SURE HE’S ALIVE “Where's my dog?’ asks James Talk to Sammy James and he insists his dog, a black male labrador-shepherd cross impounded by the SPCA May 2, is still alive. Have a chat with SPCA officials and they say the dog was put to sleep on May 9. And as a result of those differences, James is threatening to take legal ac- uon against the SPCA over the fate of his dog. The controversy began Re - sinc DIVISION TANDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED ®) C hech the white pages for the Radio Stach ot... mearesl yous ma ~ Dale prli cs captre May £0 26-3801" One-piece phone has quality you can hear * 1-year guarantee, DOC approved ° Auto-redial, privacy button @ In white (43.501) or brown 143 502 By JOANNE MacDONALD May 2 when James, who was in the midst of moving, nouced his pet was gone. oO" Clearance 1/22 He says he started calling friends and the SPCA on May 2, but it wasn’t until he talked to an employee at the West Vancouver SPCA on May 4 that he found out three dogs, all answering to the description of James’ dog (named Garp), were at the North Vancouver pet shelter. He went to the North Vancouver SPCA and saw Portable computer at a remarkable price © Features five built-in software programs © With auto-dialer and direct-connect modem CB walkie-talkie... keep in touch © Up to 6 channels. with Ch. 14 crystals Scientific calculator e 30 independent on tunctions Make mornings easier with AM/FM clock radiv Ny ° Onay date display Garp in the kennels, but discovered he could not af- ford the fine to bail his pet out. James says he told the SPCA employee on duty he would return later in the week after he had raised money to pay for the fine. When he returned on May 10 and checked the kennel for Garp, the dog was gone. James says he then went A23 - Wednesday, May 23, 1984 - North Shore News to the front desk, where he encountered a different employee from the one he had previously dealt with. He claims the log book (which lists every dog which is checked into the pound) showed a description of a white female Samoyed in place of the previous record of Garp’s capture. ‘‘My dog had been picked up in the 900 block Tobruck, and another dog, a female Lab cross had been picked up at the same time in the same area. They were both entered, one underneath each other in the log book,’’ says James. ‘‘But when | checked the log book on May 10, my dog’s descrip- tion had been whited out See page A24 VHF/UHF/FM camper antenna © Folds for travel e TV or FM radio © 40° boom © VHF channels 2-13, 88-108 MHz FM VHF-TV and FM antenna ASd >peakers and save! q OID thie Yn - B80 watto Chsmhs evveneasst 24 watts of power AM/FM car cassette Yd mic 1 2122 a Missi. ts great on Gold Boy OE rete cats D9 PE el HH) BO rritete.s 3?x