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-\ Veterinarian Dr. James Brown inoculates dog . with Rabies vaccine. The Pearces of Scugog Island first noticed there was something wrong with one of their sheep when it began butting others around in the pen, anunusually aggressive behaviour for an usually - docile animal. "It never did froth at the mouth," said Mrs. John Pearce. "It just chased the other sheep around the pen, then began butting its head as IY By ve 20 at AA bat | ¢ EE FLO OY 1) CARE, Fadi LA : ha shdasisiciannmdisomlnirsisinsii bniniaud asian chron downs. a up against a post continu- ally." To cure what they thought might be a common ailment of the animal, Mr. Pearce and his 15-year-old son, Tim, attempted to give the animal . linseed oil by means of a bottle. When that didn't help, a verterinarian was called to examine the animal. '"'The vet said it looked like rabies, Rabid animals show no Perhaps the main miscon- ception about hydrophobia (rabies), according to veter- inarian Dr. James Brown, is the all too common belief that the main sign of a diseased animal is a savage, insane animal, frothing at the mouth and attacking anything in sight. "There is no set-down behavior pattern, or rule on how the animal will behave," said Dr. Brown. "There is nothing classic abaut it, although there are classic signs". While some animals show the more common, aggres- sive signs, others are affec- ted in such a way that only the dog's owner can detect something wrong. "The main thing," said Dr. Brown, "is a behavior change--any change. If the animal has always been shy, he's suddenly overly friend- Requires regional approval Scugog Township will noti- fy the region that they will approve a Blackstock sub- division plan, and that an approval is needed from the region to extend water ser- vices to the subdivision. The action, approved at the Monday night meeting of council, followed a request -by Larry Doble that the five-lot subdivision get the necessary approvals to pro- ceed with the extension of an _ existing water system into the proposed subdivision. The original agreement for development of the subdivis- ion was with the former Township of Cartwright. The subdivision hinged on his supplying water to the subdivision and thereby extending the existing water system. Under the agreement, signed over two years ago, the developer would get back a payment of $1,500, made to council as part of the agree- ment. In order that the "money would be refunded, the subdivider had to increase the system another 50 gllons per minute, enough to feed another proposed -12-lot subdivision to the north. The second draft plan approval. has not yet been approved, however. The snag resulted - when Mr. doble, armed with the Cartwright-signed agree- ment and draft plan approval for the 5-lot pro- ject approached the region for their approval and was unable to get it. Holiday delays meeting "There will be no meeting of Scugog Township Council on Easter Monday. That meet- -ing will be held the following day, after a special after- noon meeting to be held with the New Arena Committee and Totten, Sims, Hubicki Blood doners needed The Kinsmen and Kinettes are after Flood again. Next Wednesday, the two clubs will conduct their periodic blood doner clinic at the Port Perry United Church on Queen Street from 1:30 to 4:30 and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The one-day clinic usually draws between 100 and 200- doners from the area, accor- ding to organizers, an impressive turnout for the size of the community. Members of the two clubs prepare and organize the clinic, and volunteers carry . GOTH GI GT a Week Ending March 20 Admissions .................... 43 Births...........coocoovvvnni, 6 Deaths .............................. 1 Emergencies.................. 121 Discharges...................... 41 "Remaining... rand 45 out non-medical duties such as operating a nursery for children left while parents are giving blood, and oper- ating the light refreshment counters. The Red Cross unit from Toronto, which is conducting the actual medical work, will be boosted by a volun- teer staff of local nurses made up of Jean Jackman, Pat Fisher, and Elaine Gra- bowski. The doctor on call at the medical centre will double perform on-call duties for the clinic. The clinic will also see the awarding of certiticates and pins to two members of the community who have given a total of 35 times. Edward Mulholland and Glen Wannamaker will be presented with the awards for their long-standing sup- port and participation in the "blood doner' program: - associates, to discuss the new arena. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm also announced that there would be a Wednesday, March 26, meeting of repre- sentatives of Scugog, Brock and Uxbridge councils to discuss the question of who should control water, sewage and landfill sites. New arena preparations The New Arena Commit- tee met last Friday to discuss the new arena and fund-raising efforts. The New Arena Commit- tee will be expanded to include representatives from Scugog municipalities as well as representatives from organizations who have made financial commit- ments to the project. The committee also decid- ed at the meeting to plan for an informational meeting between Scugog Township, the committee, and consult- ants Totten, Sims, Hubicki Associates Ltd. to discuss the future preparations for _the project. 'set behaviour pattern change in the animal's usual patterns. Another misconception is that dogs, foxes, and such animals mostly get the disease. 'Any warm- blooded animal can get rabies. Cows, sheep, horses- anything, even people," he said. Not only dogs get their rabies shots, he points out. As a veterinary student, he (continued on page 25) RY BER: 57 XA Islanders concerned about rabies but he wasn't sure," recalls Mrs. Beryl Pearce. "He told us if the animal was dead in five days though, it was rabies." The animal quit eating, drinking, and died four days later. Now, Mr. Pearce and Tim are both undergoing treat- ment, as a precautionary measure, in case they con- tacted the disease while try- ing to force-feed the linseed oil. Fourteen needles in fourteen days is what was ordered by the doctor. She points out that the treatment doesn't mean they've been infected. "We're just being cautious," she said. Now the Pearces have another animal sick, and their flock quarantined. The family dog, a pet for over three years, also had to be destroyed. "He was acting different," said Mrs. Pearce. "We weren't sure, but with the Kids (three children between the ages of 11 and 15), we just couldn't take the chance. Precaution- ary measures would have resulted in locking the animal up for six months. The incident is not the only one on the island. Since the last part of February, the Federal Health of Animals office in Bowmanville has had to take action four times. Around the end of February, the Davis brothers found a dead fox in their yard and called the authorities. Laboratory tests on the brain of the animal confirmed their fears, and as a result, their cattle herd has been quaran- tined. On March 4, Health of Animals representatives picked up a fox killed by two dogs owned by Micael Foote. The two dogs, a shepherd and a terrier, had the animal cornered in the yard, under Mr. Foote's bedroom window. "I was a fool," said Mr. Foote, *'I saw them growling at the shadows, and told them to "go get it." (continued on page 28) 20c per copy 3 Vol. 109 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, March 26, 1975 -- No. 20 28 Pages Peter Rabbit, the story goes, does his hopping down the bunny trail every He Pas a Easter, delivering all kinds of goodies to boys and girls everywhere. With the help of a carrot, two-year-old Michelle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Benns ot Port Perry, is making sure Peter doesn't miss the Benns' place at 396 Bigelow Street.