88-357 WMITE - C�TV CIERK
PINK - FINANCE COI1flC11
CANARV - DEPARTMENT � G I TY OF A I NT PAU L ��`� 7
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Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul has a commitment to quality animal control;
and
WHEREAS, the number of pets reclaim d by their owners from the Saint Paul
Dog Pound has significantly increas d over the last year; and .
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Animal Cont ol Office keeps pets five days before
euthanizing them or selling them to research facilities; and
WHEREAS, there are 26 pound facilit'es, 7 humane societies and various
private shelters existing in a.t.e �w'n Cities metro area in which pet owners
would have to search for a 1o�t pet; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Pet Owners Assoc'ation and several humane societies can
document cases where pet owners wer only able to locate their pets after
they had been euthanized or sold to research facilities; and
WHEREAS, many pet owners are disma d and upset to learn that their pet has
been provided to research faciliti s;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, th t the City of Saint Paul support HF 89/SF
308 which (1) provides that pounds hold animals for a five day minimurn
holding period; (2) provides that ets entering pounds with identification
shall not be released to research 'nstitutions; (3) requires the licensing
of institutions which receive priv tely owned pets from pounds; and (4)
dedicates these license funds to t e enforcement of this law as well as the
1987 Animal Dealer Regulation law.
COUNCIL MEMBERS Requested by Department of:
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Supports state legislation controlling and regulating powzd seizure practices.
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State legislature now propasing 1aw -to reg ate pound seizure practices at urging of
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Still allows research fac�lities to buy an' ls, but requires t�ie facilities be licensed,
and license fimds used to enforce existi:ng imal dealer laws. Assures pet ohmers tha�
identifiable pets not end up in research fa ili,ties. Gives more authority to m�icipalit�es
; in. defining program goals and prozedures. �
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See justification section al�ve.
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Status qu:o ch p animals for resear Jpset pet owners �
- sacrifice pe�ts .
Elim�na.te pound seizure Sto s pain£ul experiments Eli�ni.nates pound as
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City has taken :::_ stands on state legislat an�many times.
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. .Change in state law �rou].d give control of Lm. ia�ned �ets to the municipalities .
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February 2, 1988 Y� �NNEN 4 ��
Ms. Molly O' Rourke
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Leq i s�a t ive Ai ae to The Minnesota Pet Ocvners
St. Paul Councilmember Sonnen ASSOC1QtlO1Z
Room 722 St. Paul City Hall
St. Paul , MN 55102
Dear Molly,
Thank you for your encouraging r sponse to the possibility of
helping us repeal the state' s po nd seizure law and give control
of unclaimed pets to the municip lities.
I have asked Representative Simo eau' s aide, Carol Cummer, to
issue you a draft of the bill as soon as it shakes free from the
Revisor' s office. You should re eive it this week.
In the meantime , I am sending yo a memo draft that we are
composing for the legislature which outlines the three main
provisions of the bill . Still i early form, this version is
accurate as to our position and ill help you get started
understanding the issue.
St. Paul is now a major contribu or of privately-owned pets to
the research industry. St. Paul has always been called upon to
sell . Minneapolis, however, was by far the larger supplier until
the city took control of its own operation and told the
University it wanted a "hands of " policy toward its impounded
animals.
The U, reportedly fearing that t e issue of pound seizure would
fall into public view if it buck d the city, has not called for
Minneapolis pets for close to tw years.
St. Paul , with its lost pets pla ed in the care of Mr. Fritz, is
being raided heavily along with loomington Kennels to replace
the former Minneapolis supply. It seems to be a rather
frightening situation which St . aul pet owners are subject to
right now.
In recent conversation with Lind Ahlgren, Community Affairs and
Educational Director for Ramsey ounty Humane Society, we learned
that the humane society has sinc re interest in taking over
animal control duties for the city when their $500 ,000 expansion
is completed. They feel they ca not bid for that service ,
owever, as ong as the state ma dates animals from municipal
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iven up to research.
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s stood steadfas ly behind us over the four years
PAL,inc.
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Saint Paul, MN 55111
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we' ve carried this issue simply ecause of the administration' s
stated values on pets in researc . However, they have pulled out
the stops this year in getting b hind us to put pound seizure in
the hands of the municipalities.
The executive director and shelt r director are appealling
committee chairmen to pass repea , and Ahlgren' s committee is
generating a mailing to each pri ate member to write in support
of the bill .
These facts can be used to struc ure a resolution for HF 89/SF
308 , asking that cities be legal granted the right to keep
industry from infringing on thei specified function; in this
case, to provide shelter for los pets until owners find them,
and to maintain health and safet levels for residents. Selling
pets to research for experimenta ion fulfills none of these
original tenets for animal contr 1 .
Our Senate chairman, Marilyn Lan ry, is from St. Paul and
reportedly sides with the medica community. Certainly a
resolution from her district, co bined with urgings directly from
her constituents , could make or reak the Senate side of things
for us.
As soon as we have hearing dates and strategies outlined , we will
be in touch to discuss the possi ility of Councilmember Sonnen
appearing for testimony as an in ividual backer of the bill .
