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ROM: Diane Iwasa, Director
Animal Services Department ''Costa
DATE: July.26, 1 C993 "1
SUBJECT: HOMELESS ANIMALS' DAY
SPECIFIC REQUESTS) OR REC;MMENDATION(S) as HACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
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WHEREAS, each year in public and private animal shelters across the
United States some twelve to seventeen million dogs and cats are killed,
and
WHEREAS, the only reason these animals' lives are taken is that
therearetoo many animals and too few responsible people to adopt them,
and
WHEREAS, this crisis can readily be solved by preventing the birth
of these millions of homeless animals by spaying and neutering, and
WHEREAS, the "killing solution" tothe dog and cat overpopulation
is one with which we regrettably live, and
WHEREAS, dogs and cats are dependent upon humans for responsible
and humane care,
NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Board of Supervisors of Contra ' Costa
County, proclaim August 21, 1993, as "Homeless Animals' Day," and
FURTHER, we hereby urgeallresidents to accept responsibility for
the care of their clogs and cats, including having them spayed or
:neutered to prevent the birth of animals' destined to be homeless and to
be killed in animal shelters.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: ,,,.,,.YES SIGNATURE: 4t^uo
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD'COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION Of BOARD ON AiiCpj c_;t- 10, 1 C) 4 3 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x OTHER
VOTE Of SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT T ) i HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE'
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION;,TAKEN
ASSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE 'MINUTES OF THE BOARD`
OF 5UPERVIS S ON THE DATE SHOWN,
CONTACT
cc: Animal Services ATTESTED
County Administrator Phil at` elar,Clerk of the Board of
ru€som and County Admin trator
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