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Fw: "SF Considers Licensing Animal Owners" - inaccuracies
by Jonathan Harris 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

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Fwd: some thoughts on Pet Ready
by Elizabeth Young 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

FYI reads bottom up ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Teresa Murphy <teresa(a)cavyspirit.com> Date: Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:30 PM Subject: Re: some thoughts on Pet Ready To: Elizabeth Young <adoptkings(a)gmail.com> Hi Elizabeth, Thanks very much for the feedback, compliments and support. I do apologize too much, so thanks for pointing that out. It does weaken me by doing that and I have to get over it. To address your concern about the pet sellers being included. The reality for me is, I had to be inclusive in the discussion in order to melt a bit of the backs of the pet store people. The bottom line is we're going to need their cooperation in a variety of ways, just getting the thing done, but more importantly, in adoption and marketing, etc. However, I am in NO WAY interested AT ALL in having them have anything to do with anything that lowers the standard of education we want to deliver. Nor anything at all that impinges on the overall goal of getting rid of impulse buying. Also, Rebecca Katz, in my very brief conversation with her after the meeting FINALLY ended, is of the same opinion. WE are going to need to set up a corporation and go through the 501c3 process. I fully intend to establish the leadership and voting positions as I stated: rescues and animal welfare advocates, not pet sellers. Sure, they'll have a role. They have to. And we have to make it in such a way that it seems like we're including them, but they WILL NOT be calling shots if I have anything to say about it. BUT, if anything happens to water down what *I* want in the education, then I'm out of there in a heartbeat and will have nothing to do with it and will go back to my anti-pet store advocacy. For example, it WILL be part of the guinea pig education that they should have 2 non-breeding guinea pigs and a cage size of at least 8 square feet on the lower floor. (no pet store cage is big enough) We WILL indicate what traditional pet store products are bad for guinea pigs--balls, wheels, etc. The stores aren't going to like it, but too damn bad. This is your program, too! We need to make it what we want. That's why I was strong about the "coalition" aspect. The sooner we get in there and put the infrastructure in place, the less we'll have to worry about that. As soon as I hear from Rebecca on getting together for our first meeting, I'll let you know and really want you there! I updated the powerpoint to include a TM on the Pet-Ready name ( www.petready.org) I'll also give some thought this weekend on which vehicle to use for communicating on the site. I'm quite skilled in setting up collaborative, community websites, so I'll get that going as soon as possible. We'll definitely have an inner circle of collaborators so that we stay on track. I'm really jazzed about this! More soon. Cheers, Teresa On Aug 13, 2010, at 11:23 AM, Elizabeth Young wrote: Hi, Teresa- I was really impressed with your presentation last night. I think the switch to Pet Ready was great and I especially appreciated your effectiveness in revealing all the impacted animals (released in the wild, surrendered to rescues, suffering inadequate care, being bred to death and dying in transit) that are not reflected in euthanasia stats. It did feel as if you have pulled back from the "separation of church and state" concept in including pet sellers in the Coalition. I think there is a profound conflict of interest there in that sales profits trump animal welfare. Also- not that you asked for any feedback but I wanted to say that you're a great presenter and the only "off notes" I heard last night were your apologies (for the slides and for a few other things which I didn't even notice as issues but did notice the "sorries"). No more apologizing. You're AWESOME! Thank you for all that you do and for doing SO much! e -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org <http://www.rescuereport.org/> www.MickaCoo.org <http://www.mickacoo.org/> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0 -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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FW: Process answers
by Elizabeth Y 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

-----Original Message----- From: Philip Gerrie <glassgerrie(a)gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 3:14 PM To: 1217(a)vhrovat.org Cc: Elizabeth Young <adoptkings(a)gmail.com> Subject: Process answers Hi VH, The process is as follows. Our Commission makes a recommendation to the Board. It is then up to one or more Commissioners to shop it around to the Sups to find a sponsor. In the same way that on of us has to take on an item for it to get on our agenda. It took me months to get a Sup to sponsor a resolution encouraging restaurants to use cage-free eggs. Every other supervisor i approached said they would support and they all did eventually vote for it. Once sponsored however it was an up or down vote along with other resolutions and it passed. An ordinance is different. It will go to a sub-committee of the Sups as well as the City Attorney. A sub-committee consists of three Supervisors. They have hearings about the item and make a recommendation to the full Board. If all three approve usually the full Board votes in favor. It then has to be signed by the Mayor. The Mayor can either sign or not. If he doesn't the Board need a 2/3 vote to over ride. Philip

