<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 3-122. - Community cat management program.</div>
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               Cleveland County acknowledges the need to address the permanent presence of community
               cats living in an outdoor environment, independent of human intervention. Management
               programs to reduce the uncontrolled reproduction of community cats shall be implemented
               by the animal services director to provide for the sterilization and return-to-field
               of all healthy community cats entering the county shelter.
               
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                  (1)
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                  All community cats entering the county shelter shall be counted toward intake statistics
                  and, upon return-to-field, shall be counted as a live-release statistic.
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                  (2)
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                  All community cats entering the county shelter shall be examined for temperament to
                  evaluate their candidacy into the adoption program.
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                  (3)
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                  Animal services will attempt to rehabilitate kittens of community cats that are moderately
                  tame for inclusion into the adoption program.
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               Community cats shall be held for the mandatory holding period established by the state
               and then sterilized, ear-tipped, vaccinated, and returned to the original point of
               pick-up by an animal services staff person or released to an approved rescue group.
               However, any community cat determined to be a nuisance by the department shall be
               relocated to an alternate suitable outdoor location.
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               (Ord. Of 9-21-21(2))
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