Please see the attached letter. I've forwarded it on to Philip.
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Matt Smith
Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:42 PM
Subject: RE: The Pet Bird Crisis is So Bad...
To: Elizabeth Young
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!!!
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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!
______________
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 http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=369 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
Rescuehttp://www.mickaboo.org/
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* http://www.mickacoo.org/*) 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 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 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 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