We are scheduled to be heard in he House Health & Human Services
Committee , and the Senate Commit ee on General Legislation.
As you know, it is a short legis ative session this year, meaning
we have to tap dance faster than ever. Please call me with any
questions or concerns , and keep s advised of proposed actions by
the city.
You have our sincere appreciatio /€or your concern in this
crucial public issue. s ;'
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Lau ie Hennings �
Vic President �
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The Minnesota Pet Owners Association
� On ehalf of the board of directors
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521 6658 ( home)
cc : Rep. Wayne Simoneau, Se . Gene Merriam, Sen. Jim
Ramstad , Sen. Ron Dickl ' ch, Sen. Florian Chmielewski ,
Rep. Joe Quinn, Rep. Li da Scheid, Rep. Dale
Clausnitzer, Rep. Richa d 0' Connor.
PAL Inc board , advisors and active committee
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The reason we do not a k this period to be extended at
this time is two-fold; 1) We would gain the opposition
of the municipalities ho do not agree with incurring
the added expense of k eping animals longer, 2) We are
advised that some hold ng kennels (pounds) aze simply
not in adequate condit on to safely lengthen animal
stays. Conditions exa erbate the spread of contagious
disease and can prolon animal suffering.
2- The second standard placed upon municipal pounds is a
provision that dogs nd cats entering pounds with ID
( incuding licenses , tags , collars , etc ) may not be
released to research i stitutions .
Why this provision?
With 26 pound facilities , 7 humane societies, and
various private shel ers existing in the Twin Cities
metro area, alone , an owner is faced with overwhelming
odds in relocating lost family members within the
specified time . We can provide you with case-by-case
evidence of the nigh ares experienced by owners trying
to beat the research truck for their own property. A
few of your co-legis ators, in fact, will tell you of
their experiences.
You must know, too , t at various communities contract
with animal collectio companies , some of which use
a number of sub-contr cted holding facilities to house
their collections. T erefore, pets picked up in one
community can be hous d miles from home , making the
recovery process even more difficult to unravel .
We don' t believe any legislator supports an identified ,
owned family pet bei g sold for painful experimentation.
Therefore , to give o nership a physical form,
HF 89/SF 308 calls for any human-applied appurtenance
fixed to the anim 1 to act as evidence of that
ownership, unless th owner of such an animal signs a
release statement kn wing the intended purpose of the
animal .
3- Institutions wantin to receive privately-owned pets
from pounds as publi subsidies to their work efforts
must be licensed wit the state . Cost of an individual
institutional licens will be $15 ,000 annually according
to the legislation. Those funds collected under this
provision will be edicated for use by the Minnesota
Board of Animal Hea th, that agency which will enforce
provisions of this aw as well as the 1987 Animal Dealer
Regulation law.
Why this provision?
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Since being put in harge of regulating animal dealers
and pet theft in 987 , the Board says it has been
deluged with repor s and questions regarding dealer
operations.
The Board was given no funding to accompany its
authority in deale issues , thereby giving them the
means to do little ore than be an active listener to
complaints and repor s of abuse.
Today, drivers of M ' nnesota vehicles generally pay more
for a set of lice se plates than wealthy research
institutions pay t lay claim to our privately-owned
pets.
In fact, the st te charges individual Minnesota
hairdressers almost even times more in annual licensing
fees than it does in titutions who publically claim that
the privilege of usi g our animals saves them more than
a million dollars a ear.
aere are the facts:
A- Research instit tions already receive the bulk of
their funding from f deral tax funds.
B- Municipal shelte s are already funded, in part, by
public taxes paid th state.
C- Dogs and cats pro ided to research at low-cost are a
public subsidy to t research industry.
For an institution s ch as the University of Minnesota
which receives $ from the legislature
( taxpayer) each yea , $15 ,000 is an affordable sum just
as it is to the ther six major institutions now
licensed to take pe s from pounds .
It is time that the institutions put something back into
this system just as every other individual and business
is asked to do in t e state.
That is what the b 11 does. It removes you from this
issue which is beginning to rage hot among the state' s millions
of pet owners.
But it retains enou h state control to make certain that
some standards among munici al pounds is ensured, plus it puts
money where our mouths are ' n terms of making sure the laws are
enforced.
Remaining provision of the bill can be reviewed in the
bill drafts, and we' d be h ppy to answer any further questions
for you.
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Introduced by Simoneau, 0'Connor, Quinn, N•F•NO' Sg
Clausnitzer, Scheid �amp�i� S.F. No.,_,__
January 20, 1987 Ref. to S. Com. on
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` Reproduced by PHILLIPS LEGISLATIVE SERYI E, INC. _ ,
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1 A bill for an act
2 relati�g to animalst �r iding for the return of lost
3 animals to their owners; prohibiting transfer of
4 certain dogs and cats f r use in research; providing a
5 penalty; amending Minne ota Statutes 1986, section
6 35.71.
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8 BE IT ENACTED BY TBE LEGISLA OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
9 Section 1. Minnesota atutes 1986, section 35.71, is
10 amended to read:
11 35.71 (ONCLAIIrIED AND DEEMED ANIMALS IMPOtJNDED;
12 SCIENTIFIC QSE OR OTHER DIS SITION. ] .
13 Subdivision l. [DEFIN TIONS. � As used in this section, the
14 followin terins have the me nin s iven them: .
