HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 90- Be Kind to Animals Week May 6-12 1990
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PROCLAMATION
BE KIND TO ANIMALS WEEK
Ma y 6 -1 2 , 1990
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WHEREAS, we have been endowed not only with the blessings and
benefits of our an imal friends, who give us companionship and
great pleasure in our daily lives, but also with a firm
responsibility to protect these fellow creatures with which we
share the earth from need. pain, fear and suffering; and
WHEREAS, we recognize that teaching attitudes of kindness,
consideration and respect for all living things through humane
education in the schools and the community helps to provide
the basic values on which a humane and civilized society is
built; and
WHEREAS, the people in the City of Bozeman are deeply indebted to
their animal care and control agencies for their invaluable
contribution in caring for lost and unwanted animals,
instilling humane values in our children through humane
education programs, and promoting a true working spirit of
kindness and consideration for animals in the minds and
hearts of all people; and
WHEREAS, the first full week of May has been set as the annual
celebration of the national week observing the phi losophy of
kindness to animals,
NOW THEREFORE, I , Robert L. Hawks, Mayor of the City of Bozeman,
do hereby proclaim the week of May 6 through 12, 1990 as
"BE KIND TO ANIMALS WEEK"
and do heartily commend to all our citizens a full participation in all the
events related thereto in this community.
SEA L IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the great seal of the City of
Bozeman, in the State of Montana, to
be affixed at Bozeman, Montana, this
30th day of April. in the year of our
Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred
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ROBERT L. HAWKS
Mayor