BILL NUMBER: SCR 61	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Galgiani

                        JULY 8, 2013

   Relative to Shelter Pet Awareness Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 61, Galgiani. Shelter Pet Awareness Month.
   This measure would declare October of each year as Shelter Pet
Awareness Month.



   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, In the United States, three to four million shelter pets
are euthanized every year due to overcrowding; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature seeks to promote shelter pet adoptions by
raising 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 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.