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Pet owners warned.

RENOWNED WEST Vancoiver artist.
‘Daniel Izzard wants to warn his neigh-”
bors ‘about a ‘coyote that attacked his
beloved poodle on Monday.

“By Anna. Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter.

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“My, little dog | was just like a rag doll j in n his

mouth,” said an upset Izzard about four hours ,

“after the attack.

‘To press time, the poodle was believed to
have suffered a broken neck.

Izzard said his. two dogs, a 15-year-old
poodle and an 18-month-old Maltese, were let
- out in his yard near Hillside middle school at
“about 7 am. 7” '

“Our Maltese ran in ‘in’ a panic,

said Hl

‘Izzard, “It looked out ‘and there is this damn = }

“thing with my dog in his mouth trotting off”

Izzard. ran vafter the coyote, which, was
walking down’ the driveway. The animal
:. dropped the 'dog | -

“when Izzard: |

yelled -at it.:The
., coyote

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‘along « Queens |
“Avenue? near.
Russet Way. aa
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Bell ‘said the SPCA gels, “lots” of calls from
residents’. “reporting coyote sightings. Some

“callers say their pets have, been attacked.

_Artist’s pet. poodle

Bell said that -coyGtés. can be: found.’ |

throughout: the ‘North Shore and will attack.

“easy prey such a8 cats,
Bell advises pet owners to always be with

their pets outside their homes and ensure their
--animals are inside at night. ‘

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tA coyote is'not going to come up if you

“are there.” said Bell.

Bell said a coyote will not attack a child.
‘Environment Ministry officials’ explain

“that coyotes can't differentiate between wild

‘animal. prey such’ as squirrels ind. muskrats

_and ‘small domestic animals suchas cats, rab-

“bits and $mall dogs: a
Meanwhile West Vancouver Police ‘Const.

” Paul Skelton said police received about six -§

year concerning cougar sightings.
the calls were vin January and

“calls this
Most of
. February. ;
“ About-a week ago i resident living near
J the’400-block of Keith Road observed a
_ cougar in a trees.

~ Skelton said there have been fewer reports
of coyotes and couye ars this summer than in

past years.

“One of the cougar reports in Jai: wary, the

“resident reported the cougar was in his tree

with a dead raccoon.” said Skelton.

One West Vancouver resident believes that
ath last
week and the disappearance of her other cat
‘about a month age.”

“We know. that he v
‘ind av picce of his imestine was left behind,”
“said Mika Merrick about the death of her t4-
year-old cat. hs

Merrick said: the

cat \ "us killed between $

“am. and 6 a.m.

She, said her veterinal Irian believed the cat
vas killed by a coyote, The: intestine left
behind was dis sed:

Thé-cat was killed near-21st Street and:

_ Inglewood Avenue, ‘
Merrick’s other, cat; a ‘W2ye arcoid female,

s killed because fur -

“went missing | about # mont ago in the sume"

and places of worship.

fated,

_ NEWS photo Mike Wakefleld

ALLAN. SMITH of King Kubota Excavation Services Stalks construction with Dave Taylor of Walter and scl
‘Construction at the site of the long- anticipated Westview Interchange. Work on the $32-million project to accelerate
traffic on the Upper Levels should not cause delays of more than five minutes to drivers, sald contractors. oe

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“North? Shore Jewish -
Community. Association president
Miriam Bergson. said she: thinks

~ the two incidents are connected.

“E just think somebody likes to
play tricks and stir things up.” she

“told the News, “But E hope that's’.

the end of it.”
Speaking of the vandalism,
Bergson said: “We see it as an irre--

«sponsible act .of some disturbed

individual whose aim is to poison
the atmosphere of love, mutual
respect:and close friendship we
have enjoyed over. many years

_ with our friends and neighbors on ‘

the North Shore.”

