THE HERALD HALTON HILLS ANIMAL CONTROL Lost or given up pet reclaims low Reward for cat green eyes wearing flea collar Ada tiki these appear dally In newspapers While a child tearfully mourns over his missing pel chances arc It gen ley being being rendered lifeless by a needle From Jan 1 until June this year Control Services In sent animals to for university research projects or to be put to sleep In the same time period of animals impounded at animal control centre only were reclaimed by their owners and only were placed In new homes These statistics are for Hills alone Add on the number of stray pets found In the other places covered by the Animal Control Erin and Erin township and the figures jump considerably Cots are free spirits they re allowed to roam MAC manager Joe said If a cat takes off for a few days owners don t worry picked Meanwhile he added the may have been picked up and placed In he animal shelter for the legal hour period hen sold or shipped off to to be used for scorch or anaesthetized suspect cat owner buy an Identification tag to fCi of pel for reiovety Because few people do this Mid rare for us to track down cat owners are more concerned the disappearance of dog he said ling that moat le phone In to report a dog using but don coll back to see If their pet is found till advice to dog owners Is attach a licence tag to the dogs collar Then finding the owner Is easy as tracing the licence number in records He said there no way anyone can lose heir dog If hey abide by he government law keeping ycur pet under control not necessarily leashed 24 hours a day All one of the kids has to do Is forget to shut the front door and there goes he dog he dag will go Animal Control centre by a neighboring property owner The cost of recovering a pet from the rfieller is for the first Impoundment HO for he second and CO third time Added on each of these figures is daily Tor board Klrly said who love their pets do not about price of reunion However not all stray are lost said anted people drop off Joe and friend Corn Cob Capers at AAountsberg Hewitt flabbergasts a rrtovatic Howltt Is flabbergasted that cost of an addition to the Maple Street works garage will cost to house volunteer freighters The total package for the housing of both fire department and Ihe Georgetown Volunteer Am balance Service but only has been budgeted for this year The remaining renovations will be carried out 1977 urged the presentations or final plans for the project before tenders were called and argued that the building must now be large enough meet he needs of the firefighters old council he drawings are being completed w in a lew days and arc be prepared following detailed discussions with fire chief and the Coon Em Hyde head of the committee for the develop ment of town property and buildings told council the Maple facility requires addition across the front and an air conditioning system for heating and air con dltionlng Coun however argued that neither he nor council had seen drawings of addition and urged that if don t want the addition wed better say so now Meanwhile the repairs to the roof of the nineyearold structure hove been carried out Mr Tennant sold Coun Harry Levy d he not understand a n year old building had a leaking Rlc Morrow told council he can support the addition to the facility because the fire department has had inadequate cramped quirl for several years Corn Cob Capers 1970 Region Conservation Authority fall Interpretation program runs from Aug 28 to Sept Saturdays and Sun only at Mount On re low In th I Will urn r to istock Vis tors ton enjoy cornon cooked In a large rem kettle A genuine apple cider press II be In operation and cold pic elder will be I Horse drawn wagon through the on area will visitors to view changing colours of leaves along a wooded trail On the outdoor platform demonstrations will be given square fiddling bird bonding and of prey The foil integrative program is highlfgl ted by film and slide talki he 1 regularly of the old of I f visit Wild Ire hrec m west on he Milton north of Road closed Maple will closed from Irex Boulevard to Man Street Sept for he annual Georgetown Motor Club soapbox derby animals or and kittens difficult to find a home for u the bush or along country The result Sometimes a farmer adopts the stray dog Sometimes the animal control services gela a call to pick It up Sometimes the dog Joins a pack of wild dogs which attack livestock especially sheep 1 IVMTOCK That a when the trouble Under the Livestock and Poultry Protection Act any person can kill a dog Injuring livestock or poultry Its even legal to kill a dog trespassing on properly where animals said most formcrB are pretty good and down I blame them for shooting an animal threatening his livelihood by harming livestock He said people don t realize Ihe dangers facing domestic animals unaccustomed fending for themselves Although most strays arc In pretty good health Klrly said they find an animal maimed from fights with wild or suffering from malnutrition Quite a few animals are abandoned in tin summer Klrly said I figure since he weather a good the animal will be able to take care itself That not turc though Though more animals are deserted In and sum mer the hlh est impoundment fgures are recorded around and March every Justifies this by saying dur ng the summer many people lake their pets on vacation with them Wc get less animals in here but they get more up in the collage country he said A year round problem is tones skunks and ore the moat common in this area he being I are or then a found rn any pcrHon who lame contact with It or whose livestock or pets were near it are contacted and warned Anil raby Injections are suggested Under Health of Animals Act it Is legal to shoot an animal on spot if it displays rabies symptoms MVTJIGONL Klrly has done so times its his Job The myth of ihe dog Is gone he believes Wc provide a public service not a nuisance service Established by George Harrington In in Halton Animal Control employs three full time animal control officers plus part time staff Tliey are to pick up throughout a square mile area and have a hour emergency service Twice a day whichever of pens occupied are scrubbed down and fected then covered with newspaper Pets ore fed once a day and watered as necessary said his Job demands a liking for both people and animals You can be scared of animals he sad end you have to know how to deal th people It a really rewarding though when you can gel a pet Tne Animal Contro and Its owner back together Services number Is Gravely famous for what s probably the most rugged small geartype tractor drive GRAVELY TRACTORS AND ATTACHMENTS proudly supplied by Kinneys Backtoschool SHARPENUP Sale WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25 th TO SATURDAY AUGUST 28th LIKE NOBODY ELSE BACK-TO- SCHOOL SPECIAL Boys in d Girls sport shoos w eye t blue suede nylon uppers padded collars and rugged long wear soles Sizes to Regular K Pr BACK-TO- SCHOOL SPECIAL 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