Another resource?
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Smith
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:35 AM
To: 'Elizabeth Young'
Subject: RE: The Pet Bird Crisis is So Bad...
Sure thing, I look forward to seeing how it goes. I know the pet trade folks are out in force against you during this. Same types and even some individuals that were out against us a couple of years ago re: the 31 macaw case. I know what it's like to be on the other side of their lies and underhanded tactics when all you want to do is what's right for the birds.
Let me know if we can ever be of further help.
Matt Smith
Executive Director
The Central Virginia Parrot Sanctuary
www.projectperry.com
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From: Elizabeth Young [mailto:adoptkings@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:33 AM
To: Matt Smith
Subject: Re: The Pet Bird Crisis is So Bad...
Thank you ever so much, Matt. Your support and your letter mean a great deal!
Thank you for all you do to help all these innocents,
Elizabeth
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Matt Smith wrote:
Elizabeth, sorry I couldn't get this to you sooner. I hope it helps. Let me know if you need anything changed, etc
.pdf attached
Matt Smith
Executive Director
The Central Virginia Parrot Sanctuary
www.projectperry.com
Join us for our Annual Fundraiser on November 6th in Fredericksburg
Tickets on sale now!
From: Elizabeth Young [mailto:adoptkings@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:35 PM
To: Matt Smith
Subject: Re: The Pet Bird Crisis is So Bad...
The next meeting is 8/12. I'd suggest trying to get something in before the end of this month (while they're still deciding next steps).
Thanks!!!
e
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Matt Smith wrote:
Hi Elizabeth, I just checked my email and got this. When is the deadline?
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Matt Smith
Executive Director
The Central Virginia Parrot Sanctuary
(540) 967-0447
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Young"
To: "Matt Smith"
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 10:49:12 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: The Pet Bird Crisis is So Bad...
Hi, Matt-
A letter detailing why you think the proposed ban would be very helpful. Send to me and I will forward to Commissioners (who've asked that I do that rather than publish their email addresses).
Thanks!
Elizabeth
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Matt Smith wrote:
Excellent, Elizabeth - thank you!
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Matt Smith
Executive Director
The Central Virginia Parrot Sanctuary
(540) 967-0447
Ask me about our Major Fall Fundraiser for the birds coming up in November! Tickets on sale now!
Check out our e-Newsletter archives here:
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs030/1101044598551/archive/1102354948541...
Rescued! Rehabilitated! RETURNED!? www.madmacaws.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Young"
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 9:02:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: The Pet Bird Crisis is So Bad...
The pet bird crisis is so bad that when I attended the SF Animal Welfare Commission's meeting at City Hall on 6/10 to discuss a possible ban on the sale of pets in SF, birds had been left off the list of animals being considered, despite the fact that the Bay Area's nonprofit, all volunteer Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue is continuously overwhelmed with surrendered, abandoned and neglected pet parrots ranging from budgies and cockatiels and conures to macaws and amazons and cockatoos.
Since that meeting, birds have been added to the discussion and that is very important because consumers are, for the most part, completely unaware of what parrots require for proper care. As a result, the average parrot will be mistreated despite good intentions and, because of behaviors like screaming, destructiveness and aggression, be rehomed seven times in the first ten years of their lives.
Mickaboo Companion Rescue Organization (and its partner MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue) support the ban on pet bird sales in San Francisco and asks that you help us to get the word out about what is really happening with pet birds. This link http://mickaboo.org/release.pdf is a Mickaboo press release for immediate distribution.
For your convenience, here are links to recent TV news coverage on the issue-
Birds may be added to ban on pet sales 6/10, SF ABC Channel 7
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7491424
SF leaders consider bird sale ban 6/18, SF ABC Channel 7
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7507345
And here, in an article and a book written by award-winning animal welfare journalist Mira Tweti, detailed more completely than I ever could, are the many reasons why banning pet bird sales is the right thing to do.
Plenty to Squawk About - Los Angeles Times - Award-winning LA Times Magazine expose' (which spurred the book) and helped to pass a precedent-setting bill to protect baby parrots in the pet trade (ie, pet stores & breeders selling them too young)
http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jul/20/magazine/tm-parrots29
Of Parrots and People: The Sometimes Funny, Always Fascinating and Often Catastrophic Collision of Two Intelligent Species
http://www.amazon.com/Parrots-People-Fascinating-Catastrophic-Intelligent/dp...
(It was lauded by everyone from Dr. Jane Goodall to Wayne Pacelle, Prez/CEO of the Humane Society of the US).
I send you my heartfelt appreciation for your efforts on behalf of this discussion.
--
Elizabeth, MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue
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
--
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
