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P R O C L A M A T I O N
Designating Sunday, February 22, 2009 as
"Spay Day Lakewood"
WHEREAS, cats and dogs provide companionship to and share the homes of more than 71 million individuals in the United States; and
WHEREAS, humane societies and shelters have to euthanize approximately four million cats and dogs each year, although many of them are healthy and adoptable, due to a lack of critical resources such as money, space, and good adoptive homes; and
WHEREAS, the problem of pet overpopulation costs the taxpayers of this country millions of dollars annually through animal control programs aimed at coping with the millions of homeless cats and dogs; and
WHEREAS, spaying and neutering cats and dogs has been shown to drastically reduce cat and dog overpopulation; and
WHEREAS, veterinarians, humane societies, national and local animal protection organizations, and private citizens worked together to ensure the spaying or neutering of more than 32,000 companion animals through "Spay Day USA" in 2008; and
WHEREAS, veterinarians, humane societies, national and local animal protection organizations, and private citizens have joined together again to advocate the spaying and neutering of companion animals on "Spay Day USA 2009."
NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the City Council and the people of Lakewood, I, Bob Murphy, Mayor of the City of Lakewood, Colorado, by virtue of the authority vested in me, do hereby proclaim the designation of Sunday, February 22, 2009 as
"Spay Day Lakewood"
in our community and urge observances of the day by having your cat or dog spayed or neutered or sponsor the spaying or neutering of another person's cat or dog.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of the City of Lakewood, this 9th day of February, 2009, A.D.
Bob Murphy, Mayor
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