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g 2 - SANDY (Ore l POST Tburt., July 21. 1977 (Sac 2l t Over-population top problorn m dog world ■ .. . .. by Tony Knoidek staff reporter Editor's note. This is the second in a series on anim al control in Clackamas and Multnomah Counties, la the final in stallment nest week The Post w ill look at programs available to have dogs and cats 1 neutered or spayed. ••There is no perfect way to k ill an animal. The thing to do is to keep them from being born.'* — M ary Scriver. educational coordinator at the Multnomah County Anim al Control Center in Troutdale. If there is an agency or organisation that is a whipping boy for the public when it comes to anim al control, it is the center in Troutdale “ People have attacked our investigators with everything from guns to two-by- fours.” M ary Scriver. educational coor cknator for the county anim al control center said “ W e've had officers beat up when out making pick-ups and someone tried to strangle me once ” I t ’s a catch-22 situation for the animal control center “ As far as the public is concerned, there are two things the dog catcher can do wrong,” Scriver continued. “ He can go out and catch dogs or he cannot catch dogs People want the dogs picked up. but they want the dog catcher to leave their own dog or a friend’s dog THE " S . 'n d « u ' Â Í S E l S Ï X S S X i i H u m .» , ¿ i « , . * U « » • * « • • < * ' T r- “ U '’ alone.” The number one problem. Scriver said, is pet over-population. Logically, the solution to the problem is for persons to have their animals spayed or neutered “ If dogs get too over crowded, nature takes over T here’s too much competition for food and space and diseases set in,” Scriver said At the Multnomah County Animal Control Center in 197«. 18.472 dogs were Impounded Of these, 12,405 were killed and 1.735 were impounded dead Both the anim al control center and the Oregon Humane Society in Portland use the Euthanaire method to destroy the not the case at a ll.” At the Troutdale center, dogs are held in the kennels for a m axim um of seven days If they or adopted out in they *re are not not c la claimed im * that time, they are killed, ‘ je n ia te d and reduced to a pile of paper like bones that are shoveled into trash cans. Walking through the kennels, one feels as If he la passing through a death row for dogs In kennel after kennel dogs howl or play or simply star« ttt unaware of their fate “ People bring in Utters all the time, Scriver said “ And the litters get killed In our modern, throw away society, people animals Euthanaire is a highaltitude simulation machine in which the animals are taken to an elevation that is equivalent of the top of treust dogs like they are paper plates “ They say they want their animals to be free Well, that's the same as saying they are worthless If there is no Investment in the animal then people don't care And M t. Everest “ They quickly become groggy, go un conscious and then die w h ile un conscious," Scriver said. “ I t ’s a lot like carbon monoxide poisoning except that it’c safer for the person operating the they call i t ‘free ' Scriver said the laws that are written for animals may someday be re written for people “ No dog ever breaks the leash law People do, but the dogs take the rap machine ” The Euthanaire method for destroying animals also is used in Clackamas County, where Richard Wick, director of dog control there, said more than HMM) dogs had been killed by the county through for u And when dogs are picked up by owners at the kennel, people treat the dog as If it should have known better than to leave the M ay. In Clackamas County, the dog control center “ gets the dirty work,” Wick said “ After we impound the dog. we bring it in to the kennel If there is no identification, we ll hold it for five days before doing anything with it. If there is identification, we sent people a letter that the dog has yard ,, “ People consider this place a dog jail, Scriver said. “ They come in here, find their animal, and say. Now listen here dog I hope youve learned your lesson Now maybe you’ll stick around the yard ' “ The dog. aits there and looks and listens, but what the devil - he's not the been impounded “ If no one shows up after five days, we can adopt the dog out or put the anim al to one that broke the law “ U everybody was a good animal owner, we'd be out of business,“ Scriver a d m itted '’But we wouldn’t mind that at sleep.“ W ick said The statistics are equally as grim in Clackamas County, where W ic k M id 75 per cent of the dogs impounded are killed The problem. Wick said. Is irresponsible •r e destroyed. a ll.” For Scriver, there la no sugar coating the statistics and the problem of anim al overpopulation raising a child • People don't let their children run all over the country and they can’t let animals do it either ” Director of the Oregon Humane Society Gene Burgess said be believes .the Euthaniare (or high altitude) method of and owner irrespon sibility “ The way we feel la that people have to know what is going on We have to make it mors difficult for irresponsible anim al owners and leas difficult for the reapon pet owners “ Responsible pet owners can end the problem People have got to realize that having an anim al in this day and age requires just as much care as Utility cutback plans ordered ____ - i — thara are manv miacon H said there are many miacon ceptions about Euthanaire. “ A lot of people have visions of lungs being turned inside out and brains exploding. but that's 1 Scriver A YO UNG pup struggles tu greet visitor« at