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whose rabbit cages have been plundered by a group of neighbourhood dogs running Icose.

Dates set for

hun

ting season

Terrace conservation officer Peter
Kalina said last week the dates set
for the 1991-92 hunting season in
the Skeena region are not substan-
tially different from those of the
previous year.

"I don’t see any major changes,
but I haven’t seen the limited entry
guide yet,” Kalina said. "From
here it looks like business as

entry hunt — a limited number of
permits drawn through a lottery
system — for moose in some parts
of the Kitimat valley, but that
began last year.

Hunting season dates for species
of game animals in specific parts
of the region are now available at
the conservation office in the Ter-

usual.” There will be a limited Centre.

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DOG NABBED

Early yesterday morning
animal control officer
Frank Bowsher did catch
one of the dogs in this dog
pack. Details were sketchy
at press time, but Bowsher
said the dog was found in
front of rabbit cages on a
Graham Ave. property.

Bowsher said the
dog will be taken to the
Terrace Animal shelter .
where it will be held until
he can locate the owners.

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Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 6, 1991 Al5

Family pets and

livestock at risk —

-on Graham Ave.

_by Harriett Fjasgesund—

_ Livestock on Graham Avenue

are being terrorized by a pack of
domestic dogs allowed to roam
loose at night, One family has
lost nearly their entire breeding
stock of rabbits.

It began less than a month
ago. The rabbit hutches are con-
structed of wood and sturdy
wire. But in the first attacks, the
dogs ripped the doors off the
hutches to get at the rabbits.
They were literally ripped to
shreds. One doe was completely
torn in half.

The family then tried putting
sheets of plywood over the
doors, but that didn’t work
either. Unable to chew their way
through the plywood, thé dogs
then crawled underneath the
cages, ripping a hole in some
aluminum skirting and another
large hole in the wire bottom of
one of the hutches. This hole is
big enough for a large dog to at
least get its head through.

The cages had been cleaned
earlier that day, so there wasn’t
the usual layer of food pellets
and droppings to prevent the
rabbits’ feet from slipping

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through the wire as they pan-
icked and tried to escape. The

dogs chewed at the rabbits’ ex- |

posed legs and feet.
One of the rabbits has only a
short stub of exposed bone ¢x-

truding from its right front.

shoulder because a dog managed
to pull its leg down through the
wire and tore it off at the
shoulder socket.

Right now the family are nurs-
ing three baby rabbits that sur-
vived one of the most recent at-
tacks. There were 11 in the litter.
They must be fed cows’ milk
with an eyedropper every few
hours.

Losing a few rabbits may not
seem like much to some people,
but it means a lot to this family.
They have raised and cared for
some of these rabbits for two
years or more. It matters to their
children, who can tell you each
rabbit’s name. They have all put
a great deal of time and money
and caring into these animals
who have suffered needlessly.

The family also worries about
the other animals on the farm —
young calves, goats, and weaner
pigs. They’d like to put the goats
out to pasture but are afraid to.

‘We don’t allow our dog to
run loose, day or night. I
wonder how these people would
feel if a pack of dogs came into
their yard and ripped apart their
family pet? It’s the same thing.
Surely some of these dogs must
be coming home with blood or
rabbit fur on them; don’t their
owners wonder where it came
from?’’ says one family
member.

They have spotted some of the
dogs during daylight hours, and
say they appear to be healthy
and well fed. ‘These dogs might
be the greatest pets during the
day, and their owners would
find it hard to believe their fami-
ly pet would do something like
this, but let them roam after
dark and they become some-
thing else. You can’t help but
wonder what would happen if
they encountered a small child.”’

Animal Control Officer Frank
Bowsher says these dogs are not
ona killing spree because they’re
hungry (none of the rabbits have
been eaten), but are going after
live kills for the thrill of it.
Bowsher suspects some of the
dogs are coming from as far
away as Brauns Island. He has
so far been unsuccessful in his
attempt to trap them, but says
it’s only a matter of time and pa-
tience. He describes this situa-
tion as one of the worst he’s ever
seen.

And when he does catch them,
Bowsher says the owners will be
charged under a law which can
carry a fine of up to $2,000, and
the dogs will be destroyed.

If you think you may have
some information on these dogs
(the pack may consist of three or
more dogs), contact the Terrace
Animal Shelter or the RCMP.
Dog packs such as this one are
potentially dangerous to humans
as well as livestock.

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