15 a "Ado tion" means eliver ot a do or cat to a erson
16 18 ears of a e or older t be ke t as a et or com anion animal.
17 b "Cat" means a mem er of the felid famil .
ig c "Dealer" means a icensed or unlicensed ublic or
19 rivate a enc , erson, so iet , or cor ration that bu s or
20 sells do s or cats for re earch ur ses to institutions.
21 d "D "• means a me ber of the canid tamil .
22 � "Establishment" eans enY a public or private agency,
� 23 person, society, or corpo ation hn�ing which assumes lawful
24 custody of live animals M ieh-are seized under the authority of
° °25 �the state or any politic 1 sutdivision of the state end.
� Zg � "Institution" m ans a school or college ef agrieulture,
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1 veterinary �nedicine, medicine, pharma�y, .or dentfstry, or en
2 other educational or scientitic establishment properly concerned
3 wi h investigation er of living_ or9anisms, instruction
4 concerninq the structure or tunctions o! livinq organismst or
S the cause, prevention, control, or cure ot diseases or abnormal
6 conditiona of human beinqs or animals.
� sg) "Research" means the activities of institutions
8 described in paragraph (�? •
9 Subd. 2. �APPLICATION FOR LIC£NSE. � An institution may
10 appiy to the board tor a license to obtain animals, other than -
11 do9s or cats�_ from establistuaents. � Yt, atter investigation, the
12 board Finda that the 'in�titution� �'equestinq a license is a �it
13 and proper agency to receive a lioenee. � and that the public.
� 14 interest Will be served by grantinq it a license, the board may
15 issue a license to the institution authorizinq it to obtain
16 animals under this section.
11 Subd. 3. ISTRAY ANIMAI+S% SEIZORE. DISPOSITION. � All
18 animais seized by public authoritp must be held far redeapt3on
� 19 by the owner for at least tive regular business days of the
' 20 impounding agency or for a longer time apecitied by municipal
� 21 ordinance. For the purpose of this subdivision. "_regular
i 22 business day" means a day during which the establistunent having
. 23 custody of an animal is open to tbe public not leas than tous
; 24 consecutive hours betaeen the hours o! 8s00 a.m. and 7s00 p.a.
' 25 Estabiiahments must maintain the foliowing records o� the
} 26 animais in custody, and preserve the records for at least six
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26 ��� � th� ��W�:ig�=�� cf the animal by species, breed,
. 29 sex, approYimate age, and other distinguishinq traits;
30 tb� � the location at which the animsl was seized;
� 31 te� � the date of the seizure=
32 ta� � the name and address of the person from whom nnY an
33 animal three months oE age or oves Was received; and
: 34 Fe'} �, the name and address of the person to whom enY an
` 3S animal three months of aqe or over was transferred.
. 36 The records must be �aaintained in a form p�rmittinq easy
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1 perusal by the public. A pe son may view the records and
2 animals in custody at any ti e during whivh th� e�tabliahment is
3 open to the public. At the tnd o! th� live-day pesiod, all
4 animals Mh�eh other than d s and cats that remain unr�d�emed
5 mumt be made available to a y licensed institution which has
6 requested that number of an mals. Sowevr. it a tag attixed to ,
7 the animal or a statement b the animal's owner a�t�r the
8 animal's seizure specities thnt the animal aiay not be ueed tor
9 research, the animal must ot be aiade available to anY an
10 institution and may, in th •discretion o! the establisha�ent, be
ll destroyed after the expira ion o! the ,live-day period. It a
12 request is made by a licen ed institution to an establiahment
13 for more animals than are vailable at �the time ot the request,
14 the establistuaent must wi hhold lrom destruction ali unciaimed
15 and unredeemed animals un 31 the request bas been filled. � The -
16 actual expense of holding animals beyond the time og notice to
17 the institution of their vailability muat be borne by tbe
18 institution receiving th . An estabiishment Mh�ei� that taiis
19 or retuses to caaply wit this section is in�liqible !or anY
20 turther public tunds fro enY a county or municipality. Opon
21 receipt of a swora state e�t by an sutborized otticec or
22 employee of a licensed i stitution oE noncoa�plfance by anY an
23 establisha►ent with thia ection, the treasurer of a�Y a
2d municipality or other liticai subdivision of the state may not
25 pay enr public funds to the establishment until the complainant '
26 withdraws its statement of noncomplianee o� until the board
27 either determines that he canplaint ot noacompliance waa
28 without foundation or t at the establishment has given adequate
29 assurance of future ca piiance an� t�ie �z�r�asur2r c€ tl��
30 municipality or other litical subdivision has been notified of �
31 tbe determination in w iting. If it appears upon a person's
32 complaint that an offi er, agent, or employee of an
33 establishment is viol ting or failing to carsy out the
34 provisions of this se tion, the attorney general or county
35 attorney of the count in which the establishment is located, in
36 addition to nny other remedies, may bring an action in the name
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1 of the state sqainst the eatablishment, ofticer, acent, or
2 empioyee to enjoin compliance with thia aection.
