Guest guest Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Please join animal rescuers and advocates from all over the county of Santa Clara in front of San Jose City Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 26th, and Tuesday, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., for a rally and candle lit vigil. Key Notes Speaker Will Be: Vice Mayor Cortese Supervisor Pete McHugh Rosi Murko of Town Cats Heather Betchel of Rabbit Haven Vivian A. Kennedy of ACGSR, Inc. Delorme McKee- Stovall will give the blessing and read Rainbow Bridge at the candle lit vigil. The rally is being held to: · Let the community know the importance of spaying and neutering their pets, and how they can help us stop the killing of animals in shelters. · To bring attention to the plight of animal rescue groups everywhere in California, who are being overwhelmed by the amount of unwanted pets being surrendered by the community, the increase of feral cats, and by our partnerships with shelters who are asking for help in taking in their overflow of surrendered animals. · To bring attention to the overwhelming amount of animals being surrendered to shelters, and the amount of money it is costing cities, counties, taxpayers, and this State to house these displaced animals. · To bring to the attention of State lawmakers that they need to mandate that all counties and cities in California, need to provide low cost spay/neuter programs, and provide much needed spay/neuter education to the public, so we can stop the needless killing of healthy adoptable animals in our shelters. Please widely circulate this flier, and bring as many people as you can! We need to be taken seriously, and make a strong impact on the community about the amount of animals dying in our shelters, and to push for low cost, effective spay neuter programs in cities and counties everywhere! We will meet outside San Jose City Hall located at 200 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose, Ca. 95113, by the fountains facing Santa Clara Street promptly at 5:45, and begin at 6 p.m. Please bring YOUR OWN sign saying something like, " Please spay/neuter your pets, it saves lives," as none will be provided for you. Parking: You can park in the garage under City Hall, and get your parking ticket validated inside the Council Meeting in Council Chambers, or you can park across the street in the shopping center parking lot. There are several other garages close to City Hall that are free after 6pm. The candle lit vigil will be held at 7-7:30 p.m. Please bring a candle to light in honor of animals who have and will die in shelters because there is not enough room to house them, or homes to place them. Please bring any poems, or songs you'd like to read or sing. I will have a box of spay/neuter coupons for San Jose's low cost program, in different languages to pass out at the demonstration. If you live in this county and you have some from your city, PLEASE bring them. Please bring a table if you want to distribute spay/neuter info, or any educational materials. You will be responsible for your own set up and clean up. Once you get this, please confirm your attendance, and pass this on to your e-list! Please contact me, Kathleen at bearkats1 for additional information, or for questions. I want to thank you all for your support on this. Let's fight for the animals together as one loud voice in an attempt to stop the needless killing in shelters everywhere! Please, spay/neuter your pets, it saves lives!=^..^= -- Susan Rattenburyhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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