Local Governments. Washington, D.C.: International City/County Management Association. The
significant development of this perspective on pet overpopulation along programmatic, policy, technical,
and other dimensions is apparent in the presentations and papers delivered at two recent national
conferences of note: the Fix It Forum: National Spay and Neuter Networking and Training
Conference, held in Chicago in October, 2007, and sponsored by PetSmart Charities; and the
Southern Regional Spay/Neuter Leadership Conference, held in Memphis in September, 2007,
organized by Spay USA (a program of North Shore Animal League America) with a variety of national
organizations as sponsors.
In addition, there is now considerable information available from a variety of national professional
organizations. In different forms, for instance, practical materials as well as general information are
provided by The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty and The Humane Society for the United
States. Our strategic plan as benefited as well from careful consideration of other community or area
plans. These included the Richmond (Virginia) SPCA: Spay/Neuter Campaign (August 2007);
Companion Animal Initiative of Tennessee Strategic Plan 2006-2011 (nd); and City of San Antonio,
Animal Care Services Advisory Board, Animal Care Strategic Plan (Preliminary Report) (June 2006).
z This number is based on the number of animals that are euthanized because they are not considered
adoptable. Animals that were euthanized for behavioral or medical reasons, feral cats, and owner
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• Raise community awareness about spaying and neutering as a critical element of
responsible pet ownership
These goals have been developed given our ongoing evaluation of intake and
disposition numbers. Achievement of these goals is expected to have several positive
corollaries. Among these are providing financial assistance to more low-income
residents; improving relations between owners and (sterilized) pets; and reducing the
number of roaming animals that may be a nuisance and public health threat.
In 2009, a total of 4089 animals were "dispositioned" by the County's Animal Services
Department.3 As the following table shows, 47 percent of the animals were euthanized,
and another 50% were returned to their owners (or custodians) or transferred to
approved rescue organizations for their final placements in a new home.
Reclaimed
Ac3 opted
Transfers
Euthanized
Died
Other
Table 1
Total Disposition of Animals for 2009
Doffs Cats Others Total
4~0 46 -~ 470
bOS £96 "44 i3~8
1.53 72 7? 390
732 1040 16 1788
22 62 5 89
1 3 0 4
of Total
Dispositions
T l .49%
32.97"/"
9.4"/~
43.73%
2.18%
0.10%
Totals 1966 1982 141 4089 100.00%
Finally, we would underscore that support for this program is justified by fiscal good
judgment as well as humane considerations. Our own and other communities bear the
costs of pet overpopulation and these costs will only grow with the expected growth of
human population in a place like Orange County. Controlling these costs requires a
smart investment of public funds to reduce the number of so-called surplus animals that
end up needing to be sheltered. Doing so means paying less now rather than more
later.
requests were approximately 40 percent of the animals dispositioned in 2009 and 35 percent of the
animals dispositioned in 2008.
s Dispositioned animals consist of animals who have left the custody and care of Orange County Animal
Services. They are different frorrl admitted and sheltered animals. In 2009, Animal Services admitted
4036 animals and sheltered 4262 animals.
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III. Targeted Spay and Neuter
Fundamental to this plan is the concept of targeted spay and neuter.4 Targeted spay
and neuter refers to the sterilization of pets, such as cats and dogs, that would not be
sterilized in the absence of a program aimed at those animals. A good illustration are
low-cost spay and neuter programs, e:g., The $20 Fix program offered by Orange
County and AnimalKind. Without this program, it is very reasonable to believe that the
overwhelming majority of animals spayed and neutered through this program would not
be sterilized due to the prohibitive costs of the procedure for lower income households
in our community.
Animal welfare experts concerned with pet overpopulation suggest that targeted spay
and neuter can and does reduce the number of surplus or unwanted pets in a
community or area. The important corollary of this point is that animal shelters in a
community will begin to see a decrease in the number of companion animals they take
in and care for. As with other animal demographics, this is measured as a per capita
rate per thousand residents to control for increases (or decreases) in the number of
people and households in a particular place.
The same experts have indicated that the number of animals that need to be sheltered
will begin to significantly decline with a targeted spay and neuter rate of between 4 and
6 pet sterilizations per thousand residents. In the case of Orange County, this would
mean that these sterilizations would need to number 570 (the midpoint between 480
and 720). This target number of spays and neuter may well need to change as a result
of growth in human population in Orange County, but it provides a measurable objective
toward which to work on the basis of the strategic plan set out in subsequent sections of
this document. Based on the current cost per surgery, it is estimated that 600
sterilizations will cost $45,000 annually.
The concept of targeted spay and neuter can be put into perspective by reviewing the
impact of pet reproduction on animal intake at Orange County's Animal Services
Center. This data is organized into two tables presented as Appendix I (Litter Animals
Relative to Total Intakes 2007, 2008 and 2009) and Appendix II (Animal Litter Intakes
2007, 2008 & 2009).
