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 Aviculturehttp://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 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 *To:* MickaCoo@mickaboo.org *Cc:* Karen Watkins ; Teresa Murphy < teresa@cavyspirit.com>; Philip Gerrie ; Jonathan Harris ; Pamela Lee < pambudgie@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/

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