wants to know who is
- shooting his cats.

Two weeks ago, one of the
three. cats the North Shore
man owns -returned to his
East .Fourth Street home
showing blood on its back.

“I couldn't -get near him
(to check it out),” says
Rankin.

But: there | was: no doubt
about the blood that covered

“through his. front window

Sunday night.

“The. cat came crawling
through the window and
Started vomiting and making
strange sounds,” he ‘said. As
it moved along the wall of
the house, it left a smear of
blood.

The cat had been shot with
a pellet gun five times.

Rankin rushed the feline
to the Vancouver emergency
animal clinic where it was

Susan ‘Hosie displays |

f the pellets
Rankin’s cat. Scar om backs

ows area of one of fi e rounds.

STEVE. “RANKIN

.a@ second cat that climbed ._

while he watched television: -

- entry wounds on the.cat in-. .

THE KIWANIS wait to help
but they are having a. little
trouble.. 2

Milt Peters, .

with.
‘The money is interest ear-

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-Over the past'seven years, |
- that interest has been turned

“over to. community groups
on. ‘the. North, ‘Shore: About
$40,000.a year has gone out |

with finding recipients for
about $50,000 in grants.and

If | the money is not

‘gtanted to community ‘work
before the end of the year,

the North Vancouver

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“Our main concern is get-

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“We want more different~ for financial banking, write :

societies: to be aware of (the --
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the removal ‘of a kidney” ~
the cat was all right.

“Tm determined to find
out who's doing: this,” says
Rankin, who has’ taken his
complaints to police and the |
SPCA.

He’s so determined, in
fact, that he’s considering of- |
fering a reward for any infor-
mation.

“This has already cost me
about-$500,” he says, referr-"
ing to his-bills for nursing. the
latest shooting victim back
to health. “I didn’t see any
reason why the cat should.
die for a damn reason like .

Dr. Sue Hosie of the .Van- .
couver clinic, said that the.

dicated that it has been tied: ~
up or confined in a box while
it was shot... . — se
“If anyone has any ‘infor-
mation about this,” says.
Rankin, “I'd like them to.
contact me or the ‘humane

welfare, cultural, . educa-
tional. and. charitable. works.”
and only on the North Shore.’

If you've got a worth-while:
‘project and. you're looking

the foundation at 170 West .
Second St., North Van-.
couver. Postal code is V7™M |
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