It is my point of view, that if the City of SF is going to put a band on all
small animals, rabbits and so forth, it should include birds. There is really
never a way to stop back yard breeders in any breed, but maybe it will direct
more people to rescues/shelters and educate more of the human race. So although
I agree there are polarities both positive and negative extremes, I am excited
SF may take the lead on this ban. It is a public awareness that needs to happen
to shift peoples preception on domestic pets, not just dogs and cats. It's not
change we need, it's a complete shift, new creative energy. Why can't the pet
stores find a way to survive and help rescue groups?
:) Cheryl
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From: Cathy Kendall
To: monica deza ; Elizabeth Young
Cc: MickaCoo@mickaboo.org; General mickaboo discussion
Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 2:44:56 PM
Subject: Re: [MickaCoo] Clarification from Elizabeth
I have the same concerns about the black market effect.
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From:mickacoo-bounces@mickaboo.org [mailto:mickacoo-bounces@mickaboo.org] On
Behalf Of monica deza
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 12:50 PM
To: Elizabeth Young
Cc: MickaCoo@mickaboo.org; General mickaboo discussion
Subject: Re: [MickaCoo] Clarification from Elizabeth
I agree that selling birds is terrible, and it seems that nobody but animal
rescues are looking out for what s best for the birds. However, I am a little
worried about some unintended consequences from the law. I may not be
understanding the law correctly, so please correct me if I am wrong. I think
that it won t be allowed to have birds in any pet store, the same way that dogs
and cats are not allowed to be kept in Pet smarts or Petcos, right? The only
thing that worries me is that those customers who only want a baby bird that
they can see right before purchasing it, may start going directly to the breeder
instead of the petstore and in that case, breeders will be better off. The
reason why that worries me is because in a pet store, it is on the owner's best
interest to show a parrot in a pretty clean cage, with toys, and clean food and
water. However, the breeder can keep them in his/her house in whatever
conditions because nobody can see them.
There are 3 types of customers for birds. (1) The ones that truly care about
helping a bird, and those will choose rescue, so the law won t affect their
impact on the sale of birds. (2) The ones that may be indecisive, and would go
to either. The law may make it harder for them to buy them in SF, so hopefully
these will choose rescue now. (3)The ones that absolutely want a baby bird who
you can play for 5 minutes before buying it. Unfortunately, there is nothing we
can do to prevent these people from buying a bird, unless we banned breeding and
selling altogether, which I wish was true. Even if it gets banned, there will
always be a black market for it, and I would feel much better with the birds
being in a Petco (where it s on the owner's best interest to take care of them)
than with them being sold in the flea market or from the neighbor's backyard. As
long as these people are a big group and are willing to pay big bucks, I believe
someone would be willing to breed birds for them.
I am not saying that I support animal sales at all. I would love to see animal
selling and breeding being completely banned and most importantly, correctly
enforced. I am just afraid of a black market for them. I sure hope that our
adoption events, and the awesome job you guys do do inform people about rescue
will change their preferences towards rescues. Only when people are not willing
to pay the big bucks for birds, it s only then that people will stop breeding.
It s sad but true.
Thanks Elizabeth for all your effort, and I sure hope that this law , benefits
the birds, and not create a black market for them.
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Elizabeth Young wrote:
Hello-
I'm sorry if my passing along the info from the "Protect our Precious
Animals" group (which more honestly should be called Protect Our Precious
Profits) has confused folks.
There is a HUGE crisis in the pet bird world. Most birds that have homes aren't
properly cared for and the average parrot will be rehomed seven times in the
first ten years of its life because that improper care (and sometimes even
proper care) results in noise, mess and aggression levels that most people
aren't willing or able to cope with.
I sent that info out not to support it but to alert people that there are a lot
of bird sellers fighting to keep up the business despite the devastating impact
it has on creatures that we know suffer pitifully from being treated like
merchandise.
I support the ban on pet sales in SF, especially for birds! We humans have not
been trustworthy in our selling of pets and animals have and continue to suffer
terribly because of it.
e
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Elizabeth
Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt.
www.RescueReport.org
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0
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