a ski hill." "lf we call the deben — Shames Mountain, page A2 ture, we end up with lative ‘WYietar | ~ Weekes 1x4 Ken White (left) and Jason Kinney of Terrace did the best they could for this moose calf that they think was Li toe ary 9 . iLeqis at ALnas LS 1a ameant Bul Lai ngs 14 B,C. ov TEN abandoned by its mother. Conservation officer Peter Kalina says, however, that his office takes a dim view of unauthorized wildlife rescues. Moose calf rescued - by Tod Strachan If you see a young moose that appears to be abandoned... leave it alone. That's the advice of Terrace conservation officer Peter Kalina. But for Terrace residents Ken White and Jason Kinney who were faced with the decision last week- end, it wasn’t quite that simple. White and Kinney spotied a young moose just north of Ross- wood early Saturday morning and passed it by, The next morning, though, it was still in the same spot and still alone. It appeared to be abandoned... perhaps the mother was injured or dead. Having decided the calf’s life was in danger the duo decided to investigate. There was no evidence the mother was nearby and this led to the next step... a rescue attempt. This proved to be relatively easy ~— they simply picked the calf up, put it in the back of their pickup, and headed for home. This was followed by a quick phone call to the local conservation office and their job was done, This story has a happy ending, it would seem. Kalina says the calf flew first class on a Canadian Airlines flight that same evening and is now a registered guest at the Vancouver Game Farm in Surrey. But Kalina is not happy. He says his office takes a dim view of this type of rescue and, in fact, anyone attempting to rescue a wild animal can be charged under the Wildlife Act. In the case of a moose calf, explains Kalina, the cow is nor- mally nearby keeping a watchful eye on the intruders. But people rarely see the well-camouflaged mother: In the bush. Also, accord- ing to Kalina, it’s not uncommon for the cow to go off on its own for eight to 10 hours to feed before retuming to its young. The calf appears to be abandoned, but in reality mother is nearby. Kalina says there are occasions when something happens to the mother, but even then it is normal practice to leave the calf alone. A young moose is very difficult to care for and its chance of survival or kidnapped? alone in the bush is about the same as in captivity... low. Given the odds of survival and the cost of rescue, he says, the animal is probably best teft alone. Kalina says that a moose calf in caplivity requires about five months of care before it can surv- ive, but even before that, arranging the transportation can present problems. There are cases, though, when the rescue of an animal is deemed beneficial. Kalina says that if the mother is "confirmed" to be dead, or a young animal has treatable injuries, an attempt will be made to save it’s life. He adds, however, that this is a decision that must be made by the proper authorities. DNESDAY, MAY 30, 1990 -:.'6, Issue No, 22 | SOC Phone 635-7840 Fax 635-7269 Joe Phillips of J. Phillips Con- tracting Ltd. will appear before Terrace council at 7:30 p.m. June 12 to explain why the city should not revoke his business licence. Phillips’ problems are related to the Copperside III construction site, where he poured concrete footings without appropriate appro- val or inspections. According to city director of permits and licences, Bob Lafleur, a "Stop Work Order" was posted at the Kalum St. Copperside Foods construction site on April 23 because: Phillips poured the con- crete footings without approved plans, without obtaining the neces- . sary butiding -pernrit, and without calling for required city inspect- ions. | There followed a meeting between Lafleur, Phillips, property owner Bob Lavoie, project man- ager C. Cormier and architect Allan Soutar, after which the pro- ject was allowed to proceed. On May 14, however, it was discov- ered that Phillips poured a “large section of foundation wall" without calling for inspection, and Lafleur suspended Phillips’s license pend- ing a hearing before council. The license suspension was dropped following another meeting in order to allow the Copperside project to praceed, says license and building inspector Paul Gipps. The problem now, however, is trying to determine exactly what is inside the concrete poured by Phillips. Gipps says his department won’t pass something they can’t see, and even though the concrete is prob- ably up 1o standard they have no way of knowing how much rebar or wood might be in the concrete. Gipps says the property owner, Bob Lavoie, will now be respon- sible for having the quality of the concrete certified by a professional engineer before construction of the building can begin. "This project is not an isolated incident," Lafleur writes in a memo to council. "On March 20, 1990, Mr. Phillips was repriman- ded for not calling for required inspections and warned that his — Continued on page A2 oT",