3 Subd. 4. (TRAN8PORTATION OF ANIIyALB. � A licensed
4 institution must provide, at its own expense, !or the
5 transportation ot animals traa the establishment to the
6 institution and must up• them onlp in the con�uct o� its
7 scientitic and �ducational activities.
8 Subd. 5. (ANNtJAL LICENSE FEE. � Each lie�nsed institution
9 must pay to the board a licfnee !ee of s50 tor each calendar
IO year or part o� a caiendar year. . License tees must be deposited
11 in the qenerai tund ot the state treasury.
12 Subd. 6. (REVOCATION OF LICENSE. � Atter 15 days' written
13 notice and an opportunity to be heard, the board may revoke the
14 license granted any inatitution it the institution has (1)
15 violated this srction, or (2) tailed to comply aith the
16 conditions of the board in respect to the issuance ot its
17 license. �
18 Subd. 7. (OISP032TION OF DOGS AND CATS. j A dog or cat not
19 redeemed bp its o�er a�ter tive days becomes the property of
20 the establi�hment and must efther be placed Eor a8option under
21 the procedures o! the establistuaent or be euthanized huiaanely.
22 Subd. 8. (NO ESTABLISgMENT TO HE A DEALER. j No
23 establishment or peraon Nho bas an interest in an establishment
24 may be a dealer._
25 Subd. 9. IDEAI+ER$ 'j'� �pROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE ANO ACCESS. � A
26 dealer shall post a conspicuous notice i.n a format no less than .
27 24 by 36 inches and easfly readable by the generai public, that
28 states: tl) tbat ttie person is a dealer in dogs and catss t2)
29 that dogs� and cats lett with the dealer may be use� for research
30 purposes; and (3) the hours the dealer is open to the pubiic. •
31 The notice must be piaced in at least two locations on the
32 dealer's oremisea, one ot Mhich a�ust be on or near _the_mail
33 delivery point and one o! Which must be at the regulary used
34 point of exchange of dogs and cats. A person may view dogs and
35 cats in the custody of a dealer during the time the dealer is
;;� ppe��the public. Dealers are required to be open on a
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1 r ular basis at least tour cons cutive houss between Ss00 a.�a.
2 and 7:00 .m. on at least five o the seven da s ot each we�k.
3 An advertisement laced b a de ler seekin d s or cats must
4 inEorm the ublic that do s and cats brou ht to the dealer �aa
5 be uaed �or research purposes.
6 Subd. 10. [VOLQNTARY CON IBUTZON. J Nothing contained in
7 this section rohibits a rson from makin a voluntar
8 contribution of a do or cat o ed b the r�on to an
9 institution without considera ion.
10 Subd. il. [RtJLES. ] The b ard may adopt rules consistent
11 aith this section necessary to carry out the-previ�ien�-ef this
12 section, and iaay, if the board considers it advisable or in the
13 public interest, inspect or in estigate enr an institution Mh#eh
.14 that has applied for a licens or he� been granted a license
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16 Subd. 8 12. [PENALTY. � t is a misdemeanor for nrY a
17 person or corporation to viol te this section.
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1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . moves t amend H. F. No. 89, as follows:
2 Delete everything afte the enacting clause and insert:
3 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 35.71, is
4 amended to read:
5 35.71 [UNCLAIMED AND EDEEMED AN�MP�i�S DOGS AND CATS
6 IMPOUNDED; SCIENTIFIC USE O OTHER DISPOSITION. ]
7 Subdivision 1. [DEFIN TIONS. J Aa-�aed-tn-this-aeetier�T
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1 license to the institution au horizing it to obtain entmn�� dogs
2 and cats under this section. No establishment or institution
3 shall sell or ive an do or cat to an institution that is not .
4 licensed under this subdivisi n.
5 Subd. 3. [S�RA�-AN�MA�S DOGS AND CATS; SEIZURE,
6 DISPOSITION. j All ani�e�a do and cats seized by public
7 authority must be held for re emption by the owner for at least
8 five regular business days o the impounding agency or for a
9 longer time specified by mun' cipal ordinance. For the purpose
10 of this subdivision, "regula business day" means a day during
11 which the establishment havi g custody of en-erci�n� dogs and
12 cats is open to the public n t less than four consecutive hours
13 between the hours of 8:00 a. . and 7 :00 p.m. with at least one
14 of those da s to include Sat rda or Sunda . Establishmentrs
15 must maintain the following records of the enrma�a dogs and cats
16 in custody, and preserve th records for at least aix-�ontha two
17 eY ars:
18 (a) the description of the ansn�a� doa or cat bv snecies.
