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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-302 . . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 RESOLUTION NO. 91-302 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO PROHIBITING THE SALE, DONATION, OR GIVING AWAY OF ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH. WHEREAS, by pOlicy adopted on November 7, 1988, the Mayor and Common Council directed that live animals held in the City Animal Shelter be made available for sale to research facilities but only if such animals had no evidence of being pets, and WHEREAS, the segregation of pets and non pets have cost the City in direct salary and benefits approximately $9,000 per year, and WHEREAS, the Federal Animal Welfare Rights Act (7 USC ~2l3l et seq.) and the Federal Pet Theft Act (7 USC ~2l58 et seq.) require that where cities allow the sale of animals for research, impounded animals must be kept for 5 days rather than the 3 days otherwise allowed by State law (Food and Agricultural Code 5531108 16 and 31752), which will substantially increase the cost of 17 operation of the City Animal Shelter, and 18 WHEREAS, the requests by the research community for the 19 purchase of impounded animals have been minimal, 20 NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 21 SAN BERNARDINO DO HEREBY RESOLVE, ORDER AND DIRECT AS FOLLOWS: 22 23 24 25 26 SECTION 1. The City shall not sell, give away, or donate, either directly or indirectly, any live animals for the purpose of medical research, testing, experimentation, education or demonstration. SECTION 2. The policy adopted on February 7, 1988, and any 27 other policies, resolutions or directives in conflict herewith are 28 hereby repealed. DAB/ses/Animals.res 1 June 25, 1991 1 RESOLUTION...PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH. 2 3 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly 4 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San 5 6 7 Bernardino at a reqular , 1991, by the following vote, to wit: day of July Council Members: AYES 8 ESTRADA 9 REILLY 10 HERNANDEZ 11 MAUDSLEY 12 MINOR 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 POPE-LUDLAM MILLER The foregoing Resolution of July , 1991. Approved as to form and legal content: JAMES F. PENMAN, City Attorney DAB/ses/Animals.res meeting thereof, held on the 1st NAYS ABSTAIN x x x x x x x .~--.) !:'\ ,~ 'j\ ,,~j,~ C Cit'y Clerk (IJ . r;, . ~ \.{";---'-l\~_""',t/ , 3rd is hereby appro /! , ,/'7 day / 2 June 25, 1991