HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1980-11-20, Page 31ThE ,Ortt,, N:.EXVIOSTQR, NQVEM�ER 21, 1980
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,Every , year the destruc-
tion ' of hundreds of thon-
salids of unwanted dogs and'
eats by fituuare Society
Officials costs Oinarie tax-
, paYers thousands of dollars.
-This, sum could be greatly
reduced if an effective means
of animal population control
was developed, Said a letter
from the Ontario Humane
''$iaciety pi..aented to PerfE.
COunty Council, Nov. 12.
"Over th
c-ye1a rs, attempts
have been made to improve
the situationby introducing
kgislation trying to improve
responsible animal owner-
ship and to discourage the
impulsive, unthinking pur-
chase of an animal _which
leads to an irresponsible
animal owner who doesn't
care for his neighbour's
peace of mind or property,"
said the letter. .
Many municipalities have
•""'"17•7-' 7,'7"
adopted reduced licensing
foes for animals that "have
..been'spayed `or neutered.
Also, the Ontario Humane
Society operates three veter-
inary hospitals which provide
low cost spaying and neuter-
ing services. A few munici-
palities have adopted the use
of clinics for this purpose.
"The sad fact. remains,
that animals continue to be
killed in large numbers and
,that municipalities continue
to spend large amounts of
public moneyo do ,deal with
the problem," said the let-
ter.
For years the Humane
Society has recognized this
problem. It felt a better way
to alleviate -it, .would be
develop some chemical
which would be injected into
an a`nimat by personnel work-
ing at s,helters or pounds.
Steps have now been taken
to initiate the reSearch of
sueh a project..
The society feels that by
charging one cent per capita
in each municipality it will be
able to raise a veterinary
research fund of $300 thou-
sand to carry on the project.
Perth county council will
recomment that next yeart
council donate $350 to the
fund.'
Reeve 'Ormond Pridam,
Fullarton, enthusiastically
supported the project.
"I,think it is a step in the
right direction. I don't think
we should condemn it be-
cause we all know that every
municipality is plagaed with
dogs.
"We know that dogs are
brought out especially to the
-rural m u ate p a titles a n d
dropped off at various times,
during the year."
Pridham said the people
who do this purchase a pup
when it is cute and easy to
care for. But often the dog
•
becomes a ritiiStice.
"They eee attached to that
'dog. The don.'t like to take it
to a veterinarian to have it
put away. 5.0 they think they
vvill drop it off and some kind
person in the a rural munici-
pality may pick this dog", up,
These dogs are a problem. I
think every municipality will
admit That."
But Reeve Wilfred Tuer,
Downie, said it would be
hard to assure that people
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take advantage of the new
system once: it is developed.
"People who- love dogs,
kive dogs. 1 know in .
township these people cause
the rnost trouble, 'arid there is
no way you p,an .,convince
them otherwisei!,',,...4id Tuer.
Reeve Qeoige,..; Wicke,
Ellice Said at leagt if an
animal has been spayed or
neutered it will not repro-
duce if it is left to run at
large.
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The earth is in trouble
To state that, planet earth is in troubleis not a scoop.
Environmentalists have been warning, us aboUt the
problems for 20 years. The famous Club of Rome predicted
dire problems for 20 years. Politicians have been shouting
the same thing for another 20 Years. •
But an extraordinary report commissioned by the Carter
government in the United States was tabled a few months
ago, predicting much more specifically that the North
American continent is in deep trouble.
The report, expected to take a year to compile and
write. taakihree_years_and received little a tr ention..by_the_
mass media. It warns tha,t, if the,present trends continue,
the world in 2000 will be more crowded, more polluted,
less stable ecologically and more vulnerable to disruption
that the world is' today. Despite greater material output,
the'world's people will be poorer in many ways than they
are today.
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Christmas
party
The )Ieaforth-Dashwood.
Community Band held their
1980 Christmas . party for
band members and their
families in Exeter last
Saturday.
The band entertained with
a program of Christmas
music -much to the en-
joyment of a very
appreciative audience.
Following the business
meeting, a Christmas dinner
followed, with speeches and
gifts from Santa and dancing
to the- orchestra which
completed a, successful year
of engagements.
. The band will be playing in
Christmas parades in St.
Marys, Exeter. Seaforth and
Clinton before tire holiday
season.
The.findings are enough to make a grown man weep.
Population growth will ifferease by 100 million people
every year, swelling the amber of bodies on earth from 4
bilfl�n in 1975 to 6.35 billion. Where there are two people
now, there willbe three people in 20 years and 90 per cent
of that population growth will be in the poorer countries.
The gap between rich and prior will widen. Income in
less-developed countries in south Asia will< remain below
$200 a year in 1975 dollars.
Arable lancrein increase Only by about four per cent by
the-y-ear-2000-but-population-will-increase_by_50.per_cent.
What conclusion can you draw from that?
Think about it, dummy: hunger and starvation for
millions of people with the subsequent social unrest that
will surely follow.
The amount of arable land is finite and the amount that
production of food can increase is limited by technology.
Forecasters predict that increasing yields 'cannot continue
ad infinitum. The degree of improvement, 'even with all
the modern machinery, new varieties and better tillage
methods, cannot increase productivity any more ttian
about four per cent a year:
So, population increase at 50 per cpnt. That leave's
literally billions of people hungry.
What does it all mean?
It means that farming and agriculture will become the
single most important industry in the world. People mint
eat. If they doril ger fern, they get desperate. ifesperate
people commit desperate acts. The section of the world
rnost affluent - North America; japan ,and Europe -
become the targets of those desperate peoplei
A father watching a child'd hair fall out, hig.stomaeh
distend and his limbs become like putty becomes sp
desperate that he will lie, cheat, murder and rob to help
that child. Nobody but the farmer can supply the needs of
a hungry world.
Someday food production will be so important that the --
farmer will be worshipped by the world as the eggheads
the financiers.' the shipping magnates and the great -
movers and shakers of today's soolety are worshipped.
Yet these same people --the farmers—grow fewer in
number every year. At one time, more than 40 per cent of
the population was engaged in farming. Today, that
figure has dwindled to about five per cent. In the USA, it
has'dropped to four percent .and half of those are only
part-time farmers in both Canada and the United States.
Agriculture for 80 years has been linked with politics. In
the next 20 years. it will become increasingly important as
a political tool.
I'd like to be.arou44n, once again, farmers become
as important as --even more important than -'-any other
sector of the economy and are not just relegated to the
back forty.
December not' eeting
will plan policies
The focus of the December
4 monthly meeting of the
Huron County Federation of
AgricuTture will he "Looking
Ahead to 1981". h will be
held at 830 p.mat the •
Relgraye Public School. The
new _Resident. Gerry For•
1116. a dairy far -mer from
Turnherry Township 19ill
preside The meeting will he
a workshop to plan activities.
share concernk and dtscuss
colicie-4 for the corning -.car •
Lssues such as the new
regulations* for gravel pos.
possible hydro corridor
through Huron and the con•
filming problem of foreign
ownership will be discussed.
Two new committees have
'been formed for this year.'
Absentee Foreign Ownership
and Young Farmers. The
new- chairpersons of the
Federation committees on
Energy.. Public Relations.
Pmgram and Education.
Membership. Properties and
Land Use. Drainage and Soil
Erosion. Taxation and
Assessment. Budget and Fi-
nance. and Farm Safety and
Insurance will he announced
and committee lists will he
available.
There will he -reports from
the delegates to the OFA
Annual Convention held
November 24.26 in Toronto.
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They will highlight the many
issues and resolutions dealt
with at the Convention.
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