_ protection WEI 7 y vy ww ve “AN EXPERIENCED Greenville .. politician is: satisfied with a decision council elections in the Nass Valley village and ‘that new ‘ ones have been ordered. ' Henry: Moore says the ‘ Nisga’a Administrative De- cisions Review Board order ‘to hold new elections for ‘the position of chief. coun- cilor and six band councilors | March 21 proves the system ‘ /of Nisga’a government does "work. ° ; Moore lost out last fall to ‘ Willard Martin in an attempt 110. be the band’s chief coun- cil but bath he and Martin sare running again. 1 He also made an | pearance before the review “| board, one of several people 10 cite irregularities in mak- “ei Shooting energes won t. be laid © ino CRIMINAL charges avill be laid. in connection nvith the shooting death last fall of a dog in New Remo. ; There had been the possibility of charging an individual with discharg- ing a firearm. * Cst. Gerry Brown of Terrace RCMP, who in- Vestigated ‘the shooting, aid he was told by the sett ‘oe apie Crown Coun- sel office here late last Aveek that it won’t be pro- ceeding with any criminal charges. ; He added he was not wiven any reasons for the decision. ; On the evening of Oct. #10, 2004, Naki, an Alas- kan Malamute-wolf cross, Was shot twice. ‘*. The four-year-old white and grey dog was shot twice, bnee in the left paw and “once in the. back, according {0 Donny Beler, the brother of Naki’s owner Bruce, who currently works in northeast- erm B.C. Beler said his brother bhowed up on his doorstep fretere Naki. They called he vet and she spent two days under care. 1 Veterinarian Dr. Lou forza determined the dog had been shot in,the spine hind was paralyzed. -| Beler said the end result \vas a decision to euthanize jhe dog. A vet.bill of $615 Was drawn'up, Beler said his brother: — idn’t receive any com- plaints about the dog even {hough he understands the {log had been accused of thasing a cat and chick- ‘fns at a nearby residence. ' The RCMP began an ! nvestigation and Beler and his brother talked to itimat . SPCA — shelter Jnanager Maryann Baum- bach. : H Baumbach said she thought charges could be laid for cruelty - since the animal had suffered. \ If the dog had been , Shot once and killed, the Heath would have been — tonsidered humane, but the two shots didn’t kill and therefore maimed, meaning the dog did suffer, Baumbach said. — . If an animal was at- tacking livestock or en- flangering human life, {i person who then shot the animal would have under the ivestock protection act, Baumbach said. : Beler said his brother has hired lawyer Gor- tion Crampton with a plan to take a neighbour to small claims court. ‘ Crampton said his cli- ent will be asking for flamages for emotional distress and for the loss of his dog. | He said: he was wait- ing to hear back from an - insurance adjuster before filing the claim. to overturn. last fall’s band | t i) ap. ing the case to hold new elections. “According to the provi- sions in the |election] act should a candidate notice or "see there are irregularities individu- als have the opportunity to Occurring, those bring that to the attention of the. review board.” said Moore last week. The review..board. was created as part of the 2000 Nisga‘a treaty which estab- lished self government in the Nass Valley. As its name implies. the three-member board, chaired by lawyer Larry Guno, can review de- cisions and actions of vari- ous Nisgaa Lisims Govern- ment bodies. . . It has: yet to release its reasons why the Greenville elections were overturned. just four years old. and there “will be tittle kinks and things “ Guno is referring all in- quirics about the bourd’s de- cisions to the central Nisga’ a Lisims Government. Moore declined to elabo- rate on the substance of his submission to the review _ board. He says he’ doesn’t know the details of the board's decision but does expect to eventually receive a copy. “IL is a comfort as we go: along that loopholes will be: filled in these kinds of things. We're a young government, % that will need to be tweaked dong the way." he said. 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