Friday, August 15th, 2003
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Progressive Animal
Welfare Society
PO Box 1037
Lynnwood WA, 98046
Bark in the Park to be held on September 6th
PAWS Bark in the Park will take place at Magnuson Park in Seattle on Saturday, September 6! Bring your dog...believe us...they will want to be there! Bark in the Park is an annual event that draws more than 5000 animal lovers and it's a great opportunity for you and your dog to help the homeless animals! Besides the fun and festivities at Bark, there is also PAWSwalk, a pledge walk to support the animals at PAWS. So bring your friends, bring your dog, and join us September 6th.
Please call Kat at 425-742-4009 x262 or visit www.barkinthepark.com to sign up for PAWSwalk or to get more information about the day. If you'd like to volunteer, please email denise@paws.org for more information on how you can help. We are looking for folks to help out with Set Up on Friday September 5 (2pm to 4pm or 4pm to 8pm) AND with Clean Up on Saturday (from 3:30 to 7:00pm).
Calls needed to save Gus the swan
Since the 1980s, an English mute swan named Gus has lived on a lake at the Sixty-01 Village apartment complex in Redmond, Washington. The state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife originally placed Gus at the complex in an effort to discourage Canada geese from taking up residence there.
On Tuesday, the same agency that placed Gus at the apartment complex took him away, along with Gus’ two family members, which had been brought in by the residents to keep him company (in violation of state regulations). The Department of Fish & Wildlife says it removed Gus and his family from their longtime home because the species is listed as “exotic and deleterious.” Gus could have stayed in his home—the complex’s residents could have obtained a “grandfather” permit for him in 1991, when the ban on owning mute swans was enacted—but they were never informed that such a permit was necessary. The unfair result is that Gus has been removed from his home of over 20 years, and his fate is uncertain.
Please call or write the Department of Fish & Wildlife and ask them to assist the concerned residents of Sixty-01 Village in obtaining the necessary permit for keeping Gus in his familiar habitat. Please also encourage the agency to allow Gus’ family to be returned to their home after being sterilized. Ask the department to, at the very least, take the other two swans to a sanctuary; politely tell the department that the swans should not be euthanized.
Contact:
Bill Hebner
(425) 775-1311, ext. 115
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
N. Puget Sound Region 4
16018 Mill Creek Blvd
Mill Creek, WA 98012-1296
You may email the enforcement department at: enforcement-web@dfw.wa.gov
The email address for the department’s public affairs office is: turcocmt@dfw.wa.gov
