Week for the Animals

Proclamation

By the Governor of Alabama

WHEREAS, pet population continues to be a problem in Alabama and across the United States; and

WHEREAS, great animal shelters provide progressive programs to help improve the animals in need; and

WHEREAS, Alabama Week for the Animals brings together organizations, schools, and agencies across Alabama to help celebrate the joy, love and service that animals bring to their lives; and

WHEREAS, spaying and neutering pets and adopting animals from shelters and humane societies are important ways to address the problem of pet overpopulation; and

WHEREAS, the year 2016 will mark the 7^th Annual Week for the Animals in Alabama:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim March 26 through April 3, 2016, as

Week for the Animals

in the State of Alabama.

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 1^st day of March 2016.

Robert Bentley
Governor