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From: Menchaca, Clarissa
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 9:15 AM
To: Schuman, Amy
Subject: FW: Farm animal fire victims
Correspondence.
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Associate Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive,Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.33081 F: 530.538.7120
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From: kim@animalplace.org<kim@animalplace.org>
Sent:Wednesday, December 5, 2018 1:44 PM
To:Connelly, Bill<BConnelly@buttecounty.net>; Wahl, Larry<LWahl@buttecounty.net>; Kirk, Maureen
<MKirk@buttecounty.net>; BOS District 4<District4@buttecounty.net>; Lambert,Steve<SLambert@buttecounty.net>;
Teeter, Doug<DTeeter@buttecounty.net>; Soulsby, Ryan <RSoulsby@buttecounty.net>; Clerk of the Board
<clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Farm animal fire victims
TO: Butte County Board of Supervisors
Ryan Soulsby, Butte County Animal Control
North Valley Animal Disaster Group
I am writing on behalf of Animal Place, an animal rescue shelter in Grass Valley. We wish to offer our aid for unclaimed
livestock and other farm animals affected by the fire. We have 30 years of experience housing and handling a wide array
of farm animals and operate a 600-acre sanctuary with 500 rescued cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, rabbits, sheep, and
goats.
Today we received word that unclaimed farm animals(approximately 20% of those at Gridley) have or will soon be
moved to an impound yard by Butte County Animal Control. We are concerned about the disposition of these animals.
We know the devastation from this fire has been enormous. The loss of human and animal life is incomprehensible, and
our hearts go out to everyone affected. We have opened our bed and breakfast inn to evacuees free or charge and are
currently housing 10, along with their companion animals. We have made several trips to evacuation centers(for humans
and animals)and to the Butte Humane Society's food pantry delivering more than $10,000 worth of supplies.
And we have offered to intake farm animals for permanent placement at our shelter or in private, pre-screened adoptive
homes. We have been met with different stories; this confusion and misinformation are normal during a disaster of this
scope, so we felt it important to address the Board of Supervisors, in the hopes you can help.
While the unclaimed dogs and cats will find forever homes, we are concerned that the livestock and other farm animals
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will be sold for slaughter. We feel strongly they deserve as much of a chance at a permanent loving home as the dogs and
cats, and we can help with that.
We are offering to help intake or place unclaimed farm animals (chickens, sheep, goats, cows,turkeys, pigs, miniature
donkeys/horses)so that Butte County Animal Control can focus on dogs, cats,and horses.
You can reach me at kim@animalplace.org, work: 530-477-7371, and cell: 530-205-0)75
Our two employees who are assigned to help include our Education Director Marji Beach marji@animalplace.org and our
Animal Care Director Hannah Beins hannah@animalplace.org
Know the urgency of this situation, I will call follow-up this email with a phone. Thank you for your time and all the work
you are putting into helping with this horrendous disaster.
Respectfully,
Kim Sturla
Executive Director
Kimberley Sturla
ANIMAL PLACE
17314 McCourtney Rd.
Grass Valley,CA 95949
530.477.7371
www.animalplace.org
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