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LA MARCHE DES FEMMES DE 2023 SE DÉROULERA À CLARENCE-ROCKLAND
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cannot just go on their neighbour’s property and do as they wish. Somehow, we have been told that it is okay for a neighbour to dictate to others that we should accept that their cat can come and go as it pleases onto our property. In my opinion, if you let your cat out and let it roam the neighbourhood then you do not care about your neighbours’ peace of mind and this will inevitably cause unnecessary tension. When there are cats coming to my backyard, grieving my indoor cat, pooping in my vegetable garden, then why should I be the one that has to look the other way and accept that this is a normal aspect of living in a city? Why is it the group of people who are doing the right thing (keep cats and dogs indoor when not supervised) that should just “take it”? The solution is not to put new by-laws in place for roaming cats to get picked up by city officials and dropped off at animal shelters or pounds. Animal shelters already have limited resources that are stretched as it is. How long would someone wait before they turn around and get another cat from an unspayed cat? Can a cat left to roam on its own really be called a “member of the family” or just a temporary companion? If your argument is that your cat needs to go out and roam the neighbourhood so that it does not become fat then teach it to walk on a leash. That would at least increase your bond with your pet. If you think that your cat needs “fresh air” then built him or her a catio. I am getting fed up by my neighbours who put their wills above mine. My other neighbours are also fed up about their dogs getting griefed by neighbouring cats. I own an 18-year-old cat that I consider to be part of my family and I care about her well-being. I do believe that it is irresponsible pet ownership to put cats in harm’s way. I believe that a cat can live a fulfilling life while being 100-per-cent indoors and that an indoor cat will likely live a longer life with fewer emergency veterinary visits. I just wish that my cat would stop being harassed by the roaming cats in the neighbourhood. SYLVIE TREPANIER EMBRUN « La violence à l’égard des femmes et des filles prend de nombreuses formes chaque jour et est souvent minimisée ou ignorée. Pourtant, les agressions sexuelles, le har- cèlement, l’exploitation sexuelle, la violence domestique, le sexisme et le féminicide sont une réalité partout au Canada et ne doivent jamais être banalisés » , a déclaré le Centre Novas. Le partenariat avec les municipalités et les CUPR montre que la région n’acceptera pas que la violence à l’égard des femmes se poursuive dans ses communautés, indique le communiqué de presse du Centre Novas. Tous les membres de la communauté sont invités à participer à la journée du 20 septembre, qui partira à 18 h de la salle de spectacle Optimist à Rockland.
La marche des femmes du Centre Novas - CALACS Francophone de Prescott- Russell aura lieu cette année à Clarence- Rockland pour sa 16 e édition. La marche annuelle des femmes “ La rue, la nuit, femmes sans peur “ est un événement qui symbolise la réappropriation des espaces publics la nuit et la protesta- tion contre la violence faite aux femmes au Canada. Le Centre Novas s’associe aux communautés des Comtés unis de Prescott Russell (CUPR) pour organiser cette mani- festation nocturne annuelle. Selon les organisateurs, une femme sur trois au Canada est victime d’une agression sexuelle au cours de sa vie.
CAT OWNERS MUST BE RESPONSIBLE REDACTION nouvelles@eap.on.ca
Editor’s note: an open letter to Rus- sell Township mayor and council Many of us keep our pets indoors and only let them out while we are supervising them, if at all, which ensures that they do not roam the neighborhood. But, some of us let their cats out and let them roam unsupervised. For the vast majority of cases, cats are the ones who are left to roam freely. We all know that these pets are likely to get into fights with other roaming cats or wild life such as coyotes, they can be hit by cars, hurt by people, kill birds and other small mammals just for fun, etc. We all know too well about the perils out there, we have seen enough dead cats on the side of the road, heard sto- ries of cats ending up at the Humane Society with thousands of dollars in unnecessary emergency veterinary bills. When people let their cats out unsuper- vised, no matter what they say, in the back of their mind, they know that there is a chance, however small that the pet will not come home and they have started their grieving process for that pet. For some reasons, our society values the life of dogs more than the life of cats. If I see a dog roaming about in the neighbourhood, my first thought is that the dog must be lost but if I see a cat then my first thought is that the cat was let out by its owner and it is just roaming about. Some of the roaming cats become com- fortable with people’s backyards and they start to “claim” them. They lay down on neighbour’s back deck, put their noses in neighbour’s back door, and they are causing unnecessary anxiety to those pets who are kept indoors. I was reading a story on Facebook about a cat that had been shot with a pellet gun in Cas- selman a couple of weeks ago (https://www. facebook.com/groups/143213169437889/ permalink/1704918656600658/) and I was thinking about how far does the tension have to get before something is done. Can we at least talk about both sides of the issue? People can do as they want on their pro- perty (as long as this is lawful) but people
Clarence-Rockland Mayor Mario Zanth (right) and City Councillor Diane Choinière (second from right) announce tha this year’s Maison Interlude «Take Back the Night» march will take place in Rockland. - photo Facebook, City of Clarence-Rockland
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