Public Hearing on the Cook County TNR Ordinance
There is a public hearing to review the 2007 Managed Care of Feral Cats Ordinance scheduled for Tuesday, March 19th, 11:30am, at the Cook County building, 118 N. Clark St., room 569.
The ordinance is to be reviewed because anti-cat groups such as the Chicago Audubon Society got the attention of Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin.
If you sent a letter to the Cook County Commissioners through Alley Cat Allies’ action alert page, you would have gotten the same email response I did:
In your email, you expressed concern about the Cook County Board of Commissioners passing an ordinance that was adverse to feral cats. I have attached the notice for a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 11:30 am that is going to examine that issue. As you can see from the notice, the purpose of the hearing is to have a report from Dr. Donna Alexander, Administrator of the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control, on the Department’s activities and the effect of those activities on the feral cat population. No ordinance will be passed at that meeting.
You are welcome to attend and testify at that meeting. To do so, please contact the Secretary of the Cook County Board of Commissioners at www.cookcountyil.gov/secretary or 312-603-6127.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Brian Miller
Chief of Staff/General Counsel
Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin
118 N. Clark Street, Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
312-603-6383
312-603-3622 f
From: Secretary to the Board Master List [mailto:SECRETARYMASTERLIST@
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 4:07 PM
To: SECRETARYMASTERLIST@LISTSRV1.
Subject: Public Hearing Notice for the Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 11:30 a.m.
Attached please find a Public Hearing Notice for the Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 11:30 a.m.
Please feel free to contact our Office should you need additional assistance.
Secretary to the Board of Commissioners of Cook County
Cook County Building
118 North Clark Street Room 436
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(312) 603-6127″
The link they included does not work. I think they meant this one.
The email also included an agenda of the hearing.
I don’t fully understand everything on this agenda. Animal Care and Control officers do not go out and do Trap-Neuter-Return. Per the ordinance, that responsibility along with many other requirements, falls entirely on registered colony cat caretakers to do all the work.
I’m glad Dr. Donna Alexander, the Administrator for Cook County’s Animal and Rabies Control, will be reporting on the progress of TNR in Cook County. She seems to be the one to get things done around here.
I may have to work, but I hope to attend this hearing. I have 18 colonies registered with Tree House Humane Society and am glad to promote the numbers of TNR in Cook County.
Here’s two of the 39 cats that I’ve trapped so far from the James’ Gang Colony in my yard, Sugar and Finch.
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130221/chicago/feral-cats-spur-clash-between-audubon-anti-cruelty-societies#.UT_l9jXrGQI.mailto
Please see link, the Chicago Audubon wants TNR to become illegal in Cook County.
Also people feeding any ferals could be ticketed.
Also see http://www.catvando.org