(Update: 6/28/05)
Ken White, President of the Peninsula Humane Society, Lynne Tingle , President and Founder of The Milo Foundation, and Diane Allevato, President of the Marin Humane Society have joined the efforts.

(Update: 6/24/05)
The San Francisco SPCA and Jon Cicirelli, Deputy Director of San Jose Animal Care and Services have thrown their organization's support behind these measures.

(Updated 6/20/05)
This group's plea has been joined by San Francisco Animal Care and Control. Carl Friedman, the Director of SFACC, is the head of the Mayor's task force investigating the mauling death of Nick Faibish in San Francisco by the family's pit bulls.

Conversations with the Craigslist staff indicated they are continuing to look at the issues involved in adapting Craigslist Pet Section and For Sale Sections to these suggestions. We are expecting to hear more from Craigslist soon and will keep our web visitors up to date.

(Updated 6/15/05) Recommendations Submitted to Craigslist:
When beginning a post in "Pets," the system should present four check boxes:
(check box 1) X - I have a dog, cat, or rabbit who needs a home.
(check box 2) X - I have another pet who needs a home.
(check box 3) X - I have a pet to breed (stud or bitch)
(check box 4) X - Other.

When Check box 1 is selected, the posting screen provides fields for the following information:
1. Type of animal (dog, cat, puppy, kitten, rabbit).
2. Adoption fee.
3. Text: "Craigslist does not allow the retail sale of pets, only the adoption or rehoming of pets. All cats, dogs and rabbits must be spayed or neutered before being rehomed. If your pet is not spayed or neutered, click here for a list of affordable spay and neuter resources."
3a. Spay/Neuter date.
3b. Veterinarian or Organization who performed the spay/neuter.
4. Subject Line/Location (no changes to current system)
5. Copy/Content. (no changes to current system)

When Check box 2 is selected, the posting screen provides fields for the following information:
1. Type of animal (All animals except for dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, rabbits). "If you are rehoming a dog, cat, kitten, puppy or rabbit, go here." (Refers them to the posting screen above)
2. Adoption fee.
3. Subject Line/Location. (no changes to current system)
4. Copy/Content. (no changes to current system)

When Check box 3 is selected, the screen provides the following information:
"Breeding is a difficult business. Poor breeding practices have led to animals with unstable temperaments and poor health. This contributes to the overpopulation and killing of unwanted animals. Craigslist does not allow ads that solicit breeding, recognizing that responsible breeders do not use this vehicle to find homes for their animals."

No posting box is provided.

When Check box 4 is selected, it would lead to a regular posting screen that says at the top:
"Craigslist does not allow ads which include selling animals for profit, soliciting breeding, or soliciting fighting animals. If this post contains any of that content, it will be deleted."

Current posting screen would not change.

In addition, the following words should be tagged as blocked (or as a warning), in the Pets Section, as well as the General For Sale section:

"dog for sale"
"dogs for sale"
"puppy for sale"
"puppies for sale"
"cat for sale"
"cats for sale"
"kitten for sale"
"kittens for sale"
"rabbit for sale"
"rabbits for sale"
"bitch in heat"
"ready to stud"
"ready to breed"

(Updated 5/31/05) Recommendations Submitted to Craigslist:

Craigslist followed up with the group, and requested suggestions from us on how they could accomplish our recommendations, and in particular, support the Vincent Bill.