the Multnomah County Animal Control center In Troutdale. Up la 75 per cent of the dogs brought to the center are destroyed. Bible ones “ Nobody want* to say, Hey. I went out and killed 30 or 40 dogs this morning ' But It’s happening everyday and we have to tell it like it is. extrem ely unlikely, but are i« n i„ d .d in case of d ire “ If the publicity gets 75 per cent of the not continue, and 10 per cent if inclu ded in case people to go out and get their dog spayed or mandatory curtailm ent Each killing the animals is the most humane one emergency they do continue at 7 to 8 per is to be triggered by the in neutered, then that's great In Stage I I of mandatory there is. cent below forecast usage creasing probability that the curtailm ent, cuts would be • Thia idea of not saying how many are “ I'm strongly In support of the method l Mandatory curtailment can region s reservoirs w ill not be based on a customer's monthly killed In a day or a month la wrong The know we have our critics, but I m con be implemented only if the able to supply enough elec usage one year prior to the problem la that thia la happening “ vinced that it is the most humane method governor d eclares an tricity until next spring, when emergency, which can be curtailm ent A customer who going ” stream runoff begins again extended beyond 30 days only used more power than allowed Latest predictions from the by the legislature, meeting ui would first be charged an ex Northwest Power Pool com special session. Plans would be cess-power surcharge, based puter model are for 52-54 implemented by the utilities on the e x tra cost to the utility of million acre feet of water by the supplementing its less ex under PUC supervision end of the month, worse than In a third conditional use area The lot is currently zoned The plan provides th a t pensive supplies with more depth to width ratio of 4 65 to 1 any recorded year and just T h re e ap p licatio n s for costly power to meet that for Rural Residential Farm application, Sandy Union High im tead of the required 2 5 to I . about h alf the h istorical residential customers who can conditional use permits and one School wants to build a farm prove they have curtailed customer's demand. Forest use The lots affected are about median of 106 million acre feet If noncompliance continued, for an ordinance change w ill be voluntarily since Gov Bob Placement of another mobile structure for instructional use 2000 feet north of the Hoff Probability of mandatory Straub's request in March will a customer would be discon among the requests faced by home on a non residential on the south side of Bell Street meister Road and 257th Avenue curtailm ent this fall is 50 per parcel la In a request made by 900 feet west of Bluff Road on a not be forced “ to curtail on a nected for two days the first the Clackamas County Plan intersection lot c u rre n tly zoned for compound basis. and can tim e and five days for further ning Commission at their next In a conditional use ap D S . Rogers He would like to violations, in addition to the meeting on July 35. obtain adjustments install a mobile home on a reaidentinl use. plication. L arry Rafferty has The planning commission In the ordinance waiver. on the south side of Under the proposal, volun surcharge No customer could asked to place a mobile home parcel w ill meet in the Clackamas disconnected w ithout Igino Warangon has requested tary curtailment first would be and storage shed for use at h it Thomas Road In the Sandy entail a general request for written notification of appeal permission to create three lots father's residence on a lot on area The lot is currently zoned County Courthouse In Oregon on a 7.22 acre piece of land In City cutbacks — which in effect rights Weber Road in the E a g le t reek far Transitional Tim ber. J O L Y Utilities would monitor their the Boring area, each with a Gov Straub issued in March — and then a more urgent request major-use customers and all to adjust thermostats and custom ers who previously eliminate unnecessary outdoor violated curtailment orders All other customers would be lighting M a n d a to ry c u r t a ilm e n t monitored of necessity on a it to log on convex slopes and would re q u ire u tilitie s to random, representative basis cooperative program involving s m a lle r than any system Researcher* in the Oregon Some q u asig o vern m en tal restrict electricity use. impose several timber companies, for available in the U S . It la uneven terrain S ta te U n iv e rs ity forest It la also leas damaging to the excess-use surcharges or and governmental users — testing the OSU forest The tractor <kawn and it takes its engineering department are forest floor than either tractor disconnect service for ex including hospitals, police and Mini-Alp, built in Scotland, is power from the tractor attempting to find economical or large skyline operations ceeding allowed usage At this fire stations and other facilities being tested to determine ita methods for harvesting small The OSU Forest Extension of critical importance — would One of Its unique features la stage, employment and in suitability to Northwest con its ability to utilize a system of Service will demonstrate the dustrial production would be be partially exempt from the tim ber on steep terrain ditions Studies show that an in first two stages of mandatory intermediate supports along Mini-Alp to repreaentatlvea disrupted creasingly large percentage of the skyline This technology from the logging industry thia C u rta ilm e n t of outdoor curtailm ent Relatively, inexpensive at The