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Orange County moves to rewrite animal services code; staff to draft ordinances on spay/neuter, microchipping and shorter cat hold times
Summary
Orange County animal services staff recommended broad revisions — including mandatory spay/neuter on first impound, required microchipping on reclaim and shorter stray‑hold periods for cats — and the board directed legal to draft ordinances for a Jan. 13 public hearing.
Orange County officials on Tuesday directed staff to draft ordinances updating the county's animal services code, following a detailed presentation from division manager Diane Summers.
Summers told the Board of County Commissioners the changes are intended to improve animal welfare and shelter outcomes. She recommended mandatory spay and neuter on first impound (with medical and specified exceptions), mandatory microchipping on reclaim (the county currently charges $15), updated minimum pet‑sale rules that mirror state law, codifying the county's trap‑neuter‑return program and narrower stray‑hold timeframes for cats and dogs to…
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