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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS Community WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1998 Senate New utility tino payment drop box for 'H Kanab City In Continued from. Page rtN t 4 KAttAH a hurry? Oops-forgot- The Cats Meow? More like a growl! MUI? MM Hill k & ' 2 V x . V i ti O J ffrm (dOafimw I District 18 - Davis, Weber County D. Edgar Allen (D) Ogden Nathan Tanner (R) Ogden District 22 - Davis Gregory Sanders (D)Kaysville Terry Spencer (R) Layton District 24 - Box Elder, Cache Peter C. Knudson (R) Brigham By Kristi Littrell City L. Bobbie must have been a very Richard Partridge (L) cute kitten. Brigham City Tremonton Shed been rescued in the Corey Rowley (D) District 26 Carbon, Daggett, Thistle Dam Flood of 1983 and Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, taken home by a family who Wasatch thought she was cute and would Beverly Evans (R) Altamont make a great pet. But instead of Jerry Romero (D) Park City settling down and behaving like Steve Sady (L) Peoa a regular house cat, their new pet just became more wild as she grew up. Bobbie wasnt a regular house a cat at all. She was a bobcat adwild animal who could never just to life as part of a household, May had a little dog, Once her new family took her its coat was white as snow, and everywhere that Mary went, home, Bobbie was caught in an impossible situation: she couldnt the dog was sure to go. adapt to domestic life, but she was now used to being around It followed her to school one day, It was a situation that The dog catcher he did pick it, could be Now Marys at home, the dogs lethally dangerous to to her and people, which is why in the pound, And Mom and Dad have the keeping wild animals likeBobbie is totally illegal. ticket. Her people tried to manage Please remember: only chilmade matters but they dren and fish belong in a school. worse, first just by declawing her Fines begin at $40. then by locking her in a mink cage where she languished By Fredonia Animal Control for five years. Finally she was discovered by Salt Lake wildlife rehabilitator Jan Caputo. She was almost dead when I first saw her, recalls Jan. The bobcat was vm9S im- 1 $$$& taken to Utah Wildlife Rehabili- where she became part of OJ ' Jans wildlife program for the !;( li eight years. But Jan has it (sr ifci now had to suspend her opera- because more and more people have been moving into D neighborhood and a prom- O ised new property fell through, Her work will be sorely missed, Before closingher facility, Jan - ? Don 1 want to come into the office? Kanab City Office has purchased a payment box. Just leave your Utility Payments in the new box located on the north side of the office . Payments will be picked up twice daily. PLEASE-NCASH! 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More adventurous activities such as horseback riding, balloon rides and championship golf are only a short excursion away. i--t op 1 vo 00 O octf U co ft ft O) o a o p ft ft i T3 (L) 00 2 P I)I ft 602-333-00- O C5 O' . fl D PHOENIX DOWNTOWN 100 N. 1st St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 S3 Q 8- ft ld found good homes for most of the animals in her care, except for Bobbie. Now 15 years old, accus- tomed to being around people, . yet still liable to exercise her wild instincts at the blink of an eye, the bobcat was hard to place, She would have had to be destroyed, said Jan. But we really wanted to give her one last chance. So we called Best Friends. Bobbie soon received a permit to come to the sanctuary and join the Best Friends educational program. She arrived here last week and moved into a special new enclosure where she can be as close to the natural world as possible, Shes really enjoying ing the squirrels and rabbits and birds around her, says Sharon St. Joan, who runs our wildlife rehab program. As well as her regular diet, she especially en- joys treats like grapes and taloupe. d As a licensed educational mal, Bobbies job here will be to teach people, young and old, about wildlife. So, if you or your school group would like to visit her, just call and ask for a tour of the wildlife rehab area here at watch-human- s. can-he- r, ani-an- the sanctuary. Bobbies educational message n is really very simple: wild mals can never become pets and should be left in the wild. jured animals should not be handled except by licensed ani-tatio- In-ne- xt ex-tio- ns perts. Best Friends is the local reha-he- r bilitation facility, so if you come across an injured wild animal or bird, just call the sanctuary at - 644-200- 1. |