In 2009, 372 litters of kittens and puppies were admitted and they accounted for 1334
individual animals. In turn, these animals accounted for 33 percent (1334 of 4036) of
the total number of companion animals admitted (or received) by Animal Services. This
is a characteristic annual pattern. For the calendar years 2007, 2008 and 2009, for
instance, an average of 391 litters of kittens and puppies accounted for an average of
4 Peter Marsh is among the most respected proponents of this concept. A good example of his overall
approach and specific conceptualization of targeted spay and neuter is available in Marsh, P. 2009.
Using Evidence-Based Programs to Eradicate Shelter Overpopulation AProgram-By-Program
Handbook. Concord, New Hampshire: Town and Country Reprographics.
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1428 animals, which in turn amounted to an average 33 percent (1428 of 4271) of total
intake.
In Orange County, definite and distinctive seasonal variations in animal intake are
associated with this kind of uncontrolled reproduction. As Appendix III and IV show, the
number of animals admitted to the County's shelter are highest from May through
October, the months in which litters are born and become juvenile animals in need of a
home. Operating resources are most taxed in the summer months by a steady influx of
animals that on any given day may number as many as 17.5
These very sizable numbers are also the reason why it is believed that proactive
programs organized around the goal of targeted spay and neuter are good fiscal policy
for local governments. Controlling the costs of animal care and control depends upon
the effective management of the companion animal population, and specifically, in the
reduction of the number of surplus or unwanted animal companions. These costs can
only be expected to increase given the growth of Orange County and the Triangle in the
absence of an aggressive and proactive approach to pet overpopulation.
It deserves to be said, finally, that this takes seriously the view that communities are
themselves responsible for preventing pet overpopulation. Closely aligned to this view
is the belief that adoptions and other forms of animal placement can not themselves
resolve the problem of pet overpopulation that ultimately manifests itself in the
euthanasia of adoptable animals at our own shelter and others. Instead, minimizing
and ultimately eliminating the use of euthanasia as a means of population control
requires that we reduce the rate of pet reproduction via various programs of targeted
spaying and neutering before such unwanted litters exist.
IV. The Plan
The strategic plan is based upon several components that are described in greater
detail in this- section. First is the continuation of and increase in current placements
through adoptions, partnerships with placement partners and recoveries by owners or
custodians. In addition, the plan aims to perform targeted spay and neuter, designed to
assist pet owners who would not have their pets altered in the absence of program
assistance. The third component of the plan consists of legislative changes that will
need to be in place in order for some spay/neuter partnerships and initiatives to form.
The staging of specific components of this strategic plan is captured by the following
timetable. As we discuss further in a later section, the effective management of pet
s The timing of efforts to intervene via targeted spaying and neutering becomes important in the light of
this pronounced pattern. It may well be that concentrated as well as aggressive outreach and early
intervention should be organized prior to the prime period of reproduction to the greatest extent
possible. An illustrative program is "Beat the Heat," which promotes the sterilization of cats prior to the
initial estrus of female cats in the late winter and early spring.
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overpopulation in Orange County depends upon carefully conceptualized and
reasonable staging of components over time.
Table 2
Strategic Staging Timetable
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Reclaim le islation
Legislation .Review
Feral cat legislation
Feral cat Partner with
Spay/Neuter Litter Patrol nonprofit Feral cat
review non rofits
$20 Fix
Placement
Placements Partner Continue working with Placement Partners
A reement
Licensing Program Program Increased Compliance
Review Changes
A. Increasing Animal Placements- Orange County Animal Services currently places
animals through direct adoptions to members of the general public; transfers to
placement partners (or rescues) for final placement; and animal recovery by owners
or custodians. This plan aims to increase these placement numbers over the next 5
years in a manner that ensures to the greatest extent possible that animals are
spayed or neutered before they enter our community.
a. Adoption and Pre-Adoption Sterilization
Maintain and enhance a high rate of adoption and continue to sterilize animals
prior to adoption to ensure they don't contribute to pet overpopulation. The
County's new state-of-the-art Animal Services Center should enhance the
adoption process (especially when economic recovery begins) and performing in-
house spays and neuters of adoptable animals is expected to be stable and cost-
effective.
b. Placement Partnerships
Continue placing pets with approved rescue organizations on the basis of a more
formal program that facilitates and governs these transfers. In addition to
finalizing the guidelines and agreement that are under development, it is critical to
organize effective outreach directed at placement partners that helps build strong
partnerships. This may eventually include the release of adoptable, screened
animals to organizations in geographic areas where there is an unmet demand for
certain adoptable animals.
c. Recovery
Increase the number of dogs and cats reclaimed from the ASC. In 2009 the
reclamation rate for the shelter for total intake was 20 percent overall with a
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significant difference in reclaim rates for dogs and cats.s Through ongoing public
outreach by electronic, as well as more traditional~means, there will be an effort to
increase the number and percentage of lost animals that are recovered by an
owner or custodian.
These components of the strategic plan should positively affect the number of animals
that are placed after they are sheltered at the County's Animal Services Center. By
contrast, the following components are focused on reducing the number of animals that
must be sheltered and the number of surplus animals in our community.