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10 fnrther-pesb�ie-ftsnda-fron�-en -eennty-or-n�esniespa�ity.---Hpon
11 reeerpt-ef-a-�werrc-ataten�ent by-nn-nathoriaed-effteer-er
12 en�p�eyee-ef-e-�ieenaed-inat' tntren-ef-r�onee�np�ianee-by-any
13 eatab�i�hn�eat-wtth-thi�-aee ron=-the-trenatsrer-ef-eny
14 �anretpa�tty-er-ether-po�it ea�-anbdiei�rer�-of-the-atate-�ey-net
15 pay-any-p�b�re-fesnda-te-the e�tab�iahn�ent-�ntt�-the-een�p�etanr�t
16 Mtthdrna�-rta-atate�nent-of- oneon�p�rnnee-or-nntr�-the-board
17 etther-deter�nsr�ea-thet-the- e�np�a=nt-ef-nenee�p�snnee-aa�
18 attko�t-fe�ndatiere-or-thet- he-eatab�iah�ent-hn�-gte►en-adeqtsete
19 e�a�ranee-ef-f�ttsre-een�p�r nee-nnd-the-treaaarer-ef-the
20 �nttrcietpa�ity-er-ether-pe�t tea�-sesbdiet�ion-ha�-been-notrfred-ef
21 tke-deter�nrrcation-in-artti g.---�f-rt-appenr�-apen-e-peraon'-a
2� :. een�p�nrnt-thnt-erc-offieer� ageat=-or-e�p�eyee-ef-en :
23 e�tab�4�h�ent-ia-vre�etrr�g or-fai�sng-te-enrrp-eat-the°_�
'- 24, provsaren�-ef-thrs-aeetren -the-ettorr�ep-gercere�-er-eoesntY<<:�
25 etternep-of-the-eeanty-rn hreh-the-eatab�rah�nent-ta-�oeated=_-ire.=
26 nddttion-to-any-ether-re� drea=-�ay-brrr�g-an-eetson-in-the-na�e
27 of-the-�tnte-ngarn�t-the- atnb�=alu�ent=-offreerT-agentT-er
28 e�np�eyee-te-en?ein-ee�p�t nee-Mith-this-aeetren.
29 " Sub__ ��S=`� ' ATS BEARING �IDENTIFICATION,'�. A da9_;_,o=%i
30 cat bearin . a coilar or a other-form •of identification:.shali_�.
31 not be made available to n institution, unless there is in the
32 ssession of the establ shiaent a surrender form si ned b the
33 owner of the do or cat hat the do or cat ma be released to
34 an institution for resea ch and teachin .
35 Subd.5. [RECOVERY OF DOGS AND CATS. � Each institution
36 that receives do s and c ts ursuant to this section must have a
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1 rocedure for ermittin the wners of do s and cats that are
2 lost, which ma be in the cus od of the institution, to attem t
3 to identif and recover the o s and cats. �
4 Subd. 6. (DISPOSITION F DOGS AND CATS. � Dogs and cats not
5 returned to their owners or ransferred to institutions shall be
6 ado ted out as et and com a ion animals or humanel
7 euthanized. Do s and cats m not be transferred to
8 out-of-state institutions or dealers as defined in section
9 347.31, �subdivision 4. "
10 Subd. 7. [NOTICE TO PU LIC. ] Each establishment that is
11 licensed to sell do s and cats to institutions must ost a
12 cons icuous notice at the e tablishment where do s and cats are
13 surrendered and must lace he notice on each surrender form
14 that do s and cats left wit the establishment ma be sold for
15 research and teachin ur o es.
16 Subd. 4.- 8. [TRANSPOR ATION OF AN�MA�S DOGS AND CATS. J A
17 licensed institution must p ovide, at its own expense, for the
18 transportation of anime�� d s and cats from the establishment
19 to the institution end-n+ts�t ��e-the�n-en�y-ta-the-eer�dtset-ef-it�
20 aerer�tif te-nrcd-ed�enttona�- etreitiea.
21 Subd. 5: 9. (ANNUAL ICENSE FEE. ] Each licensed
22 institution must pay to th -boaTd a license fee o� $5ff- 15�,DQ0
23 for each calendar year or art of a calendar year. License fees
24 must be depoaited-in-the-g nera�-fe�r�d-of-the-atate:°:
25 trenanry a ro riated to t e board for ur oses° of enforcement
26 of state laws concernin d s or cats that fall under the
27 board's 3urisdiction. ,
28 Subd. 6.- 10. [REVOC ION OF LICENSE. ] After 15 days'
29 written notice and an op rtunity to be heard, the board may
30 revoke the license grante any institutinn if the institution
31 has (1) violated this sec ion, or (2) failed to comply with the
32 conditions of the board i respect to the issuance ot its
33 license.
34 Subd. �: 11. [ROLES ) The board may adopt rules consistent
35 with this section necessa y to carry out the provisions of this
36 section, and may, if the oard considers it advisable or in the
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1 public interest, inspect or i vestigate any institution which
2 has applied for a license or has been granted a license under
3 this section.
4 Subd. 8.- 12. [PENALTY. It is a rg oss misdemeanor for any
5 person or corporation to vio ate this section. "
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Those who would have us beli ve that the personal property
of Minnesotans is not being ade available for profit and
public subsidy, are not fooli g many of us much of the time
any more.
COMMON CLAIM OF INDUSTRY:
DOGS AND CATS NOT CLAIMED ROM MUNICIPAL POUNDS ARE NOT
OWNED BY ANYONE. NO ONE CAR S ABOUT THEM, THEREFORE WE AkE
HURTING NO ONE BY TAKING THES ANIMALS FOR OUR USE.
