Recommendation: That the following actions
be taken with respect to the 12th Report of the Animal Welfare Advisory
Committee (AWAC), from its meeting held on November 6, 2014:
a) the
following actions be taken with respect to the Draft City of London Humane
Urban Wildlife Conflict Policy:
i) the
Municipal Council BE ADVISED that the AWAC reviewed the Draft Humane Urban
Wildlife Conflict Policy on October 22, 2014, and endorses the following key
points:
A) "the
City will strive to protect the welfare of wild animals by using humane
solutions to resolve conflicts";
B) “trapping
devices that are known to cause physical injury to animals, such as body or
limb gripping traps and snares, will not be used to trap animals"; and,
C) "the City will make all reasonable efforts to avoid
displacing injuring or killing wild animals, and humane lethal measures will
be used as a last resort"'
ii) the definition of "animal" in the above-noted
Draft Policy BE BROADENED to include the class "Aves" (birds);
iii)
the Civic Administration BE URGED to develop appropriate
species-specific protocols based on the above-noted Draft Policy, in the
coming year; and,
iv) the Chair of AWAC, on behalf of the AWAC, BE DIRECTED to
seek delegation status at the November 17, 2014 meeting of the Community and
Protective Services Committee, with respect to this matter;
b) the
Civic Administration BE ADVISED that the AWAC expressed concerns that healthy
animals, or those with behavioral issues, at the London Animal Care Centre
(LACC), are being killed instead of being offered for transfer to every
rescue group willing to take such animals; it being noted that the AWAC
reviewed and received a communication dated October 20, 2014, from V. Van
Linden with respect to this matter;
c) clauses 1, 2 and 4 to 8 BE
RECEIVED;
it being noted that the Community and
Protective Services Committee heard a verbal delegation from V. Van Linden,
Chair, AWAC, with respect to this matter.
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