2 -— Sunday, June 25, 1989 - North Shore News

NVD residents howl over dog park plan

THE DOG war is heating up
in Cates Park.

By MICHAEL BECKER
News Reporter

Some Dollarton area residents
are howling mad about a plan that
would see a section of the North
Vancouver park opened to free-
running dogs all year round.

The park is currently designated
as a leashed area for dog use be-
tween Oct. 1 and April 15 only.
But a number of Dollarton resi-

dents have been lo¥bying council
to open the park up to allow freer
access to dogs.

In letters to North Vancouver
District Counci!, doggie-walk ad-
vocates argue tat since the district
and city implemented policy on
where dogs are permitted in
municipal parks and_ recreation
areas, Dollarton and Deep Cove
dog ownes have been been given
the sho end of the leash. They
say they need more public area to
work out their canines.

Degs are prohibited access to a

portion of Myrtle Park and are
permitted on leash in Wickenden
Park. On-leash access is allowed to
Deep Cove and Panorama parks,
Oct. 1 to April 15.

But counci! has given first
teading to a bylaw that would
allow dogs and their walkers
unrestricted access to a trail runn-
ing through the north side of Cates
park, beginning west of the tennis
courts and running to the western
boundary of the park.

Said Carol Palleson, who lives
adjacent to the park and has, to

her dismay, szen it go to the dogs:
“It’s a nice little park here and we
want to keep it pristine and free of
dog pollution. The trail is near the
tennis courts, the picnic area and
the children’s play area. I've lived
here for 25 years and | see that we
have a lot more young families and
children using the park. J run
through the park, and just the
other day a guy was here with five
dogs and he was hitting tennis balls
for the dogs to chase after.”’

Area resident Rick Anderson, a
member of the Preserve Cates Ac-

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tion Committee, says the mix of
dogs and kids in the park is an ac-
cident waiting to happen.

Said Anderson: ‘‘It’s naive to
think that an accident won’t hap-
pen. It’s a keg of dynamite waiting
to explode. If my kid gets bitten
and the district is sued, is the
district going to fall back on some
implied risk factor?’

Residents, proposing a complete
ban on dogs in Cates Park, are
gathering a petition. The issue
returns to council for considera-
tion on Monday.

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