Pound pooch wings south

A FRISKY DOG airlifted to Vic-

torla Friday may have already —
. founda new home there,

“Murphy” was the first hound
jetied out of town in an effort to
Place northern dogs with families
in the provincial capital,

The Victoria SPCA can’t mect
the demand for dogs and has
started a Flying Dog Program to
bring in adoptees from across the
province,

Terrace city councillor David
Hull read about the program and
seized on it as a way of placing
unwanted dogs from the Terrace
Animal -Shelier, rather than put-
ting them to sleep,

Murphy had belonged to a
woman with small children in
Prince Rupert, who found she
could no longer look after him,

“She was in tears over having
to give him up,”’ said city animal
control officer Frank Bowsher,

But the floor of the animal
shelter was being sandblasted and
rather than have Murphy dis-

.turbed by the noise, the decision

was made-to send him south.

The plane fare, normally about
$90 for a dog, was waived by Ca-
nadian Air Cargo. And local vet
Lou Elorza provided a medical
checkup and up to date shots for
Murphy.

To ga to Victoria, a dog must
be healthy, have a goad disposi-
tion, and like kids,

Victoria SPCA’s Lynn West
says 98 of the 101 dogs Down to
Victoria. from elsewhere in the
province have been. placed with
homes in the Victoria area.

The three unplaced dogs had
health or temperament problems
that didn’t become known uniil
after they arrived,

Doggy demand in Victoria is
testament to the success there in
controlling populations.

“We're the makers of our own
misfortune,”’ West says. ‘“We
have .pursued a very aggressive
spay/neuter program for 20 years,
and [ think we have in fact solved

the problem of excess dogs in our .

area.”

With demand for dogs exceed-
ing supply, West says her staff
are very selective about where the
dogs go.

“We tum down a lot of people
that come in looking,”” she said.

And, they.don? t, Bive. them, away.
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‘People; who want dogs pay the *

Victoria SPCA at least $56 for
them — and over $100 if spaying
or neutering is required. .

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ABOUT TO rack some air miles, Murphy waited patiently for the plane that last week whisked him
to Victoria and a new home. The canine was Terrace’s first “export” under the Flying Deg Program.

The money helps support the
shelter, but isn’t a big money-
maker.

“We operate on a loss,’ West

said. “We're not profiting froni.

this. There’s no profit in animal
welfare,”’

The idea won’t make a huge
difference in the number of dogs

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“Frank: Bowsher says'the majority’

of dogs that are destroyed at the
Terrace Animal Shelter are sick
or Vicious,

Only nine of the 23 destroyed
this year were put down because
homes couldn’t be found, he said.

The numbers are well down
from. what they were in the early
1980's — when hundreds of dogs
were put down cach year — but
Bowsher says anything ta place
dogs. with caring families is
worthwhile.

s“{We don’tiwantite. put animals ”

“The stress level at the shelter
is very high at certain times of the
year,” he added, ‘We're all
animal lovers here,"”

Last year 80 dogs were put

down, many of them early in the |

year.due to an outbreak of parvo
virus,

. Although the Flying Dog pro-
gram will help some dogs, Bow-

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if’s “hard on his staff when there’
are major outbreaks of diseases
like parvo virus.

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to date.

‘the Sept. 2 shooting death of Clayton Dennis, 27. Dennis, originally

. wages and benefits combined.

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News Tn Brief

Man charged with murder

A WHITEHORSE resident is due back in Smithers provincial court

Oct, 23 to fix a date for a preliminary hearing ona first degree mur-
der charge.

Jackie Chief, 26, originally from Good Hope Lake, is charged in

from Houston, was living in Good Hope Lake at the time of his
death. He has two children, ;

RCMP have seized a 7.62 calibre Chinese-made SKS assauit rifle
in connection with the incident. .

Sgt. Mason Dodds of the Deasc Lake RCMP detachment said the
weapon is going to be sent to a crime lab in Vancouver fora finger-
print examination.

It has yet be determined if the weapon is prohibited, Dodas added,

Chief has been in custody since his arrest.

A bail application hearing Sept. 18 in Smithers was adjourned. No
new date has been set.

Bank lays off workers

THE BANK OF Montreal has laid off one full time and one part
time worker at its Terrace branch in response to the growth, of new
technology. ‘

“The fact of the matter is there’s more of a trend to electronic
banking,”’ said bank spokesman Joe Barbera last week. '‘More
people are electing to do their basic transactions clectronically.
More people are using bank cards, In urban centres people rarely go
to their branch for basic services." ,

Barbera said the bank does rely on attrition to reduce its work-
force and lays off only when necessary. The Bank of Montreal bere
had 18 full and part time workers prior to the layoff,

CUPE settles with board

SCHOOL DISTRICT 88 and Canadian Union of Public Employees
(CUPE) local 2861 have reached agreement, on a new three-year
contract to expire June 30, 1997, ;

Details of the agreement will not be released until the agreement
has been ratified by the school board, CUPE members and the B.C.
Public Service Employers Association, However, school trustec
Stew Christensen said‘ the deal. falls within the provincial govern-
ment’s prescribed limits of a maximum increase of 1.2 per cent,

Local 2861 covers approximately 70 janitorial and maintenance

Thieves hit rail station.

PRINCE RUPERT RCMP are seeking Information ona break-in at
the VIA Rail station in that community. —.
Thieves entered the building between 7:30 and 8: 00 pin. last
Thursday, Sept. 21, broke into lockers and made off with approxi:
mately $200 in beer and liquor and $200 cash.
Anyone with information on this crime are asked to contact Crime
Stoppers at 627- STOP or the. RCMP detachment at 624-2136,

Get-tough plan nets fines

TOUGH NEW measures from the province | to collect unpaid taffi ie
fines are getting some results.

About $531,000 in fines have been paid since the Motor Vehicle
Branch announced in February it would hand over “unpaid traffic
tickets. to collection ¢ ‘agencies: ‘Collectiot méasutes range from’sénd-
ing’ a-warning letter, a ‘dediicting fhontey frob bank ‘accounts ‘and: |
garnishing:pay:cheques:* |“! (herder fe Set ted

Even sa, the total of outstanding fines is still M growing ata rate of |

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