BCs Conservation Officer Service has asked the City of Powell River to allow electric fencing in residential areas as a preventive tool against bears preying on backyard chickens.

Council adopted amendments to the animal control bylaw in December 2012 that allow residents to keep up to three poultry on any size lot in residential areas. The bylaw defines poultry as domestic fowl, or hens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons or similar birds. However, no roosters are allowed.

Gerry Lister, a Powell River conservation officer, made a presentation at a recent committee-of-the-whole meeting. He explained that under provincial legislation, conservation officers can force residents to install electric fencing in areas that are zoned to legally have it. Under the old animal control bylaw, areas zoned RA1, A1 and A2 could have chickens. Those were the exact same zones that can have an electric fence, he said. Now we have the ability to have three poultry on R1, R2 and R3 parcels, but the zoning bylaw doesnt allow electric fences to be in place on those parcels. That for us is one of the key tools.

The issue is about public safety, Lister said, because once bears come in and start getting into chickens, theyre going to be infiltrating the neighbourhood and getting into other things. You increase the risk to kids, to adults, to elderly people, to anybody in the neighbourhood, he said. You also increase the risk when we have to attend and destroy a bear thats at large and a danger to the public. We dont always just set a trap and haul the bear away. Sometimes we have to use a firearm and that increases the danger.

Electric fencing is an effective preventive measure, Lister said, and he provided information which documented it is not dangerous, including to children. He read from a document that stated, Getting zapped by an electric fence doesnt do any permanent damage to bears or people, but its highly unpleasant, so put up a warning sign. That could be a provision of the zoning bylaw, Lister said, requiring residents who install electric fences to also post a warning sign.

Lister also pointed out the citys animal control bylaw is vague about how shelters can provide protection from natural predators. It doesnt set a standard for how you provide that protection, he said. Protection from natural predators could be interpreted by one person as being a cardboard box to keep hawks and eagles from going in and taking chickens. Our interpretation would be something thats suitable to prevent bears or raccoons or even bobcats from accessing those chickens.

Lister said that 10 to 12 per cent a year of calls about bear conflicts in Powell River are related to chickens. We dont want that number to go up to 15 or 20 per cent, obviously, he said. We feel this is a step in the right direction to prevent that from happening and to give us the tools in our toolbox to be able to do a good job and keep the public safe.

After Listers presentation, councillors referred the issue to staff for a report.

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Mumbai, April 24 -- Last year, Ajay Devgn had filed a case against production house Yash Raj Films for using their dominance in the industry to book maximum number of screens for Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012), and in effect, leaving hardly any options for his film, Son of Sardaar (which released on the same day).

A similar situation is feared as Chennai Express and Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Again gear up for their Eid release. However, it seems that both contending parties might just be able to mend fences. Next month, multiplex owners and film producers will meet to discuss new policies to tackle the matter.

"We are in the process of resolving the matter. Nothing concrete has worked out as of now. I hope that the meeting brings a favourable result," says Mukesh Bhatt, president, Film & Television Producers Guild of India. Highlighting another angle to the current debate, producers and multiplexes claim that controversies happen every week. "Every week, till Thursday, the screening of films remains undecided. We faced the issue during the release of Aatma, Akaash Vani and the same is happening with all the films. The agreement to book screens in advance has expired and until that is renewed, the problem won't be solved," says Kumar Mangat, film producer.

Concurs Girish S Wankhede, GM, marketing and public relations, Cinemax India Ltd, "Many films get delayed for not getting screens. The meeting will resolve the issue by renewing the terms and conditions."

Kumar, however, admits that production houses and multiplexes share a symbiotic relationship. "Both need to survive and in order to do that, we need to solve the problem," he says.

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A willow fence has been placed to protect wildlife around the A11 road works in Brandon.

By Matt Gaw Monday, April 22, 2013 11:59 AM

SPECIAL fences erected to protect wildlife on the A11 are being stolen by gardeners, it is believed.

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A number of the willow panels, which were put in place about six weeks ago to screen the sensitive heathland that surrounds the road, have been taken.

One worker said about 15 of the two-metre high fences have so far been taken between the Fiveways and Thetford roundabouts and suggested they might now be installed in private gardens.

He added: They are attractive fences, but I dont think people realise what job they actually do though.

A Highways Agency spokeswoman, who would not confirm the number of panels taken, said the hurdles were crucial to ensure the ongoing protection of the natural environment.

