i mailbox Shocked by SPCA facility Dear Editor I’m not sure if you are the o whom this letter e directed. If not, wousd you kindly ensure it into the right hands. It is my hope that it will appear in print at some time in the not too distant future. x This past Friday (Good Friday), I had the most disturbing experience and | would like to share it with the residents of North Van- couver. I had occasion to visit the SPCA in search of No. birth Dear Editor: 1 read with interest Hilary Clark’s letter (4/11/84) en- titled ‘Male birth control’ — the entire contents of which I take exception to. Contrary to the attitude displayed by Ms. Clark’s let- ter, | take women to be in- dependent, self-directed human beings, fully responsi- ble for their own activities. either a puppy or an adult dog that needed a good home. | came out of the place literally in tears at the way the animals exist in 7 or small, live on cold wet ce- ment floors and | can well imagine they wil all be total- ly arthritic by the time anyone cares enough to do something about it. The cats live in cages without litter boxes, food or water, and if they perchance have an acci- dent, the results of said acci- dent wind up on the animals control With this in mind, following points must clearly understood: the be 1. Men are NOT responsi- ble for what women freely choose to do with their own bodies. 2. Men are NOT responsi- ble for the consequences resulting from such activity/ 3. Men are NOT responsi- ble for seeing to it that a Improving style From page A8& and unto the-beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.” It gets worse, if that ts possible, and I’m not at all sure that the bishop and this Yahowah fellow have my best interests at heart. For a hithe further on we see these gems ‘The Ll ord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with - the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. ‘*The Lord shall smnite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart.”’ O.K. I give up, A fellow can take only so much. There ts, however, a lesson in all this for all those letter-write who don’t seem to love me. Read Deuteronomy 28. It will vastly improve your style Thanks, Bish HIKING BOOT SALE!! 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The attendant had ab- solutely no intention of doing anything about it; the only remarks forthcoming from the people in the reception for men woman does, or does not, become pregnant. 4. in summary, men are NOT responsible for birth control. To hold otherwise would be PATRONIZING and is COMPLETEL Y UNACCEPTABLE. P. Neilsen Kolding Men’s Action Committee Vancouver area had to do with how bad it smelled back there. The next day, | decided to visit West Vancouver and was elated at how well they treat their animals and the facilities within which the animals are kept. ! realize West Van compound is fund- ed totally by donations, but if they can do it, why can’t North Vancouver? The shelter is an absolute disgrace and it would be the last place on earth | would take an animal if | couldn’t keep it. | am sure that for the most part the people who work there care a great deal for what happens to their animals, but the conditions in which they try to do their jobs are totally prohibitive. As an animal lover, | would like to suggest that more people take the time to visit the shelter in North Van- couver and become aware of what it will take to give these animals a good home, or at the very least, to make their last days on this earth a little more comfortable and dignified. Joy A. Gilmore North Vancouver ’ shusele toning, and oe i0N- pe given to the arms and body: waist, legs, hips and thighs, abdominals and car iavascular system. 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