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Re: [Media-advisors] KTVU Ch2
by Jonathan Harris 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

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Re: [Media-advisors] KTVU Ch2
by Jonathan Harris 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

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Re: [Media-advisors] KTVU Ch2
by Jonathan Harris 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

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Re: [Media-advisors] [MickaCoo] A quote that really touched me
by Elizabeth Young 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

Barna asks- *Who was that white-haired lady who claimed to have the solution for the bird overpopulation problem, by simply letting her organization take and place all birds (if I understood correctly)?* ** That was Mary Ellen LePage, VP of the American Federation of Aviculture<http://www.afabirds.org/>(AFA) and yes- you understood correctly. She said last night that "there's no problem with excess birds" and asks that AFA be allowed to rehome all exotic birds. *Here are my notes on her comments to the Commission at the 7/8 meeting* Mary Ellen _____, VP of American Federation of Aviculture (flew in from ??) AFA opposes the whole ban but especially for birds recommends education and setting standards of care "We don't know that birds suffer in cages" "We don't know why birds pluck" Elizabeth On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Barna Mink <barnoat(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Who was that white-haired lady who claimed to have the solution for the > bird overpopulation problem, by simply letting her organization take and > place all birds (if I understood correctly)? > > Barna > > > On Aug 13, 2010, at 8:37 AM, C Dickinson wrote: > > Yes it is very true and if it were not for you seeing the King Pigeons > at the ACC did not have a rescue group, they would have had not had a > chance. You gave them a face and protection. > > ____________________________________________________________ > Cheryl > A Reiki Master - www.cheryldickinson.com > A MickaCoo Volunteer - www.MickaCoo.org <http://www.mickacoo.org/> > A King Pigeon Rescuer - http://cheryldickinson.com/kings.htm > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Elizabeth Y <adoptkings(a)gmail.com> > *To:* MickaCoo(a)mickaboo.org > *Cc:* Karen Watkins <karen.watkins(a)gmail.com>; Teresa Murphy < > teresa(a)cavyspirit.com>; Philip Gerrie <glassgerrie(a)earthlink.net>; > Jonathan Harris <jonathanharris(a)earthlink.net>; Pamela Lee < > pambudgie(a)yahoo.com> > *Sent:* Fri, August 13, 2010 12:10:12 AM > *Subject:* [MickaCoo] A quote that really touched me > > Hello- > > I was at the SF Animal Control & Welfare Commission tonight (as were Cheryl > D and Barna and several Mickaboo volunteers among others) and guinea pig > rescuer Teresa Murphy made a presentation that included a quote that I've > seen before but not in its entirety. It is from Mahatma Ghandi and the part > that was both new to me as well as especially moving said "The more helpless > a creature is, the more it deserves protection from human cruelty." > > I have often wondered how I wound up being a pigeon rescuer and I think > that is the answer. > > Elizabeth Y > www.RescueReport.org <http://www.rescuereport.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > MickaCoo mailing list > MickaCoo(a)mickaboo.org > https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mickacoo > > > -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org <http://www.rescuereport.org/> www.MickaCoo.org <http://www.mickacoo.org/> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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Re: [Media-advisors] Mtg of San Francisco Animal Welfare Commission Tonite
by Jonathan Harris 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

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Re: [Media-advisors] Mtg of San Francisco Animal Welfare Commission Tonite
by Jonathan Harris 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

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FW: A quote that really touched me
by Elizabeth Y 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

Just sharing... -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Y <AdoptKings(a)gmail.com> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 12:10 AM To: MickaCoo(a)mickaboo.org Cc: Teresa Murphy <teresa(a)cavyspirit.com>; Philip Gerrie <glassgerrie(a)earthlink.net>; Jonathan Harris <jonathanharris(a)earthlink.net>; Karen Watkins <karen.watkins(a)gmail.com>; Pamela Lee <pambudgie(a)yahoo.com> Subject: A quote that really touched me Hello- I was at the SF Animal Control & Welfare Commission tonight (as were Cheryl D and Barna and several Mickaboo volunteers among others) and guinea pig rescuer Teresa Murphy made a presentation that included a quote that I've seen before but not in its entirety. It is from Mahatma Ghandi and the part that was both new to me as well as especially moving said "The more helpless a creature is, the more it deserves protection from human cruelty." I have often wondered how I wound up being a pigeon rescuer and I think that is the answer. Elizabeth Y www.RescueReport.org

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