The area around the A11 is home to a wide variety of animals, from deer to protected species like stone curlews.

The RSPB met with the Highways Agency ahead of works to make sure the curlew population did not suffer as a result of the dualling of the road.

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Seattle The Mariners first homestand at reconfigured Safeco Field ended Thursday without the shorter dimensions making a major impression on the clubs offensive numbers, or on manager Eric Wedge.

Its zero impact for me, he said before Seattles 2-0 win over Detroit. The way were going to be a better offensive club is by our players, and them doing what they need to do. Maybe it comes into play a little bit in the summer. The air density or whatever you call it is still the same. A couple of balls (Wednesday) night were hit pretty good. You would think, Well, if they moved in the fences they would go. Well, guess what? They still didnt go.

The Mariners went 4-6 and scored 31 runs with seven home runs over the 10-game stretch against the Astros, Rangers and Tigers.

Those games were the first at Safeco since the offseason renovations that moved in the left and left-center field wall, which reduced the power alley from 390 feet to 378 feet.

The changes were made not only to shorten the parks dimensions, but also to get its reputation as a pitchers park out of the heads of Mariners hitters.

Its just one more thing to check off the list that we dont have to worry about, and its not in the back of your mind anymore, Wedge said. It should allow us just to focus more on performing and hitting, and I think it will. I think its a positive thing. Its a fair ballpark. It probably still edges on the pitchers side of things, just because of where we are; but thats OK too.

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Effects of the Mariners 14-inning loss on Wednesday continued into Thursday, when the club called up right-handed pitcher Hector Noesi from the Tacoma Rainiers.

A key factor in the move was Noesis fresh arm a valuable commodity after the club went through six pitchers in Wednesdays 2-1 loss to Detroit.

We needed somebody who could give us length, Wedge said. It was Noesis day to pitch so we flip-flopped him and (Bobby LaFromboise, who was optioned to Tacoma).

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A suspect running from police crashed a stolen truck through multiple fences at the Valley Animal Center in Fresno.

The facility is a non-profit no-kill shelter and had been working for months to build a dog park with money raised through fundraisers.

The truck smashed through the heavy main security gate and then drove to the back of the complex where construction on the dog park was ongoing.

Rosie Davenport with the center said, "Our contractor is estimating the damages around $100,000 at this point, which is a big chunk of change for us. We've been fundraising for this dog park for many, many years. It's been a community effort to get it up and running so to have to turn around and tell the community that we've been set back is really, really disappointing for us."

Anyone who would like to contribute to the VAC can call their office at (559) 233-8690 or click the related link to visit their website.

The Valley Animal Center is located at3934 N Hayston Ave, near Ashlan and Highway 168.

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Bullets allegedly fired at a man in December 2010 tore through fences and a home in the Greystone area of Spryfield, a Nova Scotia Supreme court jury heard Wednesday.

Terry Pipes, an RCMP firearm and tool-mark investigator testifying at Cody Alexander Muises first-degree murder trial, said he found holes consistent with gunshot damage in two fences, as well as the door of a home located near the area where Brandon Hatcher, 20, was fatally shot.

Pipes testified he found another hole below the door sill.

He said the bullet hole in the door was in line with another one in an inside wall and a hot water heater, which was located in yet another room where a bullet was found. Another bullet was discovered in the basement.

Lasers were used to trace the trajectory of the shots to an area near Regan Drive where a dozen bullet casings were found after the shooting.

Such measurements wouldnt lead to the exact spot where the shots were fired because the trajectory could be changed by various factors, but it would be in the area, Pipes said.

Earlier evidence at the trial indicated Muise, 23, and two teens each with a firearm went to the Greystone area of Spryfield the night of Dec. 3 because they thought Hatcher or another person was responsible for a shooting a few hours earlier at a home in Fergusons Cove.

That shooting wounded a man associated with Muise, and happened in a home that one witness said was a place where people in a group from the greater Spryfield area, including Muise, gathered.

Hatcher was associated with a separate group connected to the Greystone area. The two sides were at odds over drug territory, testimony has indicated.

Evidence has also revealed that Muise and his partners hiked through woods until they were behind rocks along Regan Drive, a road behind Hatchers home on Lavender Walk. One of the group had a brief conversation with Hatcher by cellphone, after which Hatcher came outside and fired a shot.

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