ms. donahue and thank you so much for coming to san francisco . >> good afternoon. thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to comment on this. my name is joe fitting and the deputy director of the san francisco zoo and i want to thank supervisor tang, wiener and yee for bringing forward this very important legislation, the san francisco. >> and the zoological society supports it emphatically and complement you for recognizing the important role of zoos and aquariums and connecting families with nature because the first step in protecting animals is connecting them to those places and by the connection we am create the future conservationists and you have taken the important step by doing this and protecting these animals and thank you very much on behalf of our membership. >> hi i am sally steven and it is chair of the animal control welfare commission. our commission advises the board on issues involving animals. these issues have come up to our commission many times in the past and it's the type of thing we've always supported. there's just a technical t