While rain and unseasonably warm temperatures were the story in Ter-
race over the past week, the scene at Meziadin Junction was somewhat
different. A busload of local officials returning from Stewart Friday en-

stopping. Terrace alderman and veteran logging truck operator ‘Mo
Takhar helped the driver, who was from Washington state, put chains -
on the rig. .

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countered a transport truck that couldn’t pull up the slight grade after oO _ Tc 4

City considers cost of
new animal shelter

The Terrace Animal Shelter is
now: over 20 years old, and, city
administration is beginning to
think about replacing the build-
ing. Public Works director of
engineering Stew Christensen
says the topic is being discussed
at the management level and
that a proposal will probably be
in front of city council within
two years. At the current time,
however, future requirements
and construction costs are all
that are being considered.

When asked about the state of
the present facility, animal con-
trol officer Frank Bowsher said
the building is too small and be-
ginning to get expensive to main-
tain. *“You can only do so much
with bandaid repairs,’ he ex-
plained. Bowsher says he
presently has room for up to 20
cats, and there are 10 indoor and
10 outdoor shelters for dogs.
But that isn’t enough to meet the
current demand.

According to Bowsher, there

. is little enough room to keep
strays, let alone the number of
requests they get for boarding
animals belonging to pet owners
going on holidays. He adds that
the Animal Shelter’s boarding
service for pets is not well
known, but they offer it when
they have the space, at regular
commercial rates. He explains
that revenues from boarding
help defray costs normally paid
by taxpayers.

Another service the shelter
would like to be able to offer,
says Bowsher, is first aid treat-
ment for small domestic and
wild animals. He says that local
veterinarian Dr. Lou Elorza has
been helpful in teaching first aid

~ procedures to shelter workers,

* tut due to lack of space and pro-
per facilities they aren't often
able to do very much for injured

animals. Still, he says, with no
SPCA office in Terrace, they do
their best. Another problem in
the current facility, says
Bowsher, is the layout of the
building itself. Access to a
storage, washroom and kitchen
area is currently available only

through the kennel area itself
and that, says Bowsher, is not
acceptable. The layout of the
building is also cause for an-
other dream of Bowsher's... a
building someday where they

‘will be able to better separate

cats and dogs.

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