B. Reducing Animal Intakes- An effective, targeted spay/neuter program is crucial in
reducing the number of surplus pets in a community over time. As previously
indicated, these are animals that would not be spayed or neutered without specific
interventions aimed at that objective. This plan will include the following programs to
reduce the number of surplus animals in the county and thereby the number of
animals that Animal Services must be shelter each year.
a. The $20 Fix and I-Care
The $20 Fix and I-Care are programs that target low-income households and offer
qualifying applicants assistance in spaying and neutering their pets for a reduced
fee- or even no fee. Programs such as this have reduced the numbers of animals
coming into shelters in jurisdictions across the country. The I-Care program is a
program of the state of North Carolina that offers some reimbursement to local
governments for the costs of spays and neuters of pets from qualifying
households. Orange County's $20 Fix agreement also involves the Department
of Social Services (DSS), which offers a no-cost spay or neuter for pets of
qualifying clients in certain Orange County DSS programs. More than 200 cats
and dogs were spayed or neutered in calendar year 2009 through the County's
$20 Fix program.
b. Litter Patrol
Litter patrol is a program intended to address owners who repeatedly breed
and/or surrender litters to the County. By providing these individuals with a
voucher for aloes-cost or discounted spay and/or neuter, this program can helped
curb the numbers of incoming litters and animals in Orange County as well as
elsewhere. As previously noted, each year OCAS receives hundreds of puppies
and kittens, which contributes to the costs of animal care and control in our
County.' Critical to the successful operation of such a program will be the
development of appropriate income guidelines for households that do not qualify
for the $20 Fix or I-Care. The program's management would involve select
s The recovery rate for dogs and cats is very dissimilar, reflecting their still very different status in our
culture and communities. In 2009, only 4 percent of cats were recovered by contrast with 36 percent of
dogs. Our calculation of these rates of recovery excludes owner surrendered animals.
Orange County Animal Services spent an estimated $241,401 to shelter litters of puppies and kittens in 2007.
This figure does not include any administrative costs or animal control costs associated with transporting
litters.
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Animal Services staff who would be responsible for offering vouchers to such
owners in accordance with the approved guidelines.
c. Feral Cats
In 2009, 30 percent of all cats (n=273) euthanized were feral- that is, cats
without the kind of socialization that makes them associate and bond with
humans. The number of feral cats in our community and their euthanasia has
increasingly become a concern in the field of animal welfare and in regard to
targeted spay and neuter. Yet feral cats present especially challenging issues for
public policy and an informed and rational approach will require considerable
effort and attention. Nevertheless, it is agreed that the following are reasonable
components of this strategic plan:
i. Consider public/private partnerships with nonprofit feral cat rescue groups that
have programs such as Trap Neuter Release (TNR) in place.8 This may
include establishing pilot programs or providing some kind of general support
and consideration.
ii. Make appropriate ordinance amendments for the keeping of feral cats and/or
the management of colonies of feral cats and as would be needed for the
creation of public/private partnerships.
C. Legislation- Legislative changes will be required in order to begin or implement
certain activities known to promote the targeted spaying and neutering of animal
companions. As staff and citizen advisors keenly recognize, long-term planning,
preparation, and implementation are needed~to amend the County's animal
ordinances.
a. Reclaimed Animals impounded multiple times
Currently there is no requirement for ensuring that intact animals that are
reclaimed from. OCAS by an owner or custodian will be sterilized. Yet it is
generally recognized that roaming intact animals contribute to pet overpopulation
(as well as nuisance) problems, and communities increasingly find that the
recovery of intact animals is an opportunity to address pet overpopulation and its
costs. Thus it is appropriate to consider various options in regard to the recovery
of an intact animal that was previously impounded. One recommended possibility
would be to waive reclaim fees for a second recovery of the animal is spayed or
neutered, but make sterilization mandatory for an animal impounded a third time.
Alternately, the reclaim fee could be waived for the first recovery if the animal is
spayed or neutered with sterilization becoming mandatory if the animal is
impounded a second time.
b. Feral Cats
The keeping of feral cats and feral cat colonies, on the basis of their sterilization,
is expected to require amendments to the County's Animal Ordinance. Examples
include whether feral cats need to be licensed and whether keepers of feral cats
are required to comply with the County's kennel permit requirements. With
respect to rabies, there needs to be an agreed upon solution for identifying
$ Feral cats can be sterilized free of charge at the School of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State
University in Raleigh. However, they need to be trapped and transported, and there are important
issues about how they are kept if they are returned to colonies in a community.
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vaccinated feral cats and ensuring they receive subsequent rabies vaccinations
throughout their life.
Many of the facets of this plan, as described above, will require quality outreach and
public relations approaches. In addition, any legislative changes or considerations will
require outreach on a wide scale to ensure that the community is informed and invited
to be a part of the process well in advance. This outreach may include disseminating
information in a variety of ways, including the Internet, inserts in tax bills; attachments to
licensing postcards sent out by OCAS, posters to be distributed in key locations, radio
announcements, door hangers for distribution in targeted neighborhoods, and media
releases.
