Los Angeles Directors of Animal Welfare (DAWs)
www.DAWprogram.org

March 16, 2007

The Honorable Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
200 North Spring Street, Room 303
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Re: Ruby, the elephant

Dear Mayor Villaraigosa,

The following Directors of Animal Welfare (DAWs) thank you for deciding to relocate Ruby to a Northern California sanctuary. She will be very happy in her new home.

We also thank you for all of your efforts—past, present and future--to protect the truly helpless and voiceless members of our community, the animals.

Sincerely,

Charlotte Laws – DAW President, DAW & Boardmember for the Greater Valley Glen Council

Jeanette Andreas – DAW & Boardmember for North Hills West Neighborhood Council.

Gary Baratta – DAW & Boardmember for the Mid-town North Hollywood Neighborhood Council 

Tina Clark – DAW for Glendale

Hollie Dickinson – DAW for the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council

Marlene Goodman – DAW & Committee Chair for the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council

Jeff Gross – DAW for the Tarzana Neighborhood Council

Kris Kelly – DAW for the Pacific Palisades Community Council and Beverly Hills

Adele Langdon – DAW for the Bel Air Neighborhood Council & Westwood

Diana Lannes – DAW for the Glassell Park Neighborhood Council

Sandra Levinson – DAW for Glendale

Diana London – DAW for Anaheim Hills

Sara Mannes – DAW for the Venice Neighborhood Council

Rachel Paap – DAW for the Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council

Lisa Reveen – DAW & Boardmember for the Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council

Tina Reynolds – DAW for Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council

George Shea – DAW for the Studio City Neighborhood Council

Scott Sorrentino – DAW for the Valley Village Neighborhood Council

Rebecca West – DAW for South Santa Monica

Donna Willensky – DAW for the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council

Missy Woodward – DAW for the Reseda Neighborhood Council

* Titles are for identification purposes only.