new plan w ill in most Oregon's tim ber supply w ill be about 860.000 the M ini-Alp la borrowed from ski lift», enable» faD. lighting would be followed by c o m ii< from stands of smaller across-the-board percentage cases supersede plans which cuts for all customers, and have been on file since 1973 and tim ber, rather than the large old growth trees Much of the finally restriction of retail, 1974, when utilities first were commercial, industrial and required to file them. While the smaller tim ber is on steep does not slopes and uneven terrain government operations along com m ission er Presently, loggers employ p ub licly owned with service interruption or re g u la te advises letting the strawberries only in late spring or summer voltage reduction to all utilities, state statutes require huge skyline yarders to harvest When the harveat of June- on steep slopes, but these They are distinguished from customers on a rotating basis all utilities, whether investor b earing s tra w b e rrie s is go dormant from mid-July to systems are too expensive to mid-August. W ater and fertilize everbearers (Quinault, Gem. The most severe measures are owned or publicly owned, to finished, the beds should be make them practical for small Rockhill), which the berry planta In mid August Ogallala. have plans on file cleaned up produce two crops, one in June wood harvest U > ready them for the fniit- •That means removing old A leas expensive method of and another In U te summer or aetting stage that follows and dead plant m aterial.” logging uses tractors, but they t e l. J u n e -b e a r in g v a r ie t ie s says Duane Hatch, Oregon Everbearing strawberries do often cannot be used on steep (M arshall. Northwest. Hood. State University Extension slopes, especially when the Shuksan. Rainier) bear fruit not need to be deaned-up now. S S O R B W E A S SEPARATES ih * « * ’®P* ‘N rt* home gardening coordinator ground is soft. ood p o o » oil pionoed to go w»th m ooy thing* The clean up can be done by The OSU forest engineering Stretch you» w orm w eO ther w O fdrobe ot greot »Ovings department has been studying hand, or with a rotary mower set at the proper height (Set Took top* *hort* *wim *mt* amallwood harvest since 1972 active sportsw ear the mower so It cuta Just above A recent study of European ood more methods revealed small wood the crown of the plant.) It is important to get rid of harvesters In operation rotted and damaged fruits that B One such system, the I gland could become a source of O regon's to ta l u nem Total employment in June Jones Mini Alp, was purchased passed the one million mark for ployment rtiae 1.000 to total by the International Paper disease Once the bed is clean. Hatch the first tim e In ( )regon history, 91.900 in June, while the civilian C om pany. aa P « rl ot • according to Rosa Morgan, labor force increased by 28,300 Morgan said that June brings assistant director of the i t it e Employment Division The U rge gains in the size of the total figure rose to 1,088,800 labor force due to the seasonal entry of youth and other persons employed. At the same time, Morgan temporary workers into the job reported that the statewide market SHIRTS o b'Q »election m ,lr* woven fotone* seasonally adjusted unem □ The Westctox Antique Twin Belt Alarm Clock The largest job gains In June o» eo*y io core poiyettet/cotton t» en m o r * plnyment rate fell to 8.4 per on Page 5. occurred In food and kindred cent, down from 8 8 per cent in choice* *• greot 'oowng le *» hom p*u*n terry to □ The Potortjtd Pronto One Step Camera on producU ( + 3.300), retail trade May The U S rate Increased t.ne gouge Dor-on Both *hon o-x3 tong Ueeve* Page 8 (+ 3 ,3 0 0 ) and governm ent SPECIAL INTEREST IN CHILDREN from 8 9 per cent to 7.1 per cent (O weO' 1O> OCCOHOh □ The CVA 45 Cakber Cotomal Pistol Kit on (+1,700). Hours by Appointment: for the month Page 9 — ..» m t.« « . . » n iim o r v c u tb a c k s do if voluntary cutbacks do v n in n voluntary ta r v a n d and three three stages of of cent cent if volu ntary_____________ stages Oregon's electric utilities must develop curtailment plans in case the Northwest drought creates a serious electricity shortage this coming year. Public U tility Commissioner Charles Davis said Monday Davis' order came following public meetings in 12 cities and a public hearing in June to discuss the idea We hope we w ill never have to im p le m e n t m an datory electricity curtailm ent, but in case of a shortage, we must have w o rk a b le , u p-to -d ate plans. “ Davis said The plan has two stages of Planning commission to hear requests OSU engineers test logging system Save 1 /3 „ 1 /2 End of season doesn't end work A y r /e c r P LE A S E NOTE! Million employed first time in history THE MERCHANDISE LISTED BELOW WILL NOT ARRIVE IN TIME FOR THIS WEEK'S "WESTERN DAYS" CIRCULAR RAIN CHECKS WIU BE ISSUED OH: ANNOUNCING! Dr. 0. Keene Clay OPTOMETRIST Daytime • Eves. • Saturdays We hex» **» does noonvemence our valued cut PAYLESS DRUG STORES At the Otot* Butterfly *•< «M BEAVERTON • GRISHAM • HAZEL DELL JANTZEN REACH • OREGON CITY • FARES! PLAZA eTIGARO Downtown G'e*hom tw> WM »I 6 6 7 -0 4 3 6 MT. HOOO RRORBSSIONAL CENTER 2 2 4 0 0 SE STARK GRESHAM Clarification We wish to clarify the war ding In a story In last week’« paper <wi the Sandy High School meeting In the story reference was made to the question of whether two recently resigned empioym should receive ” back pay. T h ia should have been re fe rre d to as “ accrued vacation pay.” We regret any confusion caused by the wor >4in* in I ho n r le ln a l atnrv