It is for this reason that marketing and outreach are significant aspects of this strategic
plan for addressing the problem of .pet overpopulation in Orange County. Public
relations initiatives and endeavors are considered integral to the plan and they are
budgeted as a separate line item in the annual budget for the County's Community
Spay/Neuter Fund.
V. Working with the Community
Addressing the problem of pet overpopulation requires the active support of the
community and the effective collaboration of Animal Services with community groups
and members. Partnerships and volunteering are two of the most critical ways of
working with the community to reduce the number of animals admitted to the ASC and
to work toward a reduction in the number of animals that are euthanized.
Partnerships
Partnerships with other organizations are very important in furthering the objectives of
this strategic plan. Our current agreement with AnimalKind for the operation of a $20
Fix Program in Orange County is an excellent example of how such partnerships can
enable Animal Services to do more than is possible for it to do on its own.
Several significant examples of such partnerships deserve to be mentioned in this
context. These are:
• Expanded placement partnerships, managed and expanded to sustain current levels
and oriented toward the movement of adoptable animals to other regions of the U.S.
Whereas this is conceived as an extension of existing placement partnerships, it will
require one or more partners to provide transportation and one or more partners to
receive and adopt animals.
• Feral cat programs that will need to be organized and sponsored by partners. In
these situations, Animal Services would work on the basis of existing legal
parameters and certain shared guidelines.
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• Counseling and resources for pet owners who are considering whether to surrender
their pet to Orange County's Animal Services Center. Whether there is a need to
modify an undesirable behavior or obtain discounted food in lean economic times,
given its resources and other responsibilities, Animal Services may support and
facilitate such activities but it is not capable of providing them.
• Education programs oriented toward spaying and neutering as an integral element of
safe and responsible pet ownership in our own and other communities. However,
these programs will only be available if another organization takes the initiative to
provide them, ideally in partnership with the County's Animal Services Department.
Beginning in 2009, the Animal Services Advisory Board set itself the objective of
meeting with current and potential partners. This is an important ongoing endeavor not
only in regard to the specific kinds of partnerships mentioned above but any
partnerships that relates to a program element of this strategic plan.
Veterinarians
In order for the strategic spay/neuter plan to have the greatest overall impact, it must
include forming partnerships and bridging communication with local veterinarians. This
does not mean that veterinarians will necessarily perform surgeries to further the plan's
objectives. Rather it may mean that they will understand the plan and hopefully work
with their existing and new clients to promote awareness and stress the importance of
spay/neuter at an early age. A few examples of how veterinarians can help increase
such awareness and thus increase the effectiveness of a spay/neuter plan include:
• Promoting earlier spay/neuter for clients. Many veterinarians recommend pets be
spayed and neutered at or after 6 months of age, and recommending a younger age
of 4 months can make a difference in preventing unwanted early litters from juvenile
mothers.
• Recommending pediatric spay/neuter when appropriate.9
• Being knowledgeable of low-cost spay/neuter options and recommending them when
appropriate.
Volunteer Program
Our volunteer program is an excellent way for members of community to involve
themselves in the County's Animal Services endeavor. With respect to efforts to
promote spay and neuter within Orange County, volunteers have already played a
s The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has a positive policy on the pediatric spay/neuter
of dogs and cats (http://www.avma.org/issues/policy/animal_welfare/spay_neuter.asp). Specifically, it
"supports the concept of pediatric spay/neuter in dogs and cats in an effort to reduce the number of
unwanted animals of these species. Just as for other veterinary medical and surgical procedures,
veterinarians should use their best medical judgment in deciding at what age spay/neuter should be
performed on individual animals."
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significant role, and one that is changing as part of the development of this strategic
plan.
New formalized opportunities are being created for volunteers with an interest in
working in the area of community spay and neuter. Their work may involve counseling
interested members of the community to matching residents with low-cost sterilization
services to assisting with transportation on the day of surgery and the like. As with
other parts of the volunteer program, these require appropriate training, some of which
is general in nature, and some of which is specific to spay and neuter related
responsibilities.
These opportunities are in addition to more established forms of outreach which have
promoted spay and neuter as component parts of responsible pet ownership. An
outstanding example has been the outreach work that staff and volunteers routinely do
at the County's low-cost rabies vaccination clinics. Further outreach with aspay/neuter
focus is a distinct possibility as this strategic plan is implemented.
As with other resources, volunteer time and commitment is fixed, and their activities
must be managed in a commensurate manner. This point deserves special emphasis
given that we are already seeking to redefine volunteer opportunities to provide more
adoption counseling (and the like) given the opening of the County's new Animal
Services Center.
As with program planning, it is critical that the activities pursued under this strategic
plan not exceed available human and material resources. By establishing formalized
and effective partnerships, it may be possible to pursue otherwise prohibitive activities
that are critical to reducing animal intake and euthanasia. Precedents for such
partnerships exist in the form of our current agreement with AnimalKind and the
emergent standard agreement with various placement partners.
