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TO: Board of Selectmen
RE: 4/24/97, Animal Welfare Committee Meeting 97 HAY 12 PH 2: 58
DATE: May 7, 1997
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MASSUHUSETTS
Members present: /Susan Talavera VGeanine Parks ✓Dick Davenport
David Cass Allatt Miller ✓Mike Lattari -✓Adah Brill -Cass
The Animal Welfare Committee met April 24 at the Town Hall. All seven members were
present to establish a quorum. Also attending the meeting were Tara DeVeau and Suzanne
Berry.
The Committee reviewed the minutes of the previous meeting and approved them.
• Balances for the AWC financial account were presented: spay- neuter $409; general
$8,199.71; new shelter $37,308.29. The total balance is $45,917. There are no outstanding
invoices for medical care. A total of $404 from the can collections was added. Four NSF
checks were returned to the AWC and resubmission was discussed.
• Chairman Miller was to write a letter to the Charter Review Commission to raise the issue of
cats not being mentioned in the Town By -Laws and other concerns of the AWC.
• Activities for the proposed May 3 "Adopt -a -Thon" were discussed in detail. The South
Common has been reserved and other arrangements were finalized. The primary goal of this
event is to offer the rabies clinic, sell dog licenses and raise the community awareness level
of the shelter; fund raising is a secondary goal.
• With an overflow of dogs at the shelter, Humane Officer Collins reported that several dogs
should be considered for euthanasia. After a lengthy discussion, one dog with medical
problems was deemed unadoptable and the decision was made to put him down. The fate of
the others was tabled until after the Adopt -a -Thon and other promotional activities that might
find homes for the dogs.
We set May 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall as the next Committee meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
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Matt Miller
Chairman, Animal Welfare Committee
cc: Committee Members Town Clerk, Judith F. Scott
Animal Control Officer, Arthur O'Neill Dr. Denise Trapani
Animal Humane Officer, Jeff Collins Volunteers
Acting Town Manager, Richard Boucher
Town of Mansfield
Animal Welfare Committee
Pet Adopt- a -Thon
May 3, 1997
RESULTS
• 48 rabies vaccinations
• 14 dog licenses issued
• 3 animals micro - chipped
• 6 animals adopted (3 cats, 3 dogs)
• 3 adoptions pending
• One owner claimed dog
INCOME:
$ 114.00
152.00
5.82.00
25.00
40.00
25.00
32.00
32.50
107.65
376.50
$ 1,486.65
EXPENSES:
Food
T- shirts
PETCO donation
Lucas donation
Boo Boo the Clown
New Shelter Fund (Pooh the Dog)
Red Dog Inn (nail clipping)
Animal portraits
lams pet food sale
Raffle and pet supply sale
TOTAL INCOME
$ 330.00 Tent
140.00 Signage
112.00 Sun Chronicle ads
$ 582.00 TOTAL EXPENSES
904.65 NET INCOME