Yeah!
From: mickacoo-bounces@mickaboo.org [mailto:mickacoo-bounces@mickaboo.org]
On Behalf Of Elizabeth Young
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 8:02 PM
To: General mickaboo discussion; MickaCoo@mickaboo.org
Subject: Re: [MickaCoo] SF Animal Control & Welfare Comm. may recommend pet
adoption only tonight at City Hall
It PASSED!
The Commission voted to pass the concept of making SF an adoption-based,
humane pet acquisition city on to the Board of Supervisors. The exact
language and details are TBD.
P.S. Mickaboo's own Kim F was there and, as always, spoke incredibly
eloquently on behalf of the animals and birds that cannot speak for
themselves.
e
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Elizabeth Young
wrote:
Attend if you can!
The ordinance would state that in San Francisco, people can acquire pets of
all species through the following methods: 1) Pet store adoptions events; 2)
Pet store permanent adoption centers/partnerships; 3) Direct sale from small
breeders; 4) Adoption from shelters such as Animal Care and Control and the
SF/SPCA; 5) Adoption from animal rescue organizations. Methods that fall
outside of those listed above, such as non-adoption sales through pet
stores, would not be permitted.
San Francisco Commission of
Animal Control & Welfare
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MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, June 9, 2011
5:30 PM
Room 408
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
.................................
Susanna Russo, Geneva Page, Jack Aldridge, DVM, Andrea Brooks, Sally
Stephens
Philip Gerrie, Pam Hemphill, Vicky Guldbech, John Denny, Lisa Wayne
..............................................
Mailing Address: City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place,
Room 362
San Francisco, CA 94102
Commission Voicemail: (415) 554-6074 tel:%28415%29%20554-6074
Website: www.sfgov.org/awcc
Commission Chairperson: Sally Stephens
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(Note: Public comment will be taken on each item. Items are first
introduced to the Commission, and then there is public comment. After
public comment, the Commission may further discuss the item and vote if it
is an action item.)
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
1. General Public Comment
Members of the public may address the Commission with comments or
recommendations on items within the Commission's jurisdiction other than the
items on the agenda at the beginning or end of the meeting, but not both.
1. Approval of Draft Minutes from the May 12, 2011 Meeting
[Discussion/Action Item]
1. Chairperson's report and opening remarks
[Discussion Item]
A) Update on Rules Committee hearing to fill expiring appointments to the
Commission
2. Old Business
A) Update on attempts to develop a database of animal abusers that could be
accessed by city shelters and rescue groups to help them screen potential
adopters and keep abusers from adopting animals through them. [Discussion
Item] [Commissioners Brooks and Stephens]
3. New Business
A) Discussion and possible action to recommend to the Board of Supervisors
that they pass an ordinance requiring the humane acquisition of pets in San
Francisco. Pets would include dogs, cats, birds, small animals (including
but not limited to hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, guinea pigs, and
chinchillas), reptiles, amphibians, and aquarium fish. [Note: live animals
purchased as food for pets are excluded.] The ordinance would state that in
San Francisco, people can acquire pets of all species through the following
methods: 1) Pet store adoptions events; 2) Pet store permanent adoption
centers/partnerships; 3) Direct sale from small breeders; 4) Adoption from
shelters such as Animal Care and Control and the SF/SPCA; 5) Adoption from
animal rescue organizations. Methods that fall outside of those listed
above, such as non-adoption sales through pet stores, would not be
permitted.
The pet trade is a multi-billion dollar industry that treats animals as
commodities to be bought and sold for profit. This leads to suffering on a
massive scale when animals are warehoused, bred for sale, denied
socialization and basic veterinary care, and finally transported with
minimal care. Animals from mills develop diseases creating public health
problems. Importation of sick animals to SF is bad for SF animals. Buying
animals from local breeders and adopting from rescue/shelters are healthier
companion animal choices. Shelter adoptions will increase when people cannot
buy animals on impulse at retail stores. Euthanasia rates will decrease as a
result. Many birds, reptiles, and fish are actually taken from the wild to
be sold as pets, or bred in captivity. At the same time, the pet trade fuels
an overpopulation problem. Pets escape, are released "into the wild" or wind
up at ACC to be euthanized by the City. The ordinance is not a prohibition
of owning pets but is an endorsement of the benefits to animals (and
consumers) of adoption from shelters and rescues versus purchases from
stores. [Discussion/Action Item][Commissioners Gerrie, Page, and Russo]
4. General Public Comment
Members of the public may address the Commission with comments or
recommendations on items within the Commission's jurisdiction other than the
items on the agenda at the beginning or end of the meeting, but not both.
--
Elizabeth
PLEASE HELP MICKACOO WIN $25K BY VOTING EVERYDAY IN JUNE AT
http://www.refresheverything.com/mickacoopigeonanddoverescue AND TEXTING
106711 TO 73774!
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
PLEASE HELP MICKACOO WIN $25K BY VOTING EVERYDAY IN JUNE AT
http://www.refresheverything.com/mickacoopigeonanddoverescue AND TEXTING
106711 TO 73774!
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