VI. Funding the Plan
A. Background
Funds to support programs initiated and managed through this strategic plan will
primarily come from Orange County's Community Spay/Neuter Fund. This fund
receives $20 for each registration of a dog or cat that is intact and capable of
reproducing (and thus contributing to the problem of pet overpopulation). The fund was
created as part of the FY0708 budget process which increased the licensing fee (or tax
rate) for intact dogs and cats from $10 to $30.
Each fiscal year since the County's Community Spay/Neuter Fund was created, more
than $25,000 has been gathered as a result of the $20 increase in the licensing fee for
animals with reproductive. capacity. As can be seen from Appendix V, these are the
funds that have been used to address pet overpopulation in our community by
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organizing special events in conjunction with an annual Spay (and Neuter) Day, as well
as the creation of a partnership with AnimalKind to offer The $20 Fix program in Orange
County.
An important component of staff work in the first few years of this plan will be to develop
a more refined budget for the strategic plan as it unfolds over the next five years (and
beyond). Preliminary discussion with Budget staff has identified long term budgeting as
an important part of not only this plan but the County's Community Spay/Neuter
Program. Accordingly, staff will be involved in developing a longer term as well as
annual budget as the program commences and evolves.
B. Pet Registration Compliance
There is good reason to believe that annual income to the Community Spay/Neuter
Funds can be grown by increasing the rate of cat and dog registration. What is needed
is an effective program for more effective follow-up on licensing notices and renewals
based upon available human and technological resources.10
In any of the last several years, between 21,000 and 22,000 pet dogs and cats have
been registered with the County. This number is only about half of the pets that should
be registered given the number of registration notices issued by Animal Services. In
2009, for instance, Animal Service issued 42,594 registration notices based upon
available information about dogs and cats in the County.~~
Also, it should be stressed that the number of registration notices is itself less than the
number of cats and dogs estimated to be in Orange County. Using an established
formula developed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), and
human population data, we can estimate that the total number of dogs and cats for
Orange County in 201,0-72,630 (34,128 dogs and 38,502 cats).12 The difference
between the estimate and the number of registration notices issued suggests that there
10 Staff is already considering a more systematic follow-up to non-renewals of expiring cat and dog
registrations or the failure to register given a recent rabies vaccinations for a new animal. Our
orientation is toward an economical as well as efficient follow-up process, one done by mail rather than
in person. Nevertheless, the specific process and procedures for increasing the rate of compliance still
need to be formalized and implemented.
" The number of registration forms sent out by Animal Services is as high as it is because North Carolina
state law requires veterinarians to provide rabies vaccination information to the local animal control
authority.
12 Using these formulas, the AVMA now makes a U.S. Pet Ownership Calculator available on line
(http://www.avma.org/reference/rnarketstatslownershio calculator.asp). The 2010 human population
figure for Orange County used in our calculation is 134,770, which is taken from the Linear Population
Projections based on 1980-2000 Census, prepared by and available from Orange County's Planning
Department. The estimate may overstate the number of cats and dogs in the County because the
underlying formula does not adjust for college students and the figure we have used for human
population includes college students if they are living at school.
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continue to be a significant segment of dogs and cats that are not registered with the
County or vaccinated against rabies.
An increase in licensing compliance can be expected to generate significant fund
amounts of income for the County's Community Spay/Neuter Fund as well as the
County's General Fund. Each unregistered pet owner will generate $5 or $10 to the
General Fund, regardless of spay/neuter status.. Licenses for those animals that are
intact will also generate an additional $20 to the Community Spay/Neuter Fund. If we
assume that the proportion of intact to sterilized pets is the same among unregistered
animals (and this would appear to be a quite conservative assumption), there would still
be upwards of an additional $25,000 to $30,000 to collect from the licensing differential
for intact animals.
This means that annual income to the Community Spay/Neuter Fund could be
increased between 50 and 100 percent on the basis of more deliberate and effective
forms of follow-up on licensing notices. The additional funds could cover the projected
costs of achieving targeted sterilization to the range of 6 per 1000 residents on the basis
of organized programs. In other words, under the current financial arrangement with the
$20 Fix ($75), the targeted number of 600 sterilizations could be covered by fees
associated with increased compliance with the licensing requirement.
Increasing funds available for the Community Spay/Neuter Fund is only one reason to
increase licensing compliance. Another is fairness. It is only equitable that all pet
owners in Orange County license their cats and dogs. For some to do so while others
do not is unfair, and ultimately it is for this reason that effective follow-up on pet
licensing is a legitimate endeavor.
Differential pet licensing is good public policy. tt assigns a greater share of the financial
burden for animal care and control programs to owners whose pets most contribute to
pet overpopulation and other problems commonly associated with intact animals. It also
provides these very same pet owners with a financial incentive "to do the right thing" by
spaying or neutering their cat or dog. Thus, differential pet licensing- is a cornerstone of
progressive animal care and control programs, and in some jurisdictions the fee
differential for reproductive pets is much greater.
C. Targeted Donations
Donations to the County's Spay/Neuter Fund could prove to be an important source of
support for this plan now and in the future. Historically, residents have given
significantly to Animal Services, and they have done so in the absence of even passive
giving targets. Accordingly, there is good reason to believe that they would be willing to
donate to a progressive program for "targeted spaying and neutering."
