ees ik sey ees eps NT CuEE Ses gas A pean pears SE eS aes _ destroyed in the area. og oneyo ene : ule Canadian Red Cross Hefty fi Ines threatened if your yard a attracts bears BEAR SEASON is entering its peak, and property owners can now be fined up to $100,000 and serve up to one year in jail for attracting dangerous wildlife to their property. - Bill 63 — the wildlife ameudinent act — passed its final reading in Victoria June 29, giving conservation officers the power to issue dangerous wildlife —_pro- tection: ‘orders ‘to praperty owners who leave garbage or fruit around, attracting wildlife, If the order isn’t followed, the property owner could be prosecuted under the new act, said deputy chief of the wildlife branch = Mark Hayden, He said the protection or- der should be enough to get’ property owners to clean up altractants. Hayden stressed this act is - THIS KEAMODE was tranquilized and removed from a Lakelse Lake property on July 17. people to contain it, move it, or remove it,” he said of at- (ractanls on people’s proper- ly. “This just puls into law what we've tried to educate people about all along,’ he added. For Brian Patrick, owner of Misty River Tackle, the legislyion puts too much corte! in the hands of con- servation ofticers, idiots too much power,’® he said. Patrick said giving conser- vation officers the right to scarch propertics without a search warrant is ridiculous, “Their job isn't to be po- lice officers. This is Canada, not Nazi Germany.” Issuing dangerous wildlife orders, he added, could also go lo extremes if properly owners bad to cut down their trees. not for deliberately attract- ing dangerous wildlife — like bears, wolves, coyotes to aud cougars — to property because that is a separate of- fense. Bear calls pick up as fall nears BEARS ARE getting ready for hibernation and there have been 30 new com- plaints since the end of July. Local deputy clerk Lor- raine Kerbrat said there have been 158 complaints as of August 24, Conservation officers at- tended 24 complaints and captured and released nine bears including a kermode, seven grizzlies and a baby black bear taken to a reba- bilitation centre in Smithers. Six black bears have been’ She cautioned, however, that only about half of the complaints are from the im- mediate area because the numbers include all areas. except Kitimat and Prince Rupert. Hot spots include Queens-. way Drive, and the area sur-. rounding the Thornhill dump where seven bears were killed Aug. 24-25, The bears loitered in the area and had tried to get into the landfill, despite an elec- tric fence that was installed last summer, she said, Traps are currently set in the Mountainview Drive area, Dutch Valley and the Pine park area of Thornhill. Most bears, said Kerbrat are still coming into town because of improperly stored garbage, She cited only one com- plaint where a bear was lured to a local’s berry bushes. Bear problems peak in September and fade through October and November. depending on the weather. ' Paralyzed - man awarded right to hunt THE BC HUMAN rights tribunal awarded a paralyzed Abbotsford man ‘$560 and the right to hunt in ‘environmentally sensitive. ‘areas last week, ’ Richard MeLoughlin is paralyzed from the walst down and uses an all terrain vehicle (ATV) to hunt. The environment ministry, which restricts ATV use in ‘sensilive areas, refused ‘McLoughlin the right to ‘apply for a $10 exemption to the provision. | Deputy chief ~—com-' Amissioner Harinder Mahil ‘Tuled it’s discriminatory to ‘impose a fee if an applica- ‘tion is made because a per- ‘son Is disabled, : McLouglin was awarded '$10 for each of six years he ‘paid the exemption fee and ‘$500 for damage to his dig- nity. ‘ Medical Equipment Loan Service in Your Home. . in Your Community. “A lot of the trees here are herilage trees, and they can just be hacked down if a “Is an outright offense deliberately attract compost, Hayden said, are examples of attractants thal dangerous wildlife to prop- could be targeted = for CO says it bas to go?’ he erly.) | removal, : questioned. Rotten fruit, garbage and ‘The order _is telling 2 DAYS ONLY! FRI & SAT FABRICLAND Sewing Club Memberships NOW ON SALE! 3 Yr. 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