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Holiday magic Round and round:
Brianna Lee spins a ribbon toy from Japan while brother Tristan watches at the holiday craft sale held on the weekend at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. The 13th annual Nikkei Place craft and bake sale included items such as traditional textiles, contemporary items, home baking and snacks. Many local vendors were on hand at the sale, which added a Japanese flair to a weekend full of Christmas craft fairs in Burnaby. Jason Lang/burnaby now
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Pet store, activists go head to head Stefania Seccia staff reporter
Kelley Hill sat silently behind the two presentations made to council at its Monday night meeting, regarding the retail sales of puppies, kittens and rabbits. She held up a poster of her dead dog, including pictures of it as a puppy, and more graphic photos of its health problems and stitches after various surgeries before the dog died last summer. Hill, a supporter of Paws for Hope
Animal Foundation, said her purebred dog was purchased from Pet Habitat. Despite living to the age of nine, her dog Shelby had insurmountable health issues such as hip dysplasia, a brain tumour and bladder infections. She purchased the dog for $1,388, but her health-care costs ended up reaching $32,381. She was there to make council aware of the consequences of purchasing from a pet store, she told the NOW. At the meeting, animal advocates were in one corner and Burnaby pet store owners were in the other – both taking direct
shots at each other during their separate presentations to council. The second part of a proposed animal control bylaw regarding the sales of puppies, kittens and rabbits in the city has been a hot topic of discussion as council prepares to make a decision on the retail sales of pets. The city has been working on updating its animal control bylaw for the last two years, and in a recent staff report, it proposed to ban the retail sale of turtles but continue to allow the sale of kittens, puppies and sterilized rabbits.
Monday night’s first presentation to council on this issue was made by Tom Peters, the owner of Pet Habitat’s Metrotown location. He said he sells about 300 to 400 kittens a year, and about 25 puppies in a month, which makes up 60 per cent of his store’s income. He said his store would no longer be able to operate if the city decided to ban the retail sales of pets. “Anything proposed in terms of regulations, if it’s the betterment for an animal, I would like to comply,” he said.
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