HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2018-005 Resolution acknowledging Spay Neuter DayRES-20 i 8-0l05
WHEREAS, cats, and dolgis provide companionship to and share the homes of
thousands, of individuals, in Orange CO d
WHEREAS, the prob�ern of pet overpopulation costs the taxpayers of Orange County
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hundreds of thousands, of doflars annually through aniimal controll and sheltering
programs, aimed at coping, with unwanted and hlomeless cats and dolgsi; and
TTMEREAS, humane societies and shelters throughout the country have to euthanize
approximately four million cats and dogs each year, afthough many of them are hea�lthy
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and a:dop�t�able�, due to the lack of crcal resources suich as money, space, and good
adoptive homes; and
WHEREAS, the Animal Services Advisory Board and the Animal' Services, Departme
have made correcting ple,t overpopulation a plriority, and prepared Managing P
Overpopulation: A Strategic Plan for Orange County and Maniag�ing Free-Roatniinjo
Cats in Orange County Nolrth Carollina; and
WHEREAS, spayingil and neutering cats and dogs, annong other anirnall companions,
has been shown to d�rastically reduce overpOpitflation,' and'
WHEREAS, Animal' Services has partnered with community partners, in&jding
AnimialKind, the Department of Socia�l Services, and Splay Neuter Assistant Program-
North Carolina to offer "low cost"' and "no cost" spay and neuter to households who are
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economically disadvantaged or who receive pulbli,c assistance; and
WHEREAS, veterinarians, anirnall care and colntrol organizations,, national and loc:a�l
animal welfare orgia�nizations, and private citizeni,s have Joined together again this year
tol advocate and supiport the spaying and neuitering of companion animals, on "Spay Day
USA 2iO 18" ;
Now, therefore be it RESOLVED by Orange County that February 27, 2018 is declar
"Spay Neuter Day", and the Board of County Commissioners call's upon; the peolp�e
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the County to observe thle day by having their own; cats ♦ dogs spayed oir neutered
by sponsoring the spaying oir neutering of anoither person's cat or dog, I