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Letters to the Editor Till IlllIMU November Leghold trap approval readers To the editor of The Herald most surprised to learn it the town il agreed so clow lo other homes Due to number of ae trap of pets and en anper to children many cities niuiuclpillltt have passed Inns lulling trapping in built up areas Both Toronto and Ottawa recently enacted such by lavsi a box or cage trap Ik used relocate mi Tlere is no need to subject our Is to such The Out trio govern mint docsn I even require trippers to check the live gullied tune The trappers Men selves dec de to return to and is In davs of suffering for Ihoammlls Ins legislation requiring hour trip decks on private ree diy on V r Hit Protection long Tin of why Mil Hills could use of cruel traps within trie municipality There are no trips avail on the market main trap used lhx leg hold trap well known or its The nibcsr trip the snare ire alio used ind both of trip- ore also most cruel though omc- rarely Ihey do kill the animals rather thin holding them alive The Ontario government re gulatlons allow almost any kind of trap I matter how cruel It may Indeed I doubt Seeks research aid To the of the Herald I am writing to request the assistance of readers In researching Ihe subject of tripping in this irca Both sides of this issue have been expressed In recent local always stories come out of chewed off limbs and niching of birds and now bearers as a reason for binning traps In several years of trapping I hue not witnessed a case of a chewed off lef The im mala which have caught which I did not want were released in no ease was the skin bone broken I have not heard of a legitimate of a bird being by accident The whole cones plot trapp ing I as changed over the past few decades To cite cases of overlapping or poor wildlife Ihnt occurred or ago is pointless would like to hear from any of your readers who can give me concrete evidence of any cases of extreme suffering claimed to result from trapp- ini 1 would require names of wanes of Ihe person responsible for setting the irip type of trip and set and which authority Ihc dent wis reported to 1 would be in facts and figures from trappers example numb er and of animals incidences of damape to the mil Art Haw chouse VIEWPOINT Columnist still no fan of Joe Clarks Tories Those of you who folk v Ml this column during the May election are well that I not a J Who support In all honesty can siy that the VM his done since lo has changed my mind However at the same time I tend feel sorry for the guy because he leaves himself so wide open for both air and unfair These ten ye have been a scries of me crisis another It calls r decisive government and strong lead Ifyounskedmcif I was still Trudeau supporter I d have yes strength and the ability of the mm Some people are speaking of the division between Ihc is the end of the Liberal party I don see il tint way I bellcc from division a stranger will em eventually no promise for how soon eventually will be However I do believe that the outcome will present a more unified Liberal parly 1 very much admire Mr the leader of Ihe i fear of what loo much a country Mr Trudeau warned of the desire for more power Ihil the premiers were seeking in I who has listened to lighted or Davis lately cm sec the power plays in in Sometimes politics hits loo far below the belt when assess the opposition rcirdless of who is in power When Trudeau w is IM the jokes over Maggie T were fist and Now poor old Joe There are two men in Santa outfits depart mcnl sure How can you tell one is Joe Clark He the one giving out the Easter eggs That comes lo you cow of liro idbent Did you hear the one about Joe walking down the with a duck under his arm and a guy says How the turkey Clark replies Tli it s not a turkey that s a To which the guy re torts I was talking llio duck How about the one guv hump into man on Parliament Hill Have you heard latest Joe Clark Joke I Oh then I iry to tell it WhenTrudeiuwas In power a lol of people used to say they want htm but what was alternative Now the same folks have just names and ire still asking What the alternative Low shots and jokes aside our country faces some pretty rough limes ahead and wilhout unity I doubt very much thcr it will pul through If von have ever belonged to a group and observed how it functions would find that it operates very differently the viduals composing If left a consensus nothing would be res lied and Ihe entire eroup would go round round in circles citing nowhere at an pace Not only is ncccs leadership in of differences of opi in and priorities In the past decide neither was Carter any rate Canadians will gel i chance lo do their own grumbling when John minister of finance hands down his budget on December 11 to be a pip Poor Mr warned and warned of voluntiry belt lightening but not for your average Canadian eitnen No sir they voted in a govern that was for sticking it to the working i i Ihc downswing this is probably due in part to the pressure of crisis Comparing of US President Jimmy Carter be ore his election and now one can readilv see kind of strain these men arc under From that point of view Idont like to see anyone go over board knocking Joe Clark be cause load he is carrying is definitely a one Then again in my op nion he wis lie man for the job in the for tint matter government is about to show vou just how system v PS I don I mind staling here and low in big bold print I TOLD YOU SO Political promises arc a dime a dozen If you want to refund mortgage money and to do It you cut off family allow antes mike people beg for and dcnl grants and then hand over Ihc mortgage re funds the people of Can id re illy be that gullible first plac OPEN HOUSE ARC INDUSTRIES STEELE AVE HORNBY Nov Mid pm pm REFRESHMENTS EVERYONE IS WEL NEILS MUSIC LTD 877 BRADS CLOTHING DIVISION OF TACK TOGS LTD FOR GUYS AND GALS WINTER COATS WINTER VESTS SWEATERS VELOURS SHIRTS COROS JEANS HATS BELTS GLOVES SWEAT SUITS AND MUCH MORE THIS WEEKS FEATURE 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