Dallas Cat Rescue

 

quality_of_life_committee_members.doc

executive_summary.doc

council_members_and_addresses_june_2007.doc

Hi Everyone,

As you know the City of Dallas’ Animal Shelter Commission and the
staff of Dallas Animal Services have proposed a number of changes to
existing animal ordinances designed to help reduce the number of
unwanted animals being euthanized in the City shelter.

The Responsible Pet Owners Alliance, a breeder lobby group in San
Antonio, has recently initiated a mass mailing to Dallas City
Council members in opposition to the proposed ordinance changes.
This group bills itself as pet responsibility and education group,
but there website indicates they are breeder lobbyists, they fight
spay/neuter, and they support the use of animals in medical
research.

“According to Skip Trimble, the Chairman of the Animal Shelter Commission, the Responsible Pet Owners Alliance, a breeder lobby group in San Antonio, has initiated a mass mailing to Dallas City Council members in opposition to our proposed ordinance changes.  To give you an idea about this group, their mission is animal welfare and education, but the About Us page of their website says:

We believe in the freedom of choice, whether to:

Wear fur, leather, silk and wool.
Eat meat and animal products.
Visit the rodeo, circus, zoo, Sea World.
Use animals in service & entertainment.
Benefit from animal use in medical research.
Responsibly breed purebred animals.

Pets Are Us!”

We are asking everyone to call or write the Mayor and City Council
members in support of our proposed ordinances changes. In
particular, the Quality of Life Committee members. I’ve uploaded
three files to the FILES section of this group for your use in
contacting all Council members and the Quality of Life Committee
members. One is an Executive Summary for your use as talking points
in your discussions.

It’s especially important that the City Council hears from those
that live in Dallas. But they also need to hear from those that
work, eat, and play here – anyone who spends money in Dallas and
contributes to the economy.

It’s easy to call and register your opinions with any council
member’s secretary or assistant – it only takes a few minutes. Mail
and phone calls carry more weight than email – some of the Council
members get so many emails they can’t possibly read them all, but
they count each call and read most of the letters.

The proposed ordinance changes will be briefed at the Quality of
Life Committee meeting on Monday, April 28th so please call or write
by the end of next week.

If anyone has any question about the ordinances after reading the
Executive Summary, they can email me directly at rpoling1@swbell. net
and I’ll try to help.

Thank you very much!

-Rebecca

Rebecca Poling
District 11 Representative, City of Dallas Animal Shelter Commission
President, Companions For Life
www.companionsforli fe.org
Advisory Board Member, Metroplex Animal Coalition
www.metroplexanimal coalition. com