Bergson said that the slogan
. painted on the sign has a_ sinister
residents, . some whom
Holocaust survivors. ;

She said the slogan is the sume as the one
used by Nazis 60 years ago in their cam.
* paign’to force Jews from their homes, towns
i. Sabbath. are
While heavy

are ,

Calling. the :spray-painting ‘incident iso-
she noted the North Shore Jewish
» Congregation has . been, lacated. fon
nglewood for ‘the past LO years without

‘problems. .

driver and victim

differ on issue of response |
A NORTH Vancouver father'is critical of how B.C. Transit -
“has: handled his complaint about a bus driver

who he
claims did nothing to assis a group of teens rabbed and
atticked ona bus Tast yeu

ByiAnna Marie D ‘angele

News Reporter .

“Hd like the public to know when they ride on the bus and when!
they need help to dial O-1-Tiand you ' ask the bus driver to do that for!
you, don't expect that to happen,” said Grasme Oliver i
i Oliver's: 15-year-old son, Kane, and three of his friends, all age
J5,yot_on an empty bus "at Lonsdale Quay at 11 p.m. on Boxing
Day. '
Justas the bus began to leave. four youths jumped aboard, They

; thre ‘itened, punched and hit the other teens for more than 20 minutes

as thé bus travelled through North Vancouver, said Oliver,
“At one point a knife w als brandished and one of the boys was

RACIST VANDALISM targeted the North Shore’s 400-
family-strong Jewish community with a swastika and
“Jews out” slogan Friday at a synagogue building site.

Jack. Chivo, a “‘meinber of the community
association board, said the incident occurred
between 3 p.m. and: 6 p.m. Friday, a few.
hours’ before. the beginning of the Jewish

fie passed by on Taylor
Way, sonigone jumped the fence and painted
a large swastika, said Chivo,

He believes someone saw something.
Chivo said the perpetrator may just be

“for huip.

someone With passing anger.’ |.
“On the other hand, if he really
is a crackpot, it could be a prob-:
lem,” he said.. “Unfortunately, we
don’t know.” ‘

Chivo said an unidentified. per--:
son painted over the swastika and “
slogan on the sign on Saturday.

‘West Vancouver ” police are
treating the spray-painting inci-
dent as an isolated act of vandal-. .

_ ism, said Sgt. Hugh Carleton. :
“There's nothing to indicate
they. are :the target. of any orga
. nized group or anything. like that,
“he said.
, However, Carleton: -added. the!
police . would, be, paying extra
“attention to the site. Boe
Norman Greenberg, the project

“manager for. the synagogue’ and : :

‘community. centre - complex,
explained ‘the -Jewish »,Congre-
gation struck a deal with “the West :
Vancouver School : Board to take
over the Inglewood preinises for.i
dollar a year.

In creturn, the Jewish groin
spent $250,000 ‘to: make the ed

* Photo submitted

. agreed to return the building to the‘
school board ata later'date, he said,
Two or three years ago, the congregation
began spending nearly $1,000%a month to

month-to-month basis, said Greenberg.

The congregation has since beguti devel-"’
opment on Taylor Way. Greenberg: ‘suid the
incidents have made’ the Jewish community ©.

osteadfast-in its resolve to complete the pro-
ject ‘sooner, Av ground- breaking, ceremony
for the project will go aahet id.on Oct | ee

robbed of his disc player at. knife point. .

Oliver. said the bus driver drove from Lonsdale Quay t to -
Edgemont Village without doing anything abou, the obvious ruckus
going on on his bus. ,

At Edgemont, all the boys
been punched in the face, as ed the hus driv
asked the driver (wo times to call for help. 7

. Oliver clainis the bus driver shrugged his ghoul: ders and did note,
ing.

“Without the help of the bus driver, they went tothe closest home
said Oliver, i

But B.C. ‘Tratis spokesman Trace Acre
stated the fallawing, “During the trip, they all rede in the rear. {
heard or saw wothing out of the ordinary until { observed the alleged

to hone 9-1-1. ile» '

-victim stand up and } pull down one of the advertising panels.:

Moments after Larrived at Edgemont Village, the majority left by
rear exit. the remaining two youths approached the front requesting
a call to report a stolen jacket. I didn? U believe him after witnessing
the ad incident.” X i

The teens did not appear hurt or distressed and there was no men-
tien ofa knife or robbery to the bus driver, ucearding to Actes! }

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rent. the 5.000- square-foot: -building/ on a,

said that the bus driver. ;

demned building” habitable and |

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