Animal rights and S.F. politicians - good news and bad news

January 29, 2003

To write to Assemblyman Leno and tell him of your support for this bill:

Assemblyman Mark Leno

13th Assembly District

Capitol Office

State Capitol

Room 3146

Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: (916) 319-2013

Fax: (916) 319-2113

Email: Assemblymember.Leno

Here's the text of the bill:

ced.html

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Mr. Pete wrote:

> Two local San Francisco politicians have recently received media coverage

> for their stands on animal rights.

>

> According to yesterday's Chronicle, Assemblyman Mark Leno was quite moved by

> a recent Chronicle story about the 11,000 dogs and cats killed every year by

> the Sacramento Animal Shelter. He was so moved that he will be visiting the

> " shelter " to see what can be done to stop this tragedy. He is also

> introducing legislation to make February 25 Spay Day USA, a day when

> Californians will be urged to sterilize their animal companions and support

> groups that provide sterilization services. Under the proposed law,

> veterinarians would be urged to work with shelters to provide low or no cost

> sterilization services. By the way, according to the article in yesterday's

> Chronicle, the Sacramento Animal Shelter is the only publicly run shelter in

> this state that sells adoptable animals for medical research. More than 400

> cats and dogs annually are sold to U.C. Davis School of Veterinary Medicine,

> which refers to the animals as " teaching tools. "

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