major chinese markets have ended ab is co-sponsored by speaker atkins and chair laura and leon no and assembly members i got wrong we thank supervisor wiener and commissioner chan for their leadership and san francisco's important support nor ab 9 of and protecting rhinos and elephants it is an clooit which i say the government has identified as an international contra costa choice and new york is been identified and by clarifying the i've very that will help to battle terry rich

it is circle for terrorist groups like the michelle and other army in uganda it is increasing taking part in the lucrative that market the elephant and rhino population has declined we 50 percent and the elephant population is reduced to half of what it was more 50 thousand elephants were reduced to the second largest market in the world 1/3rd of ivory offered for sale was not - a staggering 2 thousand rhinos were purchased in africa and only 29 thousand left in the wild los angeles has identified as the top market for ivory for

the illegal trade the ivory trade in california is that extensive up to 90 percent of the ivory was found in la and under the california law it is hard to enforce therefore california must pass ab 96 we respectfully ask you to help pass this ab bill and help raise the international crisis it is cruel and it is important for this species i've brought in case i guys want one a copy of the q and a if you want copies let me know i have from the american support a letter thank you very much. >> thank you very much and if you'll leave those there for the clerk to be on the record thank

you i want to ask rose those mar from the rhinos a great organization thank you for being here. >> thank you scott. >> i'm going to need someone's help to understand how to turns obama on i'm assuming to get the feed into the display we're going to call we're calling sfgovtv it's on your presentation is loaded and good evening my name is rosemary a member and co-founder for that march for elephants a skoofl engineer thank you for the opportunity to present today on behalf of the last for elephants everything begins with a story and today we begin with remembering those great bulls

and matt risks who have been killed for ivory i'm not sure you can see clearly but i'll read the names in order from left to right europeans killed in 2009 a mat reflex in 2012 mountain bull 2014 come adequate story a punitive damage gipt a mother and grandmother and animating risk twenty-four hours before this income back bull was taken from the glide foundation she was killed as she was traveling between the borders of kenya on that day day in 2012 along with

kwum adequate her family and daughters were killed only the youngest can have survived she stood vigil all night over here mothers body and found the next day those are the stories of the elephants and rhinos the story of the rhine notice were attacked in envelope one survived and gave birth after self species of rhinos one killed every 8 hours in african this focuses on the african elephant for example was born is hinduism vulnerable from human conflict and expectation,

however, this is given the only male species have here this brings us to the story of a clearing in the forest of the central will african republic that is a world hate site at the center of this opening is a sandy stream elephants have gathered here for century to socialize to tell each other their stories and to communicate with each other words words literallyly tralths in the elephant dialog they've come here long, long before humans walked the ether long before the first humans

experienced the ferries time from a star and the fund the next slide i'll warn you it rather graphic if you're sensitive i advise you to look away or closing close your eyes-only monday may 16 porches rated and killed 26 elephants and 4 calves two percent has disappointed they could be extinct in the next 10 years. >> more than hundred 0,000 that elephants have been killed in the past 3 years the tipping point meaning more elephants are killed and dying than being born therefore existence is zooming

in this generation the current day of poaching is filled with markets in china, however, the the the second largest market for illegal ivory and the trade in california as doubted in the loose 8 years it is important to note that poaching and wildlife trafficking is the fourth largest trans national crime and i havey helps to fund the operations of the terrorist groups elephants are a keystone species what what does that mean? it is as farfetched as sound elephants mitigate climate change and the biological in washington say their environmental architects they keep woods down in the

south africa have a and they're a an important part of the seed the rain forest is the second most important area for catching koikd so elephants have effected climate change our coastal city of san francisco needs elephants in more ways than one adding some las vegas thank you to a engrave topic we've generated this graphic on behalf of the global march that happened on october 4th, 2015, more than one hundred and thirty cities around the planet participated in the march and excluding several people n held up signs saying end the trade in

