Oct 25, 2021
Thanks for sticking with us as we navigate our method via this adventure against APA!’s perpetually house.
Simply as you assist us each day by way of fostering, adopting, volunteering, and donating to seek out houses for animals, we truly want you to behave now so APA! can land safely and proceed our essential paintings with as few interruptions as imaginable.
Now we have gained phrase that our merchandise DID make it at the schedule for the November 4th town council assembly and we’re formally merchandise #38. The solution is superb total because it obviously eliminates the restriction that might save you us from saving the lives of the ones on demise row in every single place our state whilst additionally keeping up that Austin’s No Kill standing is in the beginning. As it’s possible you’ll recall, that is essential as a result of there aren’t any different town contracts (that we’re acutely aware of) that prohibit the project and scope of a nonprofit that gives a definite carrier to town. It’s additionally essential as a result of our project is to do away with the killing of refuge animals and we will be able to’t do this if our paintings is artificially limited.
We’re thankful the solution additionally directs personnel to barter with APA! in regards to the proportion of animals we’re liable for pulling from town refuge and obviously signifies the ones animals must be in response to the ones liable to euthanasia. This has at all times been the intent of our partnership with the Town and we’re keen to make sure our contract displays that.
We’re dedicated to operating with town, and each and every of you, into the long run to make sure there are exams and balances in position to institutionalize reside results and development for many years to return. Given the truth that AAC has the country’s biggest animal services and products finances consistent with capita, it’s in point of fact time to determine absolute best practices and grasp ourselves to a better same old; an ordinary anticipated by way of our tax-payers. We all know {that a} honest and equitable settlement between APA and the Town of Austin is step one against attaining this objective and making No Kill a concern in our town.
We’re extremely thankful to the co-sponsors for his or her management: Mayor Adler, Leslie Pool, Ann Kitchen, Greg Casar and Vanessa Fuentes. We acknowledge how a lot paintings has long gone into resolving this essential factor and we’re thankful they’ve labored so onerous to make sure it’s positioned at the schedule.
What we’d like now could be so that you can THANK those co-sponsors and ask your council member to vote sure on schedule merchandise #38 between now and the vote on November 4th.
Thanks for being right here for the animals, the entire animals, and making sure that APA! continues to stay Austin No Kill.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ellen Jefferson