0 Each day the sun rises so does your interest. HKIJ'IV; PAWS ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 205 • Crystal Lake Illinois 60014 • (815)459-2641 By Ellie Rusin Wildlife Committee Frank Conibear, trapper, wrote: "It is probable that no instrument was ever invented that caused as much suffering as the common steel trap." The trap slams shut with bone- crushing impact and holds the animal in a vise like grip. Many animals chew or twist their legs off to escape. It is estimated that close to 100 million aftimals and birds are trapped annually in this country; 4 out of 5 are "trash animals1' bearing worthless pelts (including dogs and cats) but caught anyway by the in discriminate trap. This does not include the millions of animals who escape, only to die later of infection or blood loss or the baby animals starving to death having lost a mother to the'trap. Illinois is one of a number of states that still allows the use of the leg-hold trap but, against a good deal of op position, Helping Paws in tends to work hard to to something about it. HP's "Ban the Leg-hold Trap" posters are finally printed and ready for use. More help is needed with disseminating the posters and replenishing the at tached reply cards as necessary. A meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, in the Helping Paws office, 465 Virginia street, Crystal Lake, for anyone interested in helping HP promote this cause. Those who would like to help but cannot make the meeting, can call 344-1531, 385-7367, or 459-6356, or leave a message at the office. The posters are being located in public places throughout the county, as well as Animal Control and the Helping Paws office. Any suggestions regarding ad ditional sites for posting will be welcome Please remember also, that the reply cards can and should be sent to both state and federal senators and representatives and their names and addresses shojuld be available from the county clerk in the county courthouse. Keep in mind that some new legislators will be installed in January and they should be contacted also. It is important to send personally written follow-up letters in addition to the reply cards for greater impact. The congressman will be impressed by numbers of contacts ob jecting to the traps but, like the rest of us, will be most responsive to personally- written letters rather than just form letters. The animals cannot vote or speak for themselves. Let's get to work for them! All pet adoptions must be validated by the signing of a contract along with the adoption fee which includes the cost of the spay or neuter surgery from a vet of HP's choice, or a deduction from the cost of the surgery if done by a vet of your choice. DOGS FOR ADOPTION One Lab mix puppy, 8 weeks old, black, shots, 338- 0800. German Shepherd-Poodle, male, 3 years old, black, very well trained, shots, good with children and pets, 338-0132 or 626-7116. German Shepherd, black, male, l year old, housebroken, good with children and pets, beautiful and well behaved, 455-2356. Labrador-Doberman mix, male, 2 years old, neutered, shots, housebroken, good with children and pets, needs room to run, 455-3497. & CATS FOR ADOPTION Four-week-old kitten, male, semi-long cream-buff hair, 459-1348. Male, l year old, neutered, white with tiger grey spots and tail, short hair, shots, housebroken, good with children and pets, friendly, 459-5597. Black and white, green eyes, adult female, short hair, shots, housebroken, good with children and pets, 338-2573. One kitten, female 5 weeks old, black and white short hair, shots, 338-0800. Male, 6 months old, markings of black with white tuxedo front, shots, housebroken, good with children and pets, 639-2881. Young female Calico kitten, 344-0448. Red tabby short hair male, 5 months old, shots, housebroken, 459-3946. Two 8-week-old kittens, male grey-white semi-long hair; female grey semi-long hair, shots, housebroken, 459-6523. Male, 7 months old, short hair, black with white chest and paws, shots, housebroken, good with children and pets, 459-6523. Two kittens, 5M> months, one male buff-white, one male grey-white, shots, housebroken, good with children and pets, 639-5142. Female Calico kitten, six months old, 338-0800. Brown Tabby Mackeral, male, short hair, 8 weeks old, housebroken, 459-3946. Beige with chocolate brown markings, 8 weeks old, thick, long hair, two darling kittens available, 459-2641. Adult female Calico, short hair, very cute, housebroken, 338-7188. Russian blue-grey male, n e u t e r e d , s h o t s , housebroken, good with children and pets, 658-4675. Two young adult cats; one Calico, one beautiful all white, 459-5119. Three black and white short hair kittens, 17 weeks old, good with children and pets, housebroken, 658-7405. Domestic short hair male, 2 years old, snow white, housebroken, good with children and pets, 455-3497. Two kittens, 8 weeks old, short hair, male tiger stripe with white paws and chest; female has same markings, 658-4578 or 459-8815. Silver Tabby female, silver and black, medium coat, small size, spayed, shots, housebroken, five years old, cannot be out doors, 312-669-3022. LOST DOGS Sheltie mix female, 5 years old, reddish brown- white, long hair, tail trim med, wearing black collar and rabies tag, "Bobo". Last seen near Chapel Hill Country club. Owner offers reward, 459-9271. Poodle with shaggy coat, male, 5 months old, buff with apricot tinge, wearing green leash and black collar, Chardonnat avenue, Crystal Lake, 459-1223 or 639-9060. Cockapoo male five years old, light tan, straight, hair 3" long, Crystal Lake area. Last seen on North Oak street, 459-3840. Sheltie female, black, 6 months old, long hair, brown-white chin and chest; black body. Wearing white collar with address, Coventry, 459-2792. Beagle type, small female, 3-4 years old, short hair, orange with patch of white, pregnant, Maple street, Crystal Lake, 459-7323. COUPON FORMAL WEAR RENTALS for ALL OCCASIONS tile. itiMf (ft <MT. 1214 N.Green St.,McHeniy < FREE! Two German Shepherd females, one 4-month-old puppy, one adult 12 years old, both greyish brown and wearing choke chains, both lost together in McHenry heading toward Woodstock on Route 120, 459-7447. Doberman, male, 1 year old, reddish brown, wearing leather collar with his name Brutus, McHenry and Route 120, 385-2542. FOUND DOGS German Shepherd, purebred, male, 2 years old, black and tan, wearing chain collar. Parkland school, McHenry, 338-7040. ' German Shepherd purebred, male, 7 months old, black and tan, Fox Ridge, 385-4205. , Husky, purebred, male, black and white, Village Prairie Grove, 459-3470. Irish Setter, young adult female wearing chaincollar, Coventry, 459-3417. LOST CATS Large black domestic short hair male, 4 years old, wearing white flea collar, Ringwood, 728-0693. Siamese male, 8 years old, neutered, declawed, chocolate with beige markings, quite fat, 900 block River road, McHenry, 385-5579. FOUNDCATS Black short hair male, 4 months old with wired jaw, Johnsburg, 728-1277. Short hair female, 3 months old, steel grey, west Hillside road near Country Woods, 566-7946. Please call Animal Control when you find or lose a pet. 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