Sample letter to Councils, MPs etc
[Council address]
[Date]
Dear Chief Executive Officer/Councillor ………………,
I am a [rate payer/ member of the local community] serviced by [Council name].
As an animal lover [and a responsible pet owner,] I am interested in learning Council's views on the current over supply of companion animals in Australia, and what Council is intending to do to assist in addressing this issue.
I understand, for instance, that Sydney's biggest pound, the Blacktown Animal Holding Facility, [to which I understand Council sends animals] has a very high kill rate. In particular, the number of cats entering the pound has increased by over 163% in the period 2003-2011, and the number of cats being killed by that pound has increased by over 155% within the same period. I also understand that over 3,200 cats were killed in 2011 in Blacktown Pound, and that this figure is highly likely to increase in coming years.
It appears to me that killing all of these cats has not reduced the numbers entering the pound. It also seems to me that killing cats, and also unwanted dogs, is not the solution to the problem of the current oversupply of companion animals Australia is experiencing.
In light of this and my personal concerns about the situation, I request Council to provide me with the following information:
1. a copy of the statistics for the last 5 years for [the pound to which Council sends animals, unless they are a BAHF Council]. I request that these statistics include information about the
numbers of animals entering the pound and how they exited, including by sale direct from the pound; via a rescue organisation; or because they were killed.
2. a copy of Council's policies on microchipping and registering of animals, and low cost desexing of animals, including information about how the community may access these services.
3. information about how Council specifically intends to get to zero euthanasia of healthy and treatable abandoned cats and dogs within Council's city.
I would be pleased to receive this information within 3 weeks of the date of this letter.
Please provide this information to me using the contact details below:
[contact details].
I look forward to your early response.
Yours sincerely
[Name in full]
[Council address]
[Date]
Dear Chief Executive Officer/Councillor ………………,
I am a [rate payer/ member of the local community] serviced by [Council name].
As an animal lover [and a responsible pet owner,] I am interested in learning Council's views on the current over supply of companion animals in Australia, and what Council is intending to do to assist in addressing this issue.
I understand, for instance, that Sydney's biggest pound, the Blacktown Animal Holding Facility, [to which I understand Council sends animals] has a very high kill rate. In particular, the number of cats entering the pound has increased by over 163% in the period 2003-2011, and the number of cats being killed by that pound has increased by over 155% within the same period. I also understand that over 3,200 cats were killed in 2011 in Blacktown Pound, and that this figure is highly likely to increase in coming years.
It appears to me that killing all of these cats has not reduced the numbers entering the pound. It also seems to me that killing cats, and also unwanted dogs, is not the solution to the problem of the current oversupply of companion animals Australia is experiencing.
In light of this and my personal concerns about the situation, I request Council to provide me with the following information:
1. a copy of the statistics for the last 5 years for [the pound to which Council sends animals, unless they are a BAHF Council]. I request that these statistics include information about the
numbers of animals entering the pound and how they exited, including by sale direct from the pound; via a rescue organisation; or because they were killed.
2. a copy of Council's policies on microchipping and registering of animals, and low cost desexing of animals, including information about how the community may access these services.
3. information about how Council specifically intends to get to zero euthanasia of healthy and treatable abandoned cats and dogs within Council's city.
I would be pleased to receive this information within 3 weeks of the date of this letter.
Please provide this information to me using the contact details below:
[contact details].
I look forward to your early response.
Yours sincerely
[Name in full]
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