Ugh, good question

From: mickacoo-bounces@mickaboo.org [mailto:mickacoo-bounces@mickaboo.org] On Behalf Of Priya Tuvell
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 8:41 PM
To: General mickaboo discussion
Cc: MickaCoo@mickaboo.org
Subject: Re: [MickaCoo] [Mickaboo Discuss] SF Animal Control & Welfare Comm. may recommend pet adoption only tonight at City Hall

Yayyyy!!!!

So does that mean no more pet-selling stores in SF? Or do they just change 'buy' to 'adopt' in their signs?

Thank You,

Priya
Ringneck Coordinator
Conure Team

On Jun 9, 2011 8:02 PM, "Elizabeth Young" <adoptkings@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <adoptkings@gmail.com>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*
>>
>> [image: pastedGraphic.pdf]
>>
>>
>> *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
>>
>> Website: www.sfgov.org/awcc
>>
>> Commission Chairperson: Sally Stephens
>>
>>
>> [image: pastedGraphic_1.pdf]
>>
>>
>> *(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*
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>> *
>> *
>> 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