In this regard, it should be mentioned that the County's pet registration program affords
an excellent opportunity for concerned pet owners to contribute financially to the
County's effort to prevent pet overpopulation. A so-called Chickadee check-off in
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amounts ranging from 5 to 100 dollars (or more) could be easily incorporated into a
revamped pet registration form. Thus resident dogs and cat owners would easily be
able to make a voluntary contribution to the County's Community Spay/Neuter Fund as
a charitable gift.
We believe it would be a mistake to understate the potential of such a charitable giving
opportunity, especially given the strong community sentiments and expectations that
exist about animal companions in Orange County. Many residents want to be part of
the solution to the problem of pet overpopulation. They already take seriously the
message that spay/neuter is integral to reducing the needless euthanasia of dogs, cats
and other pets.
VII. Implementing and Managing the Plan
The effective implementation of this plan will depend upon good program management
in the areas covered. Program management will include oversight, but also evaluation
and monitoring of each program area.
This plan will incorporate best practices as they exist in strategic plans for other areas
and organizations. As with any practice, these are fluid and dynamic, and may adapt
and change over time. These practices are apparent in the management of the FY0910
budget for the Community Spay/Neuter Fund.
Programs must be staged in order to be effective. Thus, staff has outlined afive-year
timeline (Table 1) in which these programs are set up in a logical and realistic manner
given additional tasks performed on a regular basis, as well as other initiatives already
underway within the department , e.g., transition to in-house sterilization of adoptable
pets and tethering amendment implementation.
There needs to be a realistic appreciation of what is possible to do given present
commitments and time constraints. Staff responsibilities to core services, such as field
work, animal care and animal placement/recovery, cannot be compromised by new
duties and responsibilities for which there are no additional resources. It is for this
reason that it is imperative that this plan be implemented on the basis of careful
planning and strategic staging. However, support for this program is justified by good
fiscal judgment as well as humane considerations.
VIII. Planning Objectives and Performance Measures
Effective program management requires performance measurement. Thus we must
establish and monitor specific measures of performance and use these to manage
individual programs and their interrelationships.
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More generally, there are a number of critical performance measures for the evaluation
of the plan and its programs. These include:
• Targeted Spays/Neuters
• Intake Numbers
• Placement Numbers
• Euthanasia rate
• Licensing Compliance
It is important to note that these measures can only be accurately evaluated by taking
into account different variables that will affect them over time. One of these variables is
population. Pet demographics are a function of human demographics and changes in
human population will directly affect the pet population in our community.
Another variable to consider in evaluating these measures is the way in which they
relate to one another. Measures of adoptions, transfers, etc. only have meaning in
relationship to the total population of animals sheltered and the number of animals
euthanized and otherwise dispositioned.
A final but crucial element to remember in this evaluation process is the long-term
effects the program may have on the different types and numbers of animals coming
into the ASC. For example, as spay/neuter programs begin to decrease the number of
litters entering our facility, adoption and transfer numbers may decrease, as kittens and
puppies are considered to be highly adoptable.
IX. Conclusion:
There is a need for a progressive and proactive approach to the problem of pet
overpopulation in Orange County. Staff and citizen advisers are working to address
these issues through this strategic plan. There is a strong sense, by staff, advisers and
experts, that such a plan is good fiscal policy. Euthanasia is a problem that cannot be
solved by placement efforts alone. It must be addressed at its roots by working to
reduce the amount of accidental and unnecessary reproduction of pets in our
community.
This plan not only creates a strategy for addressing the problem of pet overpopulation
through differential licensing, it also creates opportunity for assistance to citizens who
are affected by the differential, but are unable to spay and neuter their pets without
financial aid. This plan is good fiscal and public policy in that it addresses the issue,
and does so in aself-sustaining way that takes into account the best interest of the
animal, the owner and the community as a whole.
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Appendix I:
Litter Animals Relative to Total Intakes
Calendar Years 2007, 2008 & 2009
2009 2008 2007 3 yr average
(2007, 2008,
2009
Total number of animals in litters 1334 1749 1201 1428
Total intakes 4036 4474 4304 4271
Litters as a percentage of intakes 33% 39% 28% 33%
Appendix 11
Cat and Dog Litter Intakes:
Calendar Years 2007, 2008 & 2009
2009 2008 2007 3 yr average
(2007, 2008,
20091
Total Cat Litters 255 261 229 248
Total Cats In Litters 897 1043 755 898
Total Dog Litters 117 188 122 142
Total Dogs In Litters 437 706 446 530
Total Litters 372 449 351 391
Total of Animals from litters 1334 1749 1201 1428
Litters were counted to include puppies and kittens that were admitted to the shelter as part of a group of animals that are of the same species,
age and parentage. Litters counted exclude single animals of any age admitted to the shelter and animals older than orae year that were not
admitted with siblings. Feral cats with litters are included in this count.
