RESOLUTION
NO. 170528
Declaring
July 21, 2017, as Kansas City Pet Project Day to honor the tireless work of the
KCPP staff, volunteers, supporters and board that has enabled Kansas City,
Missouri to establish itself as a No Kill Community.
WHEREAS, Kansas City is considered a national leader
in animal sheltering through its partnership with Kansas City Pet Project, the
current operators of the Kansas City Animal Shelter and are celebrating five
years of operating as a No Kill animal shelter; and
WHEREAS, a No Kill community is generally considered
as saving 90 percent or more of net intake of animals coming through the
sheltering system; and
WHEREAS on July 1, 2012, Kansas City Pet Project
reached a 90% live animal outcome rate and has maintained this level of
lifesaving or higher for five years, reaching an unprecedented save rate of
95.6% in 2017; and
WHEREAS the residents of Kansas City voted
overwhelmingly in support of funding a modern Animal Shelter; and
WHEREAS the residents and government of Kansas City
along with KC Pet Project want to solidify our commitment to the dogs and cats
and other animals in the care and possession of the Kansas City Animal Shelter;
and
WHEREAS the residents and government of Kansas City
want to solidify our commitment to creating a safe, humane community for our
residents and their pets; and
WHEREAS, the positive changes that KC Pet Project has
made for the lives of our City’s homeless pets and for our community as a whole
should be sustained and improved; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
That the Mayor and Council hereby declare July 21,
2017, as Kansas City Pet Project Day to honor the tireless work of the KCPP
staff, volunteers, supporters and board that has enabled Kansas City, Missouri
to establish itself as a No Kill Community; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution
be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and that a copy
hereof be presented to Brent Toellner, Teresa Johnson and Michelle Davis of
Kansas City Pet Project with the appreciation of the Mayor, Council and
citizens of Kansas City that the Kansas City Animal Shelter shall forever
continue to save the lives of all healthy and treatable dogs, cats and other
animals by maintaining a 90% or more live release rate.
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