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URGENT ALERT - PLEASE FORWARD, COPY, AND POST!! Saanich considering rabbit sales ban tomorrow

URGENT ALERT - PLEASE FORWARD, COPY, AND POST!!

District of Saanich considers rabbit bylaw changes tomorrow! Emails and sample letter below.

Please copy and paste council emails into a quick note encouraging them to adopt the following measures:
2 - Prohibit Sale or Adoption of Rabbits that have not been spayed or neutered,
3 - Prohibit uncontained feral or pet rabbits on private property
6 - Prohibit abandonment of rabbits on private property
Encourage council to adopt non-lethal population control measures for all wildlife including rabbits and deer. Council is currently considering killing deer to reduce the population. Currently it is recommended that feeding of deer and rabbits be prohibited, and education be promoted.

Council emails: mayor@saanich.ca, council@saanich.ca, wergeland@shaw.ca, vicki_sanders@telus.net, dean.murdock@telus.net, jbrownof@telus.net
Send copies of your letters to: editor@saanichnews.com, letters@tc.canwest.com
Post them under Discussions on the Action for UVic Rabbits facebook

Bylaw amendments:
agenda link: http://www.saanich.ca/living/mayor/agendamin/agendamin.html
report to council link: http://www.pdfescape.com/open/?1590983

Sample letter:

Dear Mayor and Council,
I strongly encourage you to adopt measures 2, 3, and 6 of the amendments suggested for the Animals Bylaw. Measure 2 prohibits the sale or adoption of fertile rabbits, measure 3 prohibits uncontained feral or pet rabbits on private property, and measure 6 prohibits abandonment of rabbits on private or public property.

Regarding measure 3, please omit feral cottontails and other wild species of rabbits from the containment requirement. Pet rabbits should be amended to domestic European rabbits. This should clarify and strengthen these measures.

Sincerely,

Roslyn Cassells is a BC based social justice activist and Canada's first elected Green. She is an ardent animal and human rights activist, and writes, teaches and campaigns for positive social, economic and ecological change everywhere. @roslyncassells on Twitter, Action for UVic Rabbits facebook and Roslyn Cassells facebook

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