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BILL: SHORT | has driven long and hard to ‘sell whiat he says
ts /the medicinal value of allowing, old people the right ( to re-
: (ai in the companionship of pets. : :

: with.'a petition and van
unShakable’ conviction in his cause,”
“the 71- -year- -old’ Montreal man has
pilotted “his « Chevette: cross
Canada with 4 crew of four dogs.
“On: Wednesday ‘he. pulled “irito
| North Vancouver to setup shop i in.
Capilano -Mall, :
through Sundays) 8.80:
It;;is the ‘I4th stop-on Short" s.

- cross-country ‘odyssey. He began i in,

: Halifax June 29:

“Short’s petition requests “that old.
-people* in. government "subsidized
“housing: who: are proven :to be fit
“and capable ‘be allowed: to have
‘pets.: :
at Size of the. pet; ‘necording to the

petition, would | be limited to tS

pounds.
General manager of the. B.C.
‘Housing Management Commission
n' Leman ‘said Friday pets are not

Uccepted.in ‘those: B. C. subsidized “

“housing: units thatare outfitted
with wall-to- swall ciirpet.
‘Phe: restriction,

“stituted five years age asa health

> measuce-and in response to com-~! -

‘plaints‘from people in B.C.’s 4,000
subsidized: housing ‘units. Tenants

who oWned pets atthe time of the |

new restrictions were permitted to
“keep them.
: “We ury’'to be flexible,” Leman
Ve'are well aware that pets,
are important ,to:a lot: of seniors.
On: the other hand, we-have to try:

rthe ‘needs ofthe ma-
Hfority of our clients, and, let's face :

, not everybody is a.pet lover.’”..:
after’ aiday ‘inthe North Van-
“couver shopping. mall, ‘Short. had
natures toudd to the 16, 000
he has collected thus f L

where’ he wilt: be.

“RCMP.

he said, was iné

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW
News Reporter“.

“His goal is 50, 000 signatures.

‘Pets can be invaluable to peo-
ple,” Short said Thursday. ‘It has’.

been’ proven... that they.can. add

years to lives of. their, owners.’ For!)

seniors ‘they have: been shown to

lower the need for medication and,

of course, take away loneliness.’
Short, 3a. former:
officer - and:
alcoholic, stumbled upon the value
of ‘animal

“After, quitting drinking two

years earlier; Short said, “f was’in
a deep depressiom and ‘close to go-”

ing back to the-binging ways that I
had indulged in for 52-years? Then
I got Candy.”’

The +

wreck destined to be pulaway.
The.two found mutual compa-
nionship in separate depressions,
and Short, a long-time. dog lover
with. 50 per.‘cent” hearing loss,

began training Candy as a hearing

aid dog.
Following initial success. with
Candy, Short established Candy’s

’ Canadian Hearing Aid Dogs Ine.)
federally
charitable

The company is a
éhariered, non-profit
organization .

On Monday, “Short is scheduled “

1o-meet with Social Services and
Housing Minister Claude | Rich-

‘mond to présent his petition and to
request a change in the provincial
Pet policy.) | 7

Montreal - ;
reformed

companionship au
years ago. when he was hitting the
“bottom ofa long: mental slide.:

Yy-year-old. German Sheps:
herd, Short. said, wasoa nervous

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BILL SHORT poses with: his faithfut friends - _ - Sitky Toy Tertiers Rocky, Tina and
Charger, and: German Shepherd Candy — in North: Vancouver’s Capilano Mall. The §
71-year-old Montrealer_is driving 3 across Canada with.his dogs and‘a petition calling for:
removal of pet restrictions in senior citizen’s homes. He will _be collecting signatures: at}
the mall through Sunday. Short’s dogs are trained to help people. with impaired hearing.
They: use: body movements to warn their masters of unusual, sounds. and. to” indicate §
where those sounds originate. Once-he-has collected 50,000 signatures on. his petition,

Short says he: will present it lo Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. ’ . : LE