THE ABOVE CLAIM IS ILLOGICA AND UNFACTUAL. IT DOES NOT
EVEN HINT AT THE TRUE ISSUES, WHICH ARE:
1) ANIMALS IN MOST HE VY DEMAND BY INSTITUTIONS ARE
ADULT DOGS AND CATS WHICH HAVE BEEN SOCIALIZED FOR
EASY HANDLING. SCIENTISTS DO NOT WAIJT TO WRESTLE
WILD, VICIOUS , PA K DOGS TO THE TABLE . THEY
SPECIFICALLY SEEK T OSE ANIMALS WHO HAVE LEARNED TO
OBEY HUMANS, AND IN EED, WE HAVE REPORTS FROM THOSE
INSIDE LABORATORIES THAT SAY MANY OF THE ANIMALS
THEY USE KNOW BASI COMMANDS SUCH AS "SIT" , "LAY"
A�TD "STAY" .
THEY WANT OU'it�PETS.
2) WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A PACK OF COLLIES
GRAZING ON YOUR BA KYARD SHRUBS?
TO SAY THAT HEALTH , ADULT ANIMALS CONEISCATED EROM
POUNDS ARE NO ONE` PROPERTY IS ONE OF THE MOST
LUDICROUS ARGUMEN S EVER PERPETRATED UPON THE
MINNESOTA PUBLIC . THESE ANIMALS HAVE OBVIOUSLY
BEEN NURTURED TO DULTHOOD BY HUMAN HANDS. THEY
HAVE RECEIVED MEDI AL CARE, MANY ARE PROEESSIONALLY
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GROOMED, THEY REPRE ENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
INVESTMENTS BY MINNES TA CITIZENS.
THEY ARE OUR PROPERT AND WE, AS PROPERTY OWNERS,
DO NOT WANT THEM M DE AVAILABLE FOR PROFIT BY
INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS AND AS FINANCIAL SUBSIDY FOR
INDUSTRY.
3) WHO ACTS AS YOUR ARE POUND? DO YOU KNOW? DO YOU
KNOW WHO ACTS AS T E POUND IN YOUR NEIGHBORING
COMMUNITY? DO YOU K OW THAT THERE ARE 26 POUNDS IN
THE METRO AREA? DO OU KNOW THAT LOST ANIMALS ARE
STASHED IN VETERIN RY HOSPITALS, SHELTERS, AND
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS LL OVER THIS COMMUNITY?
IF YOU LIVE IN EDEN PRAIRIE, DO YOU KNOW YOUR LOST
ANIMALS ARE HOUSED IN BLOOMINGTON? DO YOU KNOW
THAT IF YOUR ANIMAL IS PICKED UP IN EXCELSIOR, IT
WILL PROBABLY GO TO CHANHASSEN; UNLESS IT' S AFTER
HOURS IN WHICH CASE IT MAY GO TO BLOOMINGTON OR TO
YOUR POLICE DEPARTME T. .
IF YOU LIVE IN ROBB NSDALE, TRY LOOKING AT THE VET
HOSPITAL IN BROOKL N PARK WHICH HOLDS A HOUSING
CONTRACT FOR YOUR A EA. NO LUCK? MAYBE YOUR DOG
RAN INTO MINNEAPOLI AND IS AT THE DOWNTOWN POUND.
OR, MAYBE SOMEONE P CKED IT UP AND TOOK IT TO THE
GOLDEN VALLEY HUMAN SOCIETY. TRY THEM ALL. . .EVERY
DAY.
IF YOU LIVE IN CI IES OUTSIDE THE METRO AREA,
CHANCES ARE GOOD TH T ANIMAL DEALERS ARE PULLING UP
TO YOUR LOCAL POUN AND LOADING UP YOUR DOGS AND
CATS FOR A PROFITAB E SALE TO RESEARCH.
THE PEOPLE OF MINN SOTA DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO LOOK
WHEN THEIR FAMILY ET ACCIDENTALLY ESCAPES. . .THEY
DON' T EVEN KNOW TH RIGHT QUESTIONS TO ASK. THEY
ADVERTISE IN NEWSP PERS, POST FLYERS ON COMMUNITY
BULLETIN BOARDS , W ILE ALL THE TIME THE OBJECT OF
THEIR SEARCH IS IDDEN OUT IN A CLINIC OR AN
UNADVERTISED BUIL ING , OR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY —
WITH THE CLOCK TI KING AND THE RESEARCH TRUCK' S
ENGINE RUNNING.
THIS IS NOT 1949 YMORE. YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT
THE STATE OUT OF T IS ISSUE. THEY WANT A CHANGE
AND THEY WANT TO H VE SAY IN ISSUES CONCERNING
THE WELL—BEING OF HEIR OWN FAMILIES AND PROPERTY.
REPEAL THE STATE MANDATE. GIVE _PET OWNERS AND
COMMUNITIES A CH CE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE MESS
THAT HAS BEEN CR ATED BY YEARS OF INEFFICIENCY
COMPOiJNDED BY A STATE—SANCTIONED INCENTIVE TO
WRONGFULLY BUY AND SELL PERSONAL PROPERTY.
