Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SR2018-42

• Record #: SR2018-42
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 1/17/2018
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 2/28/2018
• Title: Call for substantive changes to policy and law in animal shelters and declaration of 2018 "The Year of the Shelter Animal"
• Sponsors: Burke, Edward M., Lopez, Raymond A., Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Curtis, Derrick G., Foulkes, Toni, Villegas, Gilbert, Sposato, Nicholas, Solis, Daniel, Mitts, Emma, Scott, Jr. Michael, Hopkins, Brian , Zalewski, Michael R., Moreno, Proco Joe, Taliaferro, Chris, Reboyras, Ariel, Maldonado, Roberto, Austin, Carrie M., Santiago, Milagros, Waguespack, Scott, Mell, Deborah, Smith, Michele, Napolitano, Anthony V., Silverstein, Debra L., Quinn, Marty
• Topic: COMMITTEE/PUBLIC HEARINGS - Committee on Finance

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
2/28/2018	66218	City Council	Adopted	Pass
2/26/2018		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass
2/26/2018		Committee on Finance	Substituted in Committee
1/17/2018	65800	City Council	Referred

SUBSIITUTE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago Animal Care & Control Commission (CACC)( last year operated
as the City's only open admission shelter, receiving 14,901 animals in 20.17; arid """"""" ' v :; J . ,

WHEREAS, 7,224 dogs were received by CACC: 3,134 dogs were received as strays, 2,235 dogs were given up to their owners, 642 were confiscated, 484 were requested for disposal, 669 were requests for euthanasia, and sixty were dogs returned to CACC; and

WHEREAS, 5,898 cats were received by CACC: 3,557 were received as strays, 1,815 cats were given up by their owners, 118 were confiscated, 241 were requested for disposal, 147 were euthanized, 195 died while in care, 1,131 were dead on arrival; and

WHEREAS, participating Homeward Bound Program organizations have successfully transferred out of CACC 3,250 dogs, 3,951 cats, and 829 "other" animals; and

WHEREAS, CACC has on several occasions reached maximum capacity in the shelter throughout the 2017 year and continued the trend at the beginning of 2018, proposing to euthanize animals indiscriminately in order to create space within the facilities; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, do hereby declare 2018 to be "The Year of the Shelter Animal;" and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That we recognize Homeward Bound Program participants, including Chicago Wolves Charities, 4 Paw Luv Rescue, A Caring Place Humane Society, A Little R & R Animal Sanctuary, A & S Rescue, ABRA Inc., Adopt-A-Pet, Alive Rescue, All Herding Breed Dog Rescue, Animal Rescue Foundation of Illinois, Anti-Cruelty Society, Barrington Area Animal Rescue & Kennels, Be Fido's Friend, Bombshell Bullies Pit Bull Rescue, Bow Wow Revolution Animal Rescue, Chicago Animal Advocates, Chicago Canine Rescue Foundation, Chicago Herpetological Society, Chicago Pet Rescue, Chicagoland Bully Breed Rescue, Chicagoland Dog Rescue, Community Animal Rescue Effort, CPR Fund, Critter Corral Guinea...