Doggy-doo dump
Oliver, my seven-year-old black shepherd, and I moved here recently and were out for a beautiful walk on the seawalk trail. While Ollie smelled our way along, I thought it would be a good idea to take advantage of the under-grown foliage and clean up any obvious litter now exposed in the brambles along the path [“Cleanup restores environment,” September 20, 2010]. We did meet a few dozen lovely locals during this adventure.
To be truthful, I soon got a little steamed because it appeared that a handful of previous dog-walker types had brought doggy-doo bags, picked up their dog’s doo but then decided it was cool to fling the white bagful into the bushes above the path.
What’s with that dumb move by these anonymous dog owners? Powell River can only be this beautiful a place for all of us and our precious dogs if we work together on this stuff.
Oh, and thanks a bunch for welcoming Oliver and me to Powell River. We’re much obliged I’m sure.
Alan and Oliver Morgan
Courtenay Street
Wolf slaughter
Conservation Officer Andrew Anaka is dead wrong to think any lone wolf is happy simply because it’s a successful hunter on Texada Island [“Wolf on island first ever on record,” January 18]. Family is the most important element of wolfish life and lone wolves do not do well. People who have shared life with a wolf hybrid know that these canids are happiest when living with their human pack in the den formerly known as your house.
Independent thinkers? Yes, indeed. Intelligent? Ditto. Loving and loyal? To the max. Dangerous? Only to those ignorant of their nature and needs. Honourable? Unlike us humans, a wolf never betrays a pack member.
Wolves and humans can co-exist in many ways. This incident highlights the need for a local haven for wolves and hybrids.
As in Ely, Minnesota, our community’s wolf centre could become famous for ecological education to replace the kill-everything-else-off model humanity has followed far too long.
Does anyone have some land to dedicate? Let’s form a foundation and not let this poor young wolf’s death go for nothing.
Remember, as Henry David Thoreau said, “in wildness is the preservation of the world.”
Eva van Loon
Cranberry Street
More on smart meters
At the time of writing this letter there are 30 cities and communities in BC signed up for a moratorium on smart meters [“Water policy includes metering,” January 18]. There are also over 3,400 people pre-registered on http://stopsmartmeters.ca for a referendum initiative.
On December 22, 2011 BC Utilities Commission’s complaint under section 47 of the Utilities Commission Act against BC Hydro was filed on behalf of Citizens For Safe Technology.
Dr. David Carpenter, director of the institute for health and the environment, University of Albany, warns of cancer, nervous system damage and adverse reproduction affects from smart meters.
Scientist Daniel Hirsch, nuclear policy lecturer at University of California, Santa Cruz, states that smart meters put out 100 times more radiation than cellphones.
Karolinska Institute in Stockhom and World Health Organization have issued global warnings of the hazards of smart meter radiation.
Dr. Perry Kendall, BC provincial health officer, maintains that there is not any convincing evidence that the smart meter radio-frequency radiation is harmful.
Many others, including me, hold that there is not any convincing evidence that the smart meter radio-frequency radiation isn’t harmful. I pre-registered.
Norm Hutton
Duncan Street
