* , .
: C CC Ty } | yy Boe we SP dl
’ - > ms, - Se a cae : 3
. "kp

Dear Editor:

The B.C. Pesticide

Control Appeal Board will ©

be deciding near the end of
April whether poison will be
used by the Fish and Wildlife
Branch for the killing of
wolves and coyotes.

The Association for the
Protection of Fur-Bearing
Animals, along with other
groups and individuals,
presented our case against
the use of the cruel 1080

The management unit 2.8
which extends generally
from Squamish to Harrison
Hot Springs including most
of the

permit. M.U. 2.8 is an area

North Shore >

where poison could possibly
be used during the proposed
5 year length of the permit.

There are clearly some
conditions which must be
met before poison can be
used. (e.g. - harrassment of
livestock, and the fact that
Compound 1080 would not
be used closer than 1 km. of
a person’s dwelling, etc.,
etc.)

Many dangers, however,
are still involved. If this
permit is allowed, the public
should try to. ascertain
precisely where in M.U. 2.8
For the B.C. government to
simply say “East of Van-
couver” is not ¢nough. ;

Compound 1080 was used
in the Pitt Polder area in
1977-78 and indeed some of

the poison bait was
“reported stolen” according
to the Fish and Wildiife
Branch. 1080 was also used
in parts of Mission and
Agassiz. The district of
Coquitlam has already asked
the Appeal Board to exempt
the Burke Mountain area
from the poison permit
because of the number of

hikers, pets, etc. that
frequent the area. We
commend that municipality
for its concern. -

We hope that all
municipalities in the

province will be told if
Poison is allowed within
their jurisdictions. We
believe that the elected
representatives in the area
should be able to decide
whether a private landowner

fossg eae

can or cannot allow the Fish
and Wildlife Branch to set
out poison baits on his land.
At least the municipalities
should be told of the use of
poison baits within their
areas.

It was very surprising for
us to discover that ao
newspaper ads were inserted
by the Pesticides Branch to
inform the public of the use
of this poison Compound
1080. (1080 is particularly
lethal to dogs and there is no
antidote.) Shouldn't the
people of Prince George,
Kamloops, Salmon Arm,
etc., etc. be notified that
they could have appealed
the Pesticide Permit?

The last date for
registering appeals was ia

Park criticism ‘unfounded’

on repose to the article
printed in your paper about
Lynn Canyon Park on Mar.
26/80, we are sending this
rebuttal. -

Lynn Canyon Park is a
public park. I wonder if Mr.
Murraygreen has ever
ventured out of the Lynn
Valley area to see for himself
that these problems cxist m
many other parks and public

is hard to keep a park of this
size free of debris, liquor and
noise without the help of
truly concerned citizens.
As caretakers, we caa
inform the public that
drinking is illegal in this park

only alternative is to phone
the police each time this law
is broken which ['m sure
they'll appreciate. This
problem ts not only with the
youth but also families and
picnickers.

As for the loud music, we
can ask for it to be turned

down but we can't do it for
them. If we did then we
would be breaking the law.
Mr. Murraygreen, have
you ever followed the fine

- example of many of our

unpaid park nacighbors and
stopped to pick up the trash
and put it in the many
garbage cans placed
throughoot the park or just
stepped over it in your haste

Dear Editor:

A concept to consider:

Referring to the absurd
situation of East and West
Pakistan, to visualize what
will become of the Dominion
of Canada, if the Quebec
Referendum becomes fact.
All surface links of com-
municiation will be severed.

if Quebec must separate,

it should be conditional on~

all lands south of the Saint
Lawrence River. There is a

price for everything.

D. Clay
North Vancouver

First the Good News:
Frank Baker's Garden Dining Room 1s now open Wed
to Sat for a new-menu lunch and a super smorgasbord
dinner buftet Lots of vanety at very affordable pnces
That's Wednesday to Sahuwday

Now the Bad News:
We're closed on Monday and Tuesday (except for ban-

quets and partes)

More Good News:

From Noon ti 7 5 better than ever and bargain pnced

FRANK BAKER’S

Marine Drive Reservations:

at Taylor Way

922-3224

to ‘fet home to complain
about it?”

We have been caretakers
for the past 12 years and
we're sure that if our
residence was surrounded
with trash, it would have
come to the attention of the
Parks Superintendent long
before now. We find this
statement completely false.

In conclusion we find Mr.

Quarter Pound
Burger and Fries
Wed., Thurs., & Fri. Apr. 2,3&4

Murrayegreen’s comments to
be totally pnfounded but we
are open to _ productive
suggestions from truly
concerned residents.

Stan Yondell
Marion Y ondell
Caretakers,

Lynn Canyon Park

Remember Happy Night!

DeLuxe Burgers— '2 Price!
Every Tuesday Spm ‘til Closing

404 Lonsdale 987-4131

$179 =

| out 1080 poison

February of course, but we
hope that local public
disclosures will be made by
the Fish and Wildlife Branch
before poison js to be used.

Compound 1080 is not
allowed for Wildlife Control
on Federal land in the
U.S.A., though it may
apparently be still used for
some rodent control. 1080
Poison is not allowed in
Ontario or Quebec. If‘all of
these areas can manage their
coyote/wolf/livestock pro-
blems without the cruel
Compound 1080, then so can
B.C.

George V. Clements
Assn. for the Protection
of Fur-Bearing Animals
Vancouver

KEEP IT SHORT

Readers’ letters on all topics
ere welcomed and MAILBOX
wants to print as many as possi

of average typing or 26 lines of
average handwriting).

All fetters must be signed and
address

cheese’