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Minutes of July 19, 2007
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Present: AWC: Sharon Baker Chairman; Ma Andrews, Clerk; Van a a;` LL ard;
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The Animal Welfare Committee meeting was called to order at 7:40 at the Mansfield Town Hall.
Minutes
Motion: To approve minutes from the June 21st meeting. Passes
Kittens Status
Kittens currently fostered: Sally: two males; Carol: four from Central St.; Sharon: four from Morse St.,
two from East St., and Dumpling; Vanessa: three 4 -wk. old females; Christine: babies to arrive from
Pearl; Stacy: three from United Oil and two more to come.
Adoption Criteria
Adoption criteria were discussed with the following consensus:
Declawing - Applications should not be rejected if people agree not to declaw, even if they had been
considering it. However, an educational sheet describing declawing should be distributed, read, and
signed before people who have considered declawing would be allowed to adopt.
Vet Checks - Vet history is more important that recent lapse in vet care. Petco is considered an acceptable
method of keeping animals up to date with rabies shots.
Children Age Five or Younger - Families with children under five should not be automatically denied.
The decision to adopt to such families should be made case by case, with denial only in exceptional cases.
The means of notifying shift captains about adoption criteria will be discussed at the next meeting.
Spay Waggin
Next date: Monday, 7/30/07.
Newsletter
The newsletter needs to be mailed prior to the Celebration of Animals on 9/8/07. Sharon will contact
Carol to do the layout and to get deadlines. Volunteers to write articles are: Kate on pet insurance,
Vanessa on dog topics, Mary on declawing. Stacy suggested doing an article on questions to ask the vet.
Celebration Raffle
The goal is to have fewer but higher value raffle items this year. Stacy will try to get items from her
company.
Celebration T- Shirts
Mary will check on the minimum order. More t -shirts will probably have to be ordered - sizes and colors
TBD.
AWC Vacancy
Stacy Howard is resigning from the AWC since she is no longer a resident of Mansfield. She will give
notification to the Town Clerk that she is resigning and that a vacancy on the board exists.
Adjournment
Motion: To adjourn at 8:40. Passes
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