PAL,inc.
P.O.Box 11557
Saint Paul, MN 55111
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Those who advocate the co fiscation of privately-owned
family pets from municipal po nds would have us believe that
our personal property is ecessary to the progress of
bio-medical research and huma health in this state.
COMMON CLAIM OF INDUSTRY:
IF WE CANNOT LAY CLAIM TO THE PRIVATELY-OWNED PETS I[�
MINNESOTA POUNDS, RESEARCH A D THE HEALTH OF MINNESOTANS IN
GENERAL WILL BE IMPAIRED.
THE ABOVE CLAIM IS EASILY D SMISSED AS PROPAGANDA IN ORDER
TO KEEP RECEIVING FINANCIAL SUBSIDIES THROUGH THE DONATION
OE PRIVATE PROPERTY TO HE COMMERCIAL EFFORTS OF A
MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTR :
1 ) STATES WITH BIGGE EXPENDITURES IN BIO-MEDICAL
RESEARCH THAN MIN ESOTA WORK WITHIN STATE LAWS
WHICH ELAT-OUT P OHIBIT THE CONFISCATION OF
PEOPLE' S PETS FRO STATE POUNDS . THESE STATES
INCLUDE: MARYLAN (JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY) ,
MASSACHUSETTS (HARV RD MEDICAL SCHOOL) ,
NEW JERSEY (THE LAR EST DEVELOPER AND PRODUCER OF
PHARMACEUTICS IN TH COUNTRY) , NEW YORK (CORNELL) ,
CON�IECTICUT (YALE M DICAL SCHOOL) .
WHAT IS MI�1l�ESOTA TRYING TO TELL US? THAT WE
CANNOT DO WHAT OTH R STATES CAN DO? THAT WE ARE
NOT UP TO THE SAME EVELS OF KNOWLEDGE AND PROGRESS
AS THE LEADERS? IF THIS IS SO, THEN LET' S GET THE
KNOWLEDGE, NOT SUBS DIZE THE STATUS-QUO.
2) ALMOST ALL BIO-MEDI AL RESEARCH IS FUNDED WITH OUR
EEDERAL TAX DOLLARS GRANTED TO INSTITUTIONS THROUGH
THE NATIONAL INSTIT TES OF HEALTH (NIH) .
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THE NIH, ITSELF THE LARGEST CONDUCTOR OF
BIO—MEDICAL RESEARCH IN THE COUNTRY, DOES NOT USE
ANY POUND ANIMALS IN HEIR WORK, CLAIMING THAT SUCH
ANIMALS WITH UNKNOW BACKGROUNDS, GENETICS AND
CONDITIONS ARE UNSUIT BLE FOR RELIABLE RESEARCH.
POUND SEIZURE SUPPOR ERS ALSO SAY THAT THE NI8 WILL
NOT PROVIDE THEM T E 1VECESSARY DOLLARS TO BUY
PURPOSE—BRED ANIMALS. BUT THIS SAME FEDERAL BUREAQ
SUPPORTS ALL OTHER 4 STATES WHICH EITHER PROHIBIT
THE CONFISCATION OF POUND ANIMALS BY INDUSTRY, OR
REMAIN "SILENT" ON T E SUBJECT, ALLOWING INDIVIDUAL
COMMUNITIES TO DECID ON THE MATTER.
3) OPPONENTS OF A POUN SEIZURE REPEAL HAVE TESTIFIED
OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THEY CANNOT AFFORD THE
EXTRA DOLLARS — ABOU ONE MILLION CLAIMED NECESSARY
BY THE UNIVERSITY — TO PURCHASE PURPOSE—BRED
ANIMALS FROM THE LA E PURPOSE—BRED INDUSTRY WHICH
HAS DEVELOPED IN T IS COUNTRY SINCE THE END OF
WORLD WAR II.
YET , THIS SAME INS ITUTION CAN PUT MORE OF OUR
DOLLARS INTO THE RED CORATION OF A PRIVATE HOME!
NO, LADIES AND GENT EMEN. NO MORE CAN THEY FOOL
THESE PEOPLE ALL OF HE TIME.
IT` S OUR MONEY TH Y ARE RECEIVING IN THE FIRST
PLACE. WE DRAW THE INE WHEN IT COMES TO RECEIVING
OUR PERSONAL PROPER Y.
4) PEOPLE WHO CHERIS THEIR FAMILY PETS ARE NOT
AGAINST PROGRESS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH.
WE ARE INTELLIGENT, HARD—WORKING PROFESSIONALS JUST
LIKE YOU. WE R SPECT OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ANIMAL COMPANIONS .
WE KNOW THAT REPE L OF POUND SEIZURE WILL NOT
IMPEDE RESEARCH O JEOPARDIZE HUMAN HEALTH. WE
ALSO KNOW THAT POUN SEIZURE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
COUNTLESS EMOTIONAL TRAGEDIES TAKING PLACE ACCOUNT
OF A NEEDLESS LAW.
