Dopiiilimiil 1)1 Agiiciilliuc (or llic Aiiiiiuil Willaiv Siclioii. Ms. Owen tccomnicntk'd 

 lltiil a wliiinarian lu- piH in chaijir <>l Ihc Animal Wtllaiv Sctliitn. thai ihc ScftiDii 

 ni."L<.lc<.l pi()|KT slalliin; aiul luiKliiig; llia( a Itaiiiin^' pio^iam loi inspcclois lu- inilialeil: 

 lliiil mioivctnciil niul lu-nally rules be improved: and llial Ihc Acl he expancletl to cover 

 hiiiilini; doy kennels. 



Mr. Slew Shrnni |iresenlcd Ihe lesnlis ol a icsearih s(ndy he had coiulnclcd as a 

 pari o( his conrsewoik al Ihe N.C.S.ll Vekiiiiar\ .School (Appendix (j). liie piimary 

 jiMrpose ol Ihe sindy was lo show Ihc iinmbcr oi nnwanlcti animals in North Carolina 

 thai were imjionndctl anil enlhani/cd lie noted thai not all agencies responded to Ihe 

 survey, and (hat Ihc ilata in lahle 2 was derived Ihiough Ihc North Carolina Public 

 Health Ui'iiarlmcnl lie observed liial there were diircrenl methods ol recordkeeping 

 IhroughoMi Ihe slate, and recommended thai slandardi/ed recordkeeping become the 

 stale practice. 



The Committee ticleiiuincil Ihal (here ma\ be a need (or a recodillcalion of (he 

 animal laws, bul there was insiitliticnl lime lo accomplish Ihal prior to Ihe submission o( 

 Ihe repoil. It was decitled Ihal some rewriting ol current laws shouUI be done, and Ihc 

 C^)mmillce rcc|uesled the stall to picpaic a list o( recommendation and proposals, 

 includitig (unding options, lor Ihc next mccling. Mr. Alan Pell. Commiltee Counsel, 

 proviilcd a map showing which counties had animal conliol lacililies which were covered 

 by the Animal WcKare Acl (Appeiulix II). 



Seplembei lb. I')XX Meeting 



The mccling began with a prcsenlaliou (rom Ihc Commillcc stall. Mr. Pell noted 

 Ihal Ihc Animal Wcllaic Acl. as wiillcn. applies lo a limilcil number ol lacililies. pel 

 shops, dcalcis. and keuiicls A list ol all iccDuuiieudalions and proposals which had 

 been sulMiiilled was presculcd (o Ihc Commillcc Ms. Carol Shaw, liscal Research 

 Division. |iiescnted various lunding options 11 ilic Animal Wellare Section ol Ihe 

 Department ol Agriculture was lo iuspcil any ailditional shelters. 



Tlie Commillcc discusseil Ihc o|ilions lo Innd ihrcc new inspectors \o\ the Animal 

 Wcllaie Sccliou. ami a sccielary. il couuls ami tily animal shelters were lo be included 

 under ihc Animal Wcllarc Acl (sec Aj^pcudix I), kcprcsciilalive McLauglilin noted that 

 il woulil be appiopriale to ha\c some kiiul ol revolving loan liiiid lor counties who lack 

 liiiuls to provide or impro\e animal control laiililies. Senator Allran moved Ihal Ihe 

 option whiih called lor a lorly cenis (KK ) ihaigc on all rabies lags be adopted: 

 Kcpicsciilalixc harucs ino\xd Ihal il be a chaigc ol lilly tciils (SOC) which would provide 

 liMuling loi Ihc icvoKing loan IuikI. as well as cnlonemenl ol the Acl. Senator Allran 

 ret|uesleil the siipulaliou ihal all lags be puiihascd Ironi the Stale. The motion lo 

 ucommcnd a lilly lenls OOc ) chaige on all rabies lags, and Ihal all lags be purchased 

 lioni Ihc Sialc was caiiicd. 



Ucpicscnlalixc liarnes mo\ctl Ihal Ihc tollowing pioposals be rcKMumeudeil in Ihe 



Coiiiniillcc icpoil: all i ly and uiunu ipal p ds lo be co\eied by (he Animal 



Wcllaic A»l. Ihc Icims "animal conliol ollini" lo be ilclined and "dealer" lo be 

 redermcd; thai icKiidkecping become slaiulaiili/cil; and Ihal lounlics either operate an 

 animal lonlrol lacililv. oi contract (or the iisi' ol a (acilih (sec Appendix J propo.sals 

 III. IV and VIM) Ihc moiioii was caiiicd. 



Ihc Commillcc ic(|ucslc<l Ihal ilic siall picpaic a diall icpoil and make il available 

 to Comuiilicc iiicml)cis IhIoic iIic iicxI mccling. and pio\ide inlormalion to local countv 

 ollicials aiiil olhci inlcicslcd parlies on ihc conienl ol Ihc ic|>oil. 



