BILL NUMBER: SCR 61	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Galgiani

                        JULY 8, 2013

   Relative to  the official State   Shelter
 Pet  Awareness Month  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 61, as amended, Galgiani.  Official State Pet.
  Shelter Pet Awareness Month. 
   This measure would declare  a shelter pet as the official
State Pet   October of each year as Shelter Pet
Awareness Month  .
   Fiscal committee: no.


   
   WHEREAS, There are currently around eight million abandoned pets
living in animal shelters in the United States; and  
   WHEREAS, Each year, between 700,000 and 800,000 animals are taken
in by California's public and private shelters; and  
   WHEREAS, Less than half of these animals are adopted into new
homes; and  
   WHEREAS, Animal shelters have limited resources and cannot
accommodate all of the animals that need help; and 
   WHEREAS,  Three   In the United States, three
 to four million  of these dogs and cats  
shelter pets  are euthanized every year  due to
overcrowding  ; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature seeks to  raise  
promote shelter pet adoptions by rai   sing  public
awareness of shelter animals; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby declares  a
shelter pet as the official State Pet   the month of
October of each year as Shelter Pet Awareness Month  ; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.