Bill Text: NY K00427 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commending Bindi and her owner Sonja Galley, upon the occasion of being named the 2021 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - adopted [K00427 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-K00427-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 427

BY: M. of A. Tague

        COMMENDING  Bindi and her owner Sonja Galley, upon
        the occasion of being named  the  2021  Farm  Bureau
        Farm Dog of the Year

  WHEREAS,  Hardworking  American  farmers provide New York State, the
Nation, and much of the world  with  a  safe,  healthy,  affordable  and
abundant food supply; and

  WHEREAS,  Farmers  boost  our  local  economies by spending locally,
attracting tourism, and keeping money in our communities; and

  WHEREAS, Agriculture is at the intersection of food, family, health,
community, environment, nature,  science,  homeland  security,  economic
concerns, and other significant things we care about; and

  WHEREAS,  The  vast  majority  of  farms  and  ranches in the United
States, and especially in New York State, are family owned and  operated
and have deep historical roots in their communities; and

  WHEREAS,  Farm  dogs, such as Bindi, are essential to the success of
these farms; hardworking farm and ranch dogs play a substantial role  in
helping  farmers  and ranchers produce our sustainable food supply; from
rounding up livestock to chasing off predators, a  farm  dog's  work  is
never done; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
commend  Bindi  and  her  owner Sonja Galley, upon the occasion of being
named the 2021 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year; and

  WHEREAS, Recognizing that work on the  family  farm  takes  everyone
pitching  in  and  doing  their part, including four-legged friends, the
American Farm Bureau Federation, along with support from  Nestle  Purina
PetCare, launched the Farm Dog of the Year contest three years ago; and

  WHEREAS, Bindi is a five-year-old Australian shepherd who has been a
part  of  Sonja Galley's family since she was a puppy; she is especially
good at working in tight spaces to help move animals  around  the  farm,
and stays calm even when the calves kick up their heels at her; and

  WHEREAS,  Bindi  is  also  very  protective,  and once pushed back a
heifer that had pinned Sonja Galley in the corner of a  pen;  much  like
their  non-farming  counterparts,  farmers  often  benefit from a strong
emotional connection with their dogs; and

  WHEREAS, Bindi and her family won $5,000 in prize  money,  a  trophy
plate, a year's supply of dog food and other Purina products; and

  WHEREAS,  The  Farm Dog of the Year contest embodies the belief that
people and pets are  better  together;  farmers  do  important  work  to
steward  their  land  and help feed generations of people and pets, with
the help of their amazing dogs who help enrich  lives  on  and  off  the
farm; now, therefore, be it


  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend Bindi and her owner Sonja Galley, upon  the  occasion  of  being
named the 2021 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted
to Sonja Galley, owner of Bindi.