10 -- Wednesday, May 14, 1997 - North Shore News

Pet

COYOTES are turning family pets
into fast food on the North Shore.
North Vancouver's Sophie Stetaniuk lost a
good triend on Sunday night.
The 200-block East 17th St. resident let
Mutlie, one of her Himalayan Blue cats, out at
approximately 9 pan. She went to callin the 12-

Said Stefaniuk, “Al [ve got isa big, ball of

fur.” She found some of her cat's intestines on a
neighbor's lawn.

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I didn’t heer any screeching —— nothing.

These animals are obviously very wild and very

aky,” said Stetaniuk.

A second Himalayan Blue, Stefaniuk’s other
“gem”, survived. It was inside the house at the

others to keep pets fenced or inside. “Pm in
mourning and Mm trying to keep busy. I'm still
hearing her meowing,” she said.

The B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands
and Darks estimates there are several hundred
coyotes in the Greater Vancouver area. The ani-
mal resembles a fox crossed with a colic. A coy
ote has 3 bushy rail and weighs benveen nine and

pwhers warned about coyotes

Covotes cat small dogs and cats. 7 are also.
attracted to improperly stored garbage, dirty bar-
becue gnils, compost bins, fruit, pet tood and
bird feed.

North Shore residents are advised to:

@ keep domestic pets on leashes;
keep small pets in at tor inside

year-old cat at 9:45 p.m. time of the attack. The distraught cat lover warns 14 kilograms. ~- By Michael Becker

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A West Vancouver woman
had a knife held to her neck
during a robbery on Apri! 5
in the underground parking
lot at Capilano Mall.

Potice say the mall
patron, in her mid 30s, was
unlocking her car door at 2
pm. when two teenagers
approached her on either
side.

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The woman reported the
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Children Identification.
The West Vancouver
Police would also like to
sign up more Block Watch
blocks in the municipality.
Currently there are 160
Block Watch areas in West
Van, said Sgt. Steve Watt.
Interested resident
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