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SWAN SONG FOR
WEST VAN FOWL?

Crusader claims
swans are ailing

CAESAR AND Cleopatra may be in trouble.

Valerie Maynard, a director for the Volunteer
Wildlife Rescue Association, says the two swans at
Ambleside Park ‘‘are not going to survive for any
length of time.’’

ADRIAN CHA ERLAI

December 28, 1983 Newsroom 985-2131

The swans — whom she’s He said the swans are able to
dubbed Caesar and _ get out of the pond and eat at
Cleopatra — lack proper the feeder station. The swans

nourishment, are being abus- sometimes walk (o a “grass

ed by ‘‘people and dogs’’, area’’ in the park to feed,
and live in a “‘stagnant’’ said Kim
pond, according to Maynard Maynard says the swans

The muntcipahty of West
Vancouver bought the swans
from Stanley Park Zoo for

have been repeatly mistreated
by people, and chased by
dogs She said recently the
$500 about two vears ago, West Van SPCA had a report
said Maynard tin) October of someone attempting lo pul
1982, the West Van Society a noose around a
for the Prevention of Cruelty neck

to Animals picked up the While there have been in

swans

swans trom Ambleside and cidents of people and dogs
handed them to Maynard, mistreating the swans, these
who rehabilitates  inyured are occamonal, and ‘not a
birds in her back vard problem.) said Kim

Then they were ‘in
bad shape
everything, |
‘Lo nursed

The water in the Amblesicte
duck pond is stagnant, says
Maynard, and trozen as well

Manic Moscovitch, prest

VeLy
starving, cold,
said Maynard
them back to

health

The swans were returned to
the park last Apel. bat
Maynard claims they re oon
trouble agam

Maynard says because of
the winter cold, © acsar
Cleopatra need lots of

Although they

and

Nourisbryeype nt

are fed grain and) bread
almost daily by the publis
the swans also get low of

white Dread with theo thea
thonal value "|
She said the sides of the
Ainbleside pond are too high

says Maynard

stoppiog the swans from

fecding om prays and
natural vegetation
Because the swans wings

have been clipped prescuding

them from

tly ving they
haven | been able to teach a
Kian feeder station set ug oon
the park by West Van park
officials. said Maynard

But Parks Supenmtendent
Won Kim says the swans are

gctting cnough nourishment

dent of the West Van SPC A
also satd the pond isn’t deep

cnough and that its frozen
sotid

The comeerns about the
Naableside  swasrs ane

about other areca wildlife
have been tarsed most recent
In by the spell ot cold weather
that bas plagucd the arca
But Kam says he keeps cn
SPOA

on the poud Nas

touch wath the and
that the see
been broken up tte saves high
lidde climmimates tl armbyway

We arc keeping an ove on
said

the vwans cxeey cay

Kos be

healthy

said the swans ane
arid wall stay ani tbo
park

But Mary nard

stroudd be

thonhks ‘Ihre
Swans tomo
“Stee sanaed these are tr pruatodas
facthtics on West Varmeouses

tor the swans Phey should

evther be rcturned to the bake

in Stanley Park of given to
private collectors she
said