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Appendix III:
Monthly Number of Animals Admitted to the Shelter
Appendix IV:
Monthly Number of.Animals Admitted to the Shelter
Average for years 2005 through 2009
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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APPENDIX V:
Community Spay/Neuter Fund
Revenue:
Licensing
I-Care
Sale of Fixed Asset (Vehicle)
Donations
Transfer from General Fund
Total
Expenditures:
Animal Kind Contract
Department Supplies
I-Care ($20 Fix)
Advertising
Spay/Neuter Day
Transfer to County Capital Fund
Total
Prepared by Budget
August 18, 2009, Budget Amendment
thru FY FY
2008- 2009-10
09 Budget Total Budget
27,000 27,000
2,000 2,000
4,000 4,000
0 0
48,798 48,798
48,798 33,000 81,798
15,000 15,000 30,000
2,298 1, 500 3, 798
5, 500 4, 500 10, 000
5, 000 4, 000 9, 000
5,000 4,000 9,000
16,000 4,000 20,000
48,798 33,000 81,798
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Orange County Anima Services
1601. Eubanks Road, Chapel Hili., NC 27516
91.9-942-PETS (7387)
MEMO
To: Frank Clifton, County Manager
From: Bab Marotto, 6ireetor of Animal Services
Date, January 19, 201.0
Re: Community Spay Neuter Fund Update
The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) created The Community Spay
Neuter Fund in 1=Y0708 on the basis of a $20 increase in the pet registration fee
(or pet tax) for intact (or reproductive} dogs and cats in Orange County:.. As earl
be seem from the attached memorandum requesting its creation, the purpose of
the fund is to promote- spay and neuter of animal companions and thereby
reduce the number of animals euthanized as a result of pet overpopulation.
Since the creation of this fund; ..Animal. Services staff has. worked with the Animal
Services Advisory Board (ASABj to begin to establish a proactive and cost-
effective program for spay and neuter in Orange County. During. calendar year
2009 there were several significant developments in this. area:
• More than 200 dogs and cats were spayed and neutered through Orange
County's $20 Fix, a program based upon a partnership with AnimalKind
The attached chart shows the program achievements. for this
"breakthrough" year;
• Effective collaboration with the Department of Social Services (DSS) to
promote spay and neuter services for their clientele continued during
these extraordinarily challenging. economic. times.. Ninety-two t92) of the
residents who had their dogs. and cats sterilized thro-ugh the $20 Fix.
Program were DSS clients;:
• The BOCC authorized the transfer of $20,(}00 from: the Community Spay
Neuter Fund. in order to outfit the in-house sterilization suite at the
County's riewAnimal Services Center. In-house spay/ neuter started in
mid-December2009, and as ofmid-January 2010, :all adaptable surgeries:
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will be done in-house (and mare cost-effectively, as part of-the.
department's FY0910 budget};
The County's Financial. Services Department. created a Special Revenue
Fund (attached} for Community Spay Neuter Program in order to establish
the basis for the effective long-term budgeting needed to manage pet
overpopulation inthe decade.
Acfivities for the whole of FY0910 are not limited to complefing and presenting a
strategic plan for managing pet overpopulation to the BOCC. Other activities
include:
• Requesting' that the BOCC again resolve (as 'it has for the last two years}
that Feb. 23, 2010 is Spay (& Neuter) Day in Orange County;
• Organizing the sterilization of cats belonging to some DSS clients around
the Theme. of "Beat the Heat" in conjunction with Spay (& Neuter) Day;
• Promoting spay and neuter and making qualified residents aware. of
Orange County's $20 Fix;
• Developing an agreement with Pet. Overpopulation Patrol, North Carolina,
a mobile spay/neuter suite, to provide low-cost spay and neuter to Orange
County residents and for special events, e.g., Spay (8~ Neuter} Day.
Going fonivard, staff expects to report out annually on the Community Spay
Neuter Fund for each fiscal year. Nevertheless; it seemed appropriate- and
beneficial to do so at this time as the BOCC prepares to receive and review
Managing Pet OverpopUlatian: AStrategic Plan for Orange County, .North
Carolina.
Cc: Gwendolyn Harvey, Assistant. County Manager
Jean Austen, JD, Chair, Animal Services Advisory Board
Attachments: 3
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Orange County Animal Services
501 W. Franklin. St, Suite 106, Chapel Hill, NC 2751.4 (919) 968-2287
To: Donna Coffey, Budget Director, Orange County
From; Bob Marotta, Director, Orange County Animal Services
Date: April 10; 2007
Subject: Creating a Community Spay/1Veuler Fund from Licensing Fee Increase
In light of our very productive discussion of fee increases with. the Animal Services. Advisory .Board
{ASAB), staff is proposing that a portion of the increased.. license fee for intact animals be dedicated to
promoting spaying and neutering in Orange County. Mare specifically, our proposal is that same or all of
the $~Q increase. for the license fee for intact animals-which the A;SAB recommended be increased from
$10 to $30-be placed in a dedicated and accruing :fund that is separate from the Animal Service
Department operating budget.
