“dt was Christmas morning and
the children were busy unwrapping
the many presents that Santa had

By Earle Bingley
Contributing Writer

Sunday, December 12, 1993 - North Shore News -

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foundation presents a Christmas story

left for them under the beautifully
decorated tree. When the doorbell
rang, we knew it would be our
best friends fram across the street.
What we didn’t know was that the
gift they had brought was a big
ball of white fluff: a beautiful

playful puppy. What our best
friends didn't know was that we
were not ready to have a dog in
our lives. We gracefully accepted
the gift, and the children had a
wonderful day playing with it, but
it made us sad knowing that one

NEWS photo Neil Lucente

EARLE BINGLEY, president of the Canadian Voice For Animals Foundation, is asking people who
are thinking about buying an animat as a gift for a friend to think twice.

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day, we would have to find
another home for it.'" End of
Christmas story.

THIS STORY unfolds every year,
in every town and city across
Canada.

And every year articles are
written about the hazards of giv-
ing an unwanted animal to fami-
lies who just don’t have the time
to take care of it.

The big problem with these ar-

& Finding a
home for a pet is
@ very serious

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ticles is that they are written after
Christmas.

This year, the Canadian Voice
For Animals Foundation is beg-
ging you to think about the
animal.

Finding a home for a pet is a
very serious business. A pet needs
constant supervision in the first
few months of its life, and most
working couples just don’t have
the time to spend with their new
unwanted pet.

The Christmas season is the
busiest time of the year in most
households, what with friends
popping in, and your children’s
friends coming over to play.

This kind of hustle and bustle is
frightening to a small puppy or
kitten.

{It is also a time in an animal’s
life when it should be the centre
of attention.

If, after reading this, you still
want to give those special friends
in your life a living, breathing
gift, please call us first at 980-
0141, and we will tell you how to
do just that,

_ The CVA Foundation is a reg-
istered charitable organization.
Your tax-deductible donations are
gratefully appreciated. Write them
c/o P.O. Box 4456, Vancouver,
B.C. V6B 3Z8. Earle Bingley is
the president of the Canadian
Voice For Animals Foundation.

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