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Organizers seek volunteers |

to start humane society

by Harriett Fjaagesund

The staff at the Terrace
Animal Shelter are trying to.
form a humane society, Animal
Control Officer Frank Bowsher
says the humane society would
be a completely separate entity
from the animal shelter because
ihe two would serve different
functions.

‘Humane Societies are strict-
ly volunteer organizations. They
operate on volunteer donations
of money, help, supplies, etc.,
and are basically a group of peo-
ple concerned with the well-
being of ail animals. Their main
concerns are that animals are
not used for laboratory testing,
and the prevention of disease
and unwanted offspring. They

. want to’ make sure animals are

innoculated and spayed or
neutered. In 10 years one cat can
produce 10 million offspring.
‘The animal shelter enforces
the city by-law. We pick up stray
animals so the animals don’t run
at large. Basically, the by-law

teads, Protection of and from
animals, The shelter can’t go out
and pick up every animal (or
check into every case) that may
be in need of protection, The ci-
ty is all for us in forming a
humane society, but it will not
be a city function,’’ Bowsher ex-
plained.

Staff member Marilyn Brown,
whom Bowsher describes as the
driving force behind the forma-
tion of a humane society in Ter-
race, explains that they need
more volunteers, people who are
willing to come to the meetings
and share their ideas, time and
energy. “We had six people at
the first meeting in June last
year, but attendance dropped
off around Christmas. It’s hard
to get people interested again,”
Brown said.

As well as trying to get the
humane society off the ground,
the meetings also devote time to
the injured animal fund. The
shelter works to establish a
volunteer fund for animals who
come into the shelter in need of

medical treatment. They will
also gladly take donations of
animal bedding, food, etc.
Brown also warns people to have
their dogs innoculated for parvo
virus; a case came through the
shelter in May. —

More and more people are
now beginning to- question the
treatment of animals. We have
this image of the ‘pampered
pet’’, yet the number of un-
wanted animals destroyed in
animal shelters across the coun-
try each year is staggering. One
can only guess at the number of
homeless animals, and animals
that are ‘“‘dumped’’ or sent to
laboratories to be used for
testing.

The meetings are held the last
Monday of every month at the
Terrace Animal Shelter at 4623
Haugland Avenue, or phone
638-4736 for more information.
The staff are also looking for
volunteers, and ideas, for this
year’s Riverboat Days parade.
Brown says last year’s response,
especially from the children, was

fantastic.

Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 5, 1991 A

PET OF THE WEEK this week is a mother cat with two kittens.
They'll be ready for adoption June 24. The kittens are both mate,
.ablack tabby and a grey-and-white. Shelter staff say the mother
is very affectionate and needs lots of love and attention. To meet
the family drop by the Terrace Animal Shelter on Haugland St.

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Break-in
injures
animals

THORNHILL — Terrace RCMP
are asking anyone who has infor-
mation regarding acts of vandalism
committed on the night of May 27
at the Thornhill Animal Shelter to
contact them.

Someone or a group of people
broke into the shelter that night

‘and released all the dogs and cats

from their cages. Bobbie MacPher-
son, the domestic animal protection
officer for Thornhill, said a nursing
mother cat had to be put down
after being injured by one of the
dogs. A second cat is still missing.

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