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process. Thompson says
although it appears the dog
was hit by a bullet, they have

day, it was finally decided to

near Deep
put the poodle to sleep

Strathcona area
Cove.

‘. LINDSAY THOMPSON is at a loss to explain

why anyone would want to shoot her two pet

dogs. _ .

it happened last Friday poodle and Kayla, a 12-
_when Starsky, a 10-year-old year-old Husky-German

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Shepherd cross were running
around Thompson's
neighborhood in the

Shots rang out with Star-
sky sustaining a bullet to the
lungs. After being taken to a
local veterinarian late Fri-

Saturday.

But Kayla proved more
fortunate and is currently
going through the healing

yet to determine if the bullet
is still in the dog.

“*She’s still limping a bit,
but we’ve been giving her
penicillin and putting some
antibiotics right on the
wound on her back. It looks
like her coat was singed,’’

“says Thompson. ‘‘We'll see
how she does before taking
her into the vet.””

She says the hole found in
the poodle’s coat appears to
be larger than a hole made
by a pellet gun. ‘‘As far as
we’re concerned, the next
biggest thing would be a .22
bullet so that’s what we
think hit the dogs. Several
people in the area have dogs
and they’re quite concern-
ed,’’ Thompson says.

The incident has been
reported to. the North Van-
couver RCMP but no leads
have surfaced to date.
However, Cpl. Don Jette
says under section 401 of the
Criminal Code, anyone
found guilty of the shooting
incident could receive a max-
imum penalty of up to six
months in jail and or a
$2000 fine.

Thompson, meanwhile,
says she is hoping the $100
reward posted for informa-
tion leading to the convic-
tion of the person responsi-
ble for the attack will turn
up some clues.

“The only other thing we
could think of as a reason
for the shooting was that
someone was trying to break
into our house we've
never had any trouble with
the neighbors complaining
about the dogs,’’ says
Thompson. ‘They're old
dogs and they can’t really do
anything. They can’t even
run that fast.’

j Salvation Army favorite break-in target

THE PASTOR of the North Vancouver Salvation
Army Corps is fed up with vandalism.

Major Sam Fame said the
facility has experienced up to

six break-ins over the past
four years. Each time thieves

By JOA facDONALD

have used a different method
of illegal entry, but Fame

said the break-ins now seem
to be escalating at a faster
tate than in previous years.
The most recent incident
occurred early last Saturday

when thieves completely
shattered a glass door
located in the lower section
of the church, smashed a
glass pane above the door,

then entered the main office
by breaking the door lock.

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