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weekender april 3 1993 p9 cute bunny is a bad idea for an easter present at easter people are tempted through impulse buying to pur chase that cute fluffy bunny in the pet shop window often these furry commodities are used as advertising tools in a variety of businesses children want such pets because they are portrayed as the spirit of easter parents may think of them as the ideal gift what many people dont realize is that a large percentage of these rabbits are returned to animal shelters or let loose in the wild to fend for themselves giving up these animals is often the direction taken once the responsibilities of care and treatment are realized this typically occurs two months or more after obtaining the rabbit resulting in animal shelters being forced to care for these animals until hopefully good homes can be found for them finding good homes for these cute animals is a very difficult task the ontario society for the pre vention of cruelty to animals says rabbits often make poor pets as they are very stressful animals even a very gentle child could cause a rabbit to bite andor kick a naturally defensive reflex rabbits normally do not like to be held or carried and a rabbits back is very delicate and is easily broken for this reason it is advis able not to hold or cany a rabbit by its ears or by the skin around its neck a small child should be supