From: Elizabeth Young <adoptkings@gmail.com>
To: General mickaboo discussion <discuss@mickaboo.org>; MickaCoo@mickaboo.org; Martha Kudlacik <marthak816@gmail.com>
Cc: Mira Tweti <miratweti@parrotpress.net>
Sent: Thu, June 24, 2010 12:24:07 PM
Subject: [MickaCoo] Please help explain to people WHY Mickaboo supports the propsed ban on bird sales in SF
People think Mickaboo is crazy and wrong for wanting to support a ban on bird sales. We may not all agree on the solution but we all agree there IS a problem and award-winning animal welfare journalist Mira Tweti has articulated the situation exceptionally well in this article.
This is a FANTASTIC article- so comprehensive and supported and readable. Many of you may have already been familiar with this article but if not- I'd HIGHLY encourage you to read it and everybody- please SHARE it widely!
Plenty to Squawk About - Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jul/20/magazine/tm-parrots29
Also- Mira wrote a book on the subject (they're on sale at Amazon right now). You can use that search feature to earn a donation to Mickaboo. Click here:
Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue Good Search - Free Way to Support Us! (Thanks, Mike for the link and reminder) and buy
Of Parrots and People: The Sometimes Funny, Always Fascinating, and Often Catastrophic Collision of Two Intelligent Species by Mira Tweti.
The next SF Animal Welfare Commission meeting will be at City Hall on Thursday 7/8 at 5:30. I'm going to be there and Mira (who is flying in for it) will be too.
All best,
Elizabeth