an male care and control, joe fitting and a deputy director of the san francisco swr zoo and sally stephens and then proceed to public comment. >> thank you for inviting me to appear before the public safety and neighborhood services committee. i am virginia donahue and i am the new executive director of san francisco an male care and control. i have been in my position as of a month of today. >> >> we have reviewed the proposed ordinance and we believe we can enforce and implement it as part of the regular duties and we are in support of the legislation and would like to thank the supervisors for sponsoring it. san francisco has been a long leader in the animal welfare community using animals as entertainment doesn't reflect our values. the ordinance would provide us with additional tools to protect wild or exotic animals from cruel and inhumane treatment. thank you. are there any questions i can answer for you? >> no. i don't think so. thank you very much. >> i just wanted to welcome you ms. donahue and thank you so much for coming to san francisco . >> good afternoon. thank you very much