It is: quite. éommon for’ ZOOS as well as
ordinary citizens to. keep exotic, ‘tropical
animals such as monkeys, parrots, snakes,
etc. It has been said that certain’.animals
‘really. can’t: adjust to our. climate. and en-
vironment andi it is cruel tokeep them.

— Thisi issue the Inquiring Reporter asks:

as it it ervel fo

aoe

orth Vancouver

Exotic animals need
special care and pet
owner must give them a
proper environment.

,

“

Bernard Miller
North Vancouver

Zoos can-be humane if
the animals have been
born and properly cared
for in captivity. I do think
that some people just
don’t take care of their
own pets.

, Sandra Hutchison
North Vancouver

Yes. I don't like zoos. I
re feel very sorry for the

* polar bears at Stanley
Park.

Bil Mizel
North Vancouver

If people want cxotic
pets, they must be
prepared to understand
their special needs.

Sherry Anderson
North Vancouver

I think it is cruel to

koep any animal in
captivity.

residents

“Angus ‘Ree,
nominated last Monday. as
the Socred candidate
North | Vancouver-Capilano
at the: May. .10 provincial

who.” was

in:

election, is concentrating on

issues close. to home. :

He says “the” highways
ministry considers cost-.

sharing of the repaving and _

upgrading of-Capilano Road

in North Vancouver to be a.

high-priority Project... ae
~The ~ District - of North

Vancouver recently an-
nounced ai $2,000,000
program to widen. and
repave Capilano Road from |
the Upper Levels to
Prospect.

Ree said that, upon

hearing the announcement,

he approached the Minister
with the. -

of Highways
Grgument . that-.the cost
should be borne partially by
the province and not wholly
by the homeowners of the
District.

a

The reasoning, he said,
was’ because Capilano is a

“quasi” highway, used to a.
large degree by tourists. The

homeowners on Capilano
shouldn’t have to foot the
complete bill.

“I was advised by the
minister’s office”, said Ree,
“that they (the Highways
Department) considered
participation in the cost “a
high priority project”.

Ree hopes that -residents
of the District and par-
ticularly those on Capilano
Road will support ‘the
District council in an ap-
plication so that an early
decision will be reached.

B.C. LIBERAL LEADER JEV TOTHILL (centre, pointing) at the recent opening of
the party's North Shore campaign headquarters at 2345 Lonsdale, North Vancouver.

Tothill is expected to get the Liberal nomination as the party’s candidate.in the North .
Van-Seymour riding at the > May: 10 Provincial election.

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FoR PROVINCIAL ELECTION

- Jev Tothill, leader of the
B.C. Liberal party, says the
Liberals will . concentrate
their provincial — election
efforts on the North Shore
ridings of North Vancouver-
Capilano and North Van-
couver-Seymour.

“Local riding associations
who wish to put candidates
forward will not be
discouraged,” . Tothill said,
“but the party will not seek a
large slate of ‘token’ can-
didates throughout the
province, as the Tories are
doing.”

Tothill, who is expected to
be_unopposed as the. Liberal
standard bearer at the North
Vancouver-Seymour nomi-
nating Meeting April 17, said
that to nominate a large
number of Liberal  can-
didates for the May 16
provincial election would

Liberal

mitigate against the federal
campaign, thus
playing into the hands of
Premier Bill Bennett whose

irrational, no-issue, election .

call was timed to: aid the
federal Tories.

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“We do not intend to be.

drawn into the premier's
federal-provincial game,”
Tothill said; “the provincial
election emphasizes to e.
need for strong leadership in

the legislature between the

extremes of Social Credit
over-taxation and the NDP’s

| plans bared.

blissful ignorance of
economic mangement.”

“Gordon Gibson’ provided

that leadership in the last
legislature and we will seek
to continue it in the next,”
Tothill added.

Well-known North

Vancouver. school —trustee-
and past

school board
chairman Frank Warburton
is widely expected to win the
Liberal nomination in North
Vancouver-Capilano, held
by the Liberals since 1965.

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