Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

WHEREAS:      We have been endowed not only with the blessings and benefits of our animal friends, who give us companionship and great pleasure in our daily lives, but also with a firm responsibility to protect these fellow creatures, with whom we share the Earth, from need, pain, fear, and suffering; and

WHEREAS:      We recognize that instilling 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 this community are deeply indebted to their animal care and control agencies for their invaluable contribution in caring for lost and unwanted animals 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 philosophy of kindness to animals for the 89^th year.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mike Rundle, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim the week of May 2 – 8, 2004, 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.

                                                                                    Mike Rundle, Mayor

April 27, 2004