AWC founded National Bird Day a few years ago to promote the
welfare of captive birds. I think they work more with shelters instead of grass-roots
rescues like Mickaboo. I have not heard anything bad about them and hear
their name come up once in a while. They’re worth contacting to see what
they can and will do in this endeavor, IMO.
--VH
From:
media-advisors-bounces@mickaboo.org
[mailto:media-advisors-bounces@mickaboo.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth
Young
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 5:28 PM
To: Mickaboo media advisor team
Subject: [Media-advisors] Fwd: "No flock, no flight, no fair"
Shared this with Commissioner Philip's work group and am
sharing it with you, too.
Does anyone know anything about the Avian Welfare
Coalition? Could they be a resource that we're underutilizing?
Elizabeth
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From: Elizabeth Young <adoptkings@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:26 PM
Subject: "No flock, no flight, no fair"
To: Philip Gerrie <glassgerrie@gmail.com>
Cc: SaveABunny@aol.com, Rose Harris
<harris.rose@att.net>,
"Elliot M. Katz DVM" <emk@idausa.org>,
Sally Stephens <stephensfw@mindspring.com>,
Pam Hemphill <pam.hemphill@gmail.com>,
Kim Flaherty <kflaherty@pacbell.net>,
Kat.Brown@sfgov.org, jchick73@yahoo.com, Teresa Murphy <teresa@cavyspirit.com>, Jonathan
Harris <jonathanharris@earthlink.net>
Hello-
I'm still in pain from having to listen to so much
nonsense about "no such thing as bird mills" and there not
being a bird overpopulation crisis.
I've attached some links to a recent news story, a "No
Flock, No Flight, No Fair" flyer and several links for more info.
Elizabeth
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Philip Gerrie <glassgerrie@gmail.com>
wrote:
I agree with Marcy's comments.
I suggest getting the word out about the next ACWC meeting
coming up this Thursday at 5:30 room 408 at City Hall to those that would like
to see a ban. Last month the Animal Company was out in numbers. We should also
stop by local pet supply stores to hear what they think and for them to
possibly come to speak at the meeting.
The phone book has listings of pet stores and pet supply
stores.
Thanks, Philip
On Aug 6, 2010, at 9:54 PM, SaveABunny@aol.com wrote:
HI all,
After sitting in on the meeting today with the pet store owners
trying to determine if a compromise was possible versus a complete ban on the
sale of animals, here's my impressions (for what they are worth):
> The owner of the Animal Company is essentially not
really willing to compromise. He and his friend, Claudia from The Basic
Bird in Berkeley, are both very antagonistic, looking
for confrontation and eager to distort facts and statements to their
favor. While they say they agree to "education' they are not really
willing to do anything different, since they already feel like they know
it all and don't want rescues "telling them what to
do". They feel that putting up a flyer in their store about a
rescue group is doing enough.
Recommendation: If possible isolate them. Position them as
hardliners vs. other more workable stores. These two are the
"leaders" and the people who are causing the majority of ill will and
creating PR opportunities for themselves as the victims.
> Personally, I think it's a big mistake to focus so much time and
energy on trying to placate the very few stores that DO sell
animals. The majority of stores in SF do not sell animals. This
very important point is being lost in the mind of the public and the media as
it seems like a large number of small businesses are being penalized somehow
and that's simply not true.
Kat, is it possible to get some statistics on the number of
stores that do or do not sell animals?
While a workable compromise with education would be nice, I
do not think that will happen without some sort of oversight---based on
the lack of current educational info being given out by these stores. Just
because someone has been in business for 30 years, it doesn't equate to knowing
updated or proper care for the animals.
In summary, I think a strong strategy would be to
approach the majority of stores that do NOT sell animals to get them to help
back a ban. Being able to demonstrate that it's possible to be
profitable as a pet store without selling animals is key and is an
excellent discussion to use in PR. Nothing would be more powerful than having
the backing of a significant number of pet store owners in SF.
Thanks again everyone for being such a great advocate for the
animals,
Marcy Schaaf
Founder, SaveABunny
www.saveabunny.org
www.saveabunny.etsy.com
415-388-2790
"A New Generation of Rabbit Rescue"
Save A Bunny. Save A Life.
--
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
--
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