IT IS TIME TO GIVE INNESOTA PET OWNERS THE SAME
RESPECT AND FAIR T EATMENT AS 88� OF THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY GIVES T EIR PET—OWNING POPULATION.
REPEAL THE STATE ANDATE. GIVE OS A CHANCE TO
RECLAIM WHAT IS URS! RESEARCH WILL HAVE TO
CHANGE; THIS IS TRU . BUT, SEEING AS THEY BAVEN`T
HAD TO CHANGE SINCE 1949 , DON'T YOU THINR IT'S
� ABOUT TIME?!
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Those who resist change � by ncouraging continuation of the
1949 state mandate which gi es Minnesotans no say in what
happens to privately-owned pets once they escape a gate or a
door, would also have you elieve that the public agrees
with this law. ' �^ V" ���
COMMON CLAIM OF INDUSTRY:
POLLS SHOW THAT THE PUBLIC BELIEVES UNCLAIMED, PRIVATE PETS
SHOULD BE USED FOR WHAT VER PURPOSES THE SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNITY DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
THIS CLAIM IS ABSURD AND WE AN PROVE IT:
1) THE VAST MAJORITY F MINNESOTANS HAD NEVER KIVOWN
ABOUT POUND SE ZURE - THE CLAIMING OF
PRIVATELY-OWNED PET FROM MUNICIPAL POUNDS - UNTIL
RECENTLY.
AND, WHEN THEY H AR OF IT, THEIR RESPONSE IS
RESOUNDING. CALLS ND LETTERS BY THE HUNDREDS ARE
POURING INTO THE P L INCORPORATED OFFICE AND INTO
THE STATE CAPITOL. COMPANIES, ORGANIZATIONS, CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS AND HOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS ARE
TELLING US AND TELL NG YOU TO STOP THIS NONSENSICAL
AND CRUEL .SUBSID TO A MULTI-BILLI0IV DOLLAR
INDUSTRY. �
MINNESOTANS WANT THE VOTE! THEY WANT THEIR
PERSONAL PROPERTY OTECTED BY LAW JUST AS OTHER
PROPERTY RECEIVES OTECTION FROM INAPPROPRIATE
CONFISCATION AND H .
2) THIS IS NOT AN ANT -RESEARCH ISSUE. THIS IS A LAW
WHICH PUTS UNJUST ND UNNECESSARY EMOTIONAL AND
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PHYSICAL BURDEN UPON TATE CITIZENS AS PENALTY FOR
COMMITTING NO GREAT R CRIME THAN FORGETTING TO
LATCH A GATE.
LOSING A PET IS AN EM TIONALLY—EXHAUSTING SITUATION
ALL_ BY ITSELF. BUT, , OW THAT MINNESOTANS KNOW WAAT
THEY ARE UP AGAINST — THE RESEARCH TRUCR — THEIR
EXHAUSTION AND FRUST TION IS TAKING THE FORM OF
ANGER; ANGER THAT A L THE BURDEN IS THEIR' S, AND
ALL THE LAURELS GO TO INDUSTRY.
3) THE 1949 POUND SEIZUR LAW TURNED MINNESOTA` S TAX—
FUNDED ANIMAL SHELTER SYSTEM INTO AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT ENTERPRISE THAN WHAT IT WAS ESTABLISHED
TO BE, AND DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE PUBLIC THOUGHT
IT WAS.
YOU CANNOT CALL A TA FUNDED SYSTEM WHICH HAS
AUTHORITY TO PICK UP, HOLD, AND SELL PRIVATE
PROPERTY TO INDUSTRY A PUBLIC SERVICE. TEiE
INCENTIVE BECOMES NE OF TURNING A BUCK ON THE
GOODS; AND MANY ANIM LS EQUALS MANY, MANY BUCKS.
MINNESOTA'S PET O ERS, WHO THOUGHT THE POUND
SYSTEM'S FUNCTION WA TO PROTECT THE PET—OWNING
PUBLIC, ARE OUTRAGED THAT THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN
CORROPTED TO TAE POI T OF BEING AN OFF—SITE, TAX—
PAID WAREHOUSE FOR I DUSTRY. '
4) JUST WITHIN THE LAST MONTH, THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE
AND BUSINESSES HAVE FFERED THEIR HELP IN FIGHTING
THE STATE LAW:
DAIRY FRESH INDUSTRI S — AD SPACE
CAMPBELL MITHUN ADVE TISING INC. — AD DESIGN
VIDEO LEASE — VIDEO RODUCTION
RITN—TV, CHANNEL �29 — PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYST M TEACHERS — CLASS PROJECT
SUPPORT
STAR/TRIBUNE.._- ARTIC E
SRYWAY NEWS — ARTICL
THE CITIES OF MINNE OLIS AND ST. PAUL — FORMAL
RESOLUTIONS ASKING F R PASSAGE OF POUND SEIZIIRE
REPEAL
MORE THAN 1 ,000 I DIVIDUAL MINNESOTA RESIDENTS
PAL,inc. CALLING AND ASKING W THEY CAN HELP — AND STILL
PQ.Box11557 CALLING!
Saint Paul, MN 55111