Oct 07, 2021
As of late is the remaining day for our Town Council to make a decision if the paintings we do for the Town of Austin, conserving it a No Kill town via taking all animals who can be euthanized on the Austin Animal Middle, is value using one acre of land at The city Lake Animal Middle.
We consider No Kill must be entrance and heart in Austin.
We consider APA! will have to be saved within the center of Austin, appearing each and every different town in our country that getting rid of the killing of pets in our safe haven is necessary to our town, our town council, and to each and every Austinite.
As , our settlement to make use of that house has been in negotiations for 5 years, protecting up any growth we will make on in truth rebuilding there.
On the center of the problem is the critical aid within the land that has been allotted to APA! from the council’s unique aim of three.5 acres right down to only one acre. It doesn’t matter what, we’re dropping greater than ⅔ of the land we recently occupy. We’re inquiring for an even settlement that places Austin first via making sure that pets slated for euthanasia at Austin Animal Middle have some way out alive. With out APA!’s make stronger, town would simplest be saving 4 out of 5 animals (about 80%) that input town safe haven.
We’re asking that our town additionally create a sustainability plan as a result of it’s unacceptable that our town animal safe haven has the perfect price range in all of the nation (in step with animal and in step with capita) however nonetheless expects APA! to do a big share in their paintings for no financial reimbursement, just a piece of land that has been diminished critically, and that can’t be used for the rest rather then parkland or an animal safe haven below state regulation. As well as, the Town of Austin calls for that APA! pay 100% of all development and demolition prices for a brand new facility on that land.
Will you talk up once more as of late? We want you to write or name the council places of work to allow them to know as soon as once more that you simply consider in an equitable settlement that assists in keeping APA! within the center of Austin. We want all of you to succeed in out to the council as of late, even supposing you could have known as or emailed ahead of. As of late’s determination will have an effect on the way forward for APA! and No Kill in Austin for many years to come back and we’re reckoning on you to talk up.
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UPDATE:
Thanks for advocating on behalf of Austin Pets Alive! Now we have simply gained phrase that Austin Town Council is making plans to vote at the APA! solution on November 4th.
We consider this nonetheless offers us sufficient time ahead of our settlement terminates on November twenty third to succeed in an settlement and are thankful to the council and our supporters for prioritizing our existence saving paintings. We consider we can listen extra important knowledge to proportion with you subsequent week about movements you’ll take to make stronger APA’s long run in Austin!