elephants ivory and rhino horns supervisor wiener was good enough to be at the march and advocated passionately and well on on behalf of elephant and rhinos and we thank him for it we thank california and the state assemblyman atkins for introducing 96, 96 elephants are killed everyday if it passes it takes effect on july 2016 it prohibit the rhino horns and roaches a will that that makes enforcement improbable again we thank supervisor wiener and the state of california we fully support and strongly encourage mayor ed lee to lend this historic resolution it's strong

support and courage this committee and the board to support the resolution and discuss further legislative measures providing the measures don't jeopardizes the passage of 96 or the resolution supporting it i'll leave you today with a story from the elephants by the elephants in the far away place call the sdum allergy in the central african rain forest this is a recording of elephants voices and it is an articulation or a phone calltion of sound captures blow 20 inherits it is below which himself hear and those sound have been captured by

scientists and other folks and exceeded up so we can hear them i believe and i'm sure my colleagues building it is quite beautiful i recommend you close our eyes and listen to it is less than one minute. >> (elephants making noises).

>> i'll end it under apologizing for the quality of sound technology isn't also lending itself easily thank you all for your time i strongly ask you to support this resolution and welcome the testimony from my colleagues and other organizations here as well. >> thank you very much rosemarie i appreciate it madam chair opium on item 2. >> i have several public comment cards i'll hand them off. >> public comment will be two minutes start with rebecca lee and amy and

(calling names). >> speak to the podium yes, that's fine. >> hi sorry i'm a little bit sick i'm a chinese-american and an immigrant myself a long time resident of district 3 that excludes chinatown i'm here to urge your support for the ab bill 96 many statewide and pacific islanders no supporting this resolution and many say noted the california pacific islander which is the statewide body of api leaders from all the states as well as the passion, prejudice alliance a world winning alliance and their here to urge your support thank you.

>> thank you very much >> next speaker and then the names i've called feel free if you'd like to listen up along the far wall. >> i'm amy linda resident in the city. >> speak closer to the microphone. >> i'm amy lining a resident in want city asking you to support the ab 96 bill. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hi my name is jean in aim the leading lead elephant keeper at the zoo i have the privilege of wall street those complex socially dynamic elephants not a day goes but they don't teach me something new whether it's the

interaction and use the tools like a stick to scratch they're eagerly i'm challenged and complicated by their behavior on the forefront of elephant conservation biff on the the cutting-edge to taking care of those animals and travel to african to educate people of their compliekt 96 elephants with the wildlife society and the big foundation and march for elephants i've talked to folks about the ivory trade i ivory comes from dead elephants and horns from dead rhinos i've been touched by faces to raise awareness in our own classroom when i tell the parents they're

significant contributor to this trade their mortified we can't contribute to the end of those inonics beings thank you for your support and 7, 8, 9. >> thank you very much actually i'll call a few more names (calling names). >> good afternoon. i'm christen i reside in san francisco's 7th district in 2009 while in a warehouses bruising i was shocked to see a massive over 6 foot husk in a corner near the front door those couldn't be old i was aware that recording this to wildlife agency it was used

also daniel styles of the defense council conduct a count of over one hundred vendor in la and the san francisco bay area this report noted the stock more than doubted and concluding over 80 percent of the ivory was illegal today i could easily go shopping and fill a large bag full of post 1977 ivory objects given the ivory trade among the brutal butch e.r. when someone looked at the trade carved objects whether treating it forage those might be given

identifications like stone, i know this because it happens to please pass this resolution in support of ending the ivory trade thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. . >> is that showing up. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm a homeowner on washington street in student sophisticating san francisco it is few things that defines san franciscans awhile raising how the ivory sale in its complexity i encounter san franciscans that are uniformly shocked and appalled and acting a total ban will not be easy royals the

importance a san francisco motivated by the experience of pulling streetcars uphill introduced our incongress cable cars that makes it is important to end the suffering and the nomination are social advocating the right to be regardless of race gender or species representatives of the cultural folks marched together protest the sale of irony it was the second largest in the world 0 stop this existence where we have cultural cooperates around the world without that there is no hope i saw an asian woman give information to the youth i say an example that is positive

thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm pat hugh i've lived in san francisco since 198249 argument district thank you for hearing us i want to tell you a story about some folks in african in 2003 a number of ann lops were captured and brought to a small vinyl interceptor nervous milling about but that night a herd of elephants they encycled the enclosure the the antelopes escaped the elephant sgoirpd disappeared into the night according the the polls among

the majority of scientists we're under going the sixth largest existence in san francisco go 99 percent of current sxings is caused by huns this insures the eco system and helps our environment to withstand stress we need animals without them we'll surely die we ask you support ab 96 thank you very much. >> >> next speaker. >> good evening i was horror inside to learn of the wide status as a nation number two ivory hub this status is inconsistent with san francisco's image as the compassionate and forward thinking city i applaud supervisor wiener and supervisor

tang to shut down the trade in san francisco and restore us a leader we've heard that the ivory sold in san francisco is illegal there was a washington post article that was shown that this is a criminal illegal wildlife trafficking thus it is very important that once ab 96 is passed that the city and state make a commitment to exploring on a coordinated effort of the abdomen an 9 of one of the problems they're not enforced this is a clearer more effective law to enforce that makes a difference only if the city and the state make a joint poster to cooperate with the police and the california of fish and wildlife to make sure

those laws are understood by law enforcement that law enforcement is aware of the laws and the law enforcement is committed to enforcing them thank you for your attention to this issue. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm danny the director the marketing at san francisco zoo as you recall it is the home to the oldest black rhino she's made an important contribution she's had 15 of grandkids and two great, great grandkids the zoo is proud of its with work with the black rhinos and thank you for your attention to this the san francisco zoo wants to support this ab 96 and the goal of this bill to save the rhinos

and elephant not allowing the sale of parts of elephants this was formed in the wildlife criticized in which an average of 96 elephants are slaughtered and rhinos killed everyday the $200 billion industry and moos much of the eiry is illegal that, of course, the 96 caption is calling for the obama caption to do this the same and this is important to enforce the law you thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm andrew the u.s.

communication manager based on in san francisco our motto added san francisco is we focus on demand reduction campaign in china and vietnam we also rec recognize that the u.s. continues to be a large market for irony the second in the world and san francisco used to be a primary market we thank you, supervisor wiener and commissioner chan for your leadership we know first hand from our colleagues that government officials that business leaders are looking to what is happening in the u.s. and the states as california we strongly support this resolution in support of ab 96 thank you very much and thank you very much mr. valentin. >> i'm pat valentine in a different capacity not as an ushering u urban

activist but my 20 years work on the board in california i've learned over that period of time to effect change we have to change the dna of how people think about the animals and species this is a great step that the board of supervisors and at least this committee is taking in supporting ab 9 six the law has a two-fold purpose to eliminate the market for irony but send a strong message of where we stand in san francisco we ask you support ab 96 and thank you very much. >> thank you, ms. stevens. >> commissioner. >> hi, i'm sally steven we advise the board on animal issues and at our last meeting in january on the 15 we talked about ab 96 and voted to support

ab 96 and urge our elected officials to make sure it gets pass at the time the final reading of the commissioner weiner's resolution was not right but we have are in support of this resolution and urge you to support this resolution and do everything we can to support ab 96 you thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i'm kate i'm wondering how far this sanction of prohibition will go we need to know a little bit more about the entire established marketplace in order to be effective just as historically one hundred and 50 years the irony highways were built on the trade it was

lucrative i doubt it will make a big dent unless the person's who have profited in the trade have a new plan so san franciscans can understand the largest economic marketplace thank you very much. >> i have two more cards to call (calling names). >> good afternoon i'm sorry is ann rae a long time retained of san francisco my family arrived here one hundred years and learned a trade and used their skills in the value of honest and hard work becomes the fabric of san francisco's economy i take pride to help the foundation of what i take to be a proud city this i