It is estimated that between $40,000 and $50,000 will accrue from the proposed license fee increase for
intact animals.. This estimate, is based upon the fact that in the. last calm. dar year 2039 licenses were issued
for intact animals in Orange County {inclusive of its towns) and for calendar year 2005 that number was
2447. Our estimate assumes that the.level of compliance with the County's. licensing requirement
remains unchanged in future years (although it should.. be said that strategies are being developed to
increase that level of compliance).
With regard to financial support for this proposal; one option is to dedicate all funds from an increased
license fee for intact animals to a fund available solely for .the spaying and neutering of cats;, dogs and
other animal companions in Orange County. This: option is supported by the ASAB,:which at its March.
meeting unanimously voted in favor of the dedicated -use of all such funds. Qf course, another option is to
dedicate a specific portion or percentage of funds, say, fifty (50) or seventy-five (75 j percent of the sum
total of funds due to the increase in the license fee for intact animals. While there is a definite need to
dedicate all such funds in a progressive community spay/neuter effort, the latter option allows for the
creation of a substantal'fund in the event that it is determined that some increased income related to the
License fee for intact.animals must be used to offset operating costs.
With regard to fund utilization, one option is to financially support the spaying .and neutering of cats, dogs
and other animal companions in Orange County, and to do so with regard to the demonstrated financial
need. of pet owners. This option. is supported by the ASLIB, which at its' March meeting. unanimously
voted in favor of such. fund usage, stressing the desirability of focusing-their use on community members
of limited means.. Thus funds would be. used to support- low-cost spay and neuter programs, whether these
were pursued solely by the Animal Services Department or in partnership with other organizations.:
Another option is to define the scope of use of these funds more broadly and flexibly under a fund
heading such as Pet Overpopulation Management Fund. In this scenario, funds could and would be used
to ..support love=-cost spay and neuter programs, but the use of funds would not be limited. to the costs of
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surgical procedures for spaying and neutering companion animals. Instead, funds could. be used. for the
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promotion o€ spaying and neutering in the form of outreach materials and~or a marketing campaign as
well. as some temporary staff suppo. rt for such outreach and education.
As 1 believe you are aware, our Animal Sheltering Division budget currently includes a substantial
expenditure line item for spaying and neutering. As imporkant as these funds are to our operation and.
mission,. however, they are not presently utilized for a positive and proactive. program (or programs} that
can. address pet overpopulation as a community problem. Thus resources from the proposed fund would.
augmentour presentspaylneuter activities which are integral to but at the same time limited to our
adoption program..
More specifically, the funds in our current budget axe committed to ensuring that the animals that we
directly adopt from the County's Animal Shelter are spayed and neutered prior to their adoption so that
they do not contribute to the problem ofpet overpopulation in our community, a very fundamental
commitment to progressive sheltering and animal services. Currently, they are used to cover the cost of
off-site surgeries that are performed by veterinary clinics with whom we contract for these services.
It should also be noted that it will be necessary to redefine the use ofthese funds when we move into the
County's new Animal Services facility at the end of 2008. Specifically, :pre-adoption sterilization wilt
actually be done within that facility, as it will contain a suite for the spaying and neutering of animals that
are adopted. to members. of the general. public (and conceivab y on some cost recovery basis fore animals
transferred to various placement partners),. To operate effectively within the new facility; indeed; we will
need to directly staff as well as provide effective oversight for our own surgical operations, and our need
will be to cover these costs rather than the costs presently incurred for off-site sterilization surgeries.
In conclusion, the creation. of the proposed fund would. be a very proactive step toward addressing the
problem of pet overpopulation in Orange County, Irt the longer run, this: is desirable not only from a
husuane perspective but in helping. to reduce the number of animals that need to be sheltered and the costs
of sheltering unwanted animals in our communities.. Pertinent in this: respect is'that a successful
comprehensive strategy of this :kind may help to ensure that. the County's new animal.. services facility has
a sufficient animal. capacity for. a longer period of time. In this as well. as other regards, the creation of the
proposed fund may be Regarded as a very wise investment of available funds.
Ccc Gwen Harvey, Assistant County Manager
Kristine Bergstrand, DVM, Chau, Animal Services Advisory Board
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38215401-400040
38215005-433808
38215Q01-470001
38215001-476003
38215Q09-489906
Community SpaylNeuter Fund
thru FY
Revenue: 2008-09
Licensing
!-Care
Sale of Fixed Asset {Veh'icle)
Donations
Transfer from General Fund.
Total
FY 2009-10
Budget
27, 400
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48,798 33,000
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38215020-630000 Contract Services Animal Kind} 15,000 15,000 30,000
38215020-.620000 DepartmentSupp(ies 2,298 1,50D 3,79$
38215020-62901.0 I-Care ($20 Fix) 5,500 4,500 10,000
38215420-600000 Advertising 5,000 4,000 9,Q00
38215020-629011 Spay/Neuter Day 5,000 4,000 9,p00
38215020-910005 Transfer to County Capital Fund 16,000 4,000 20;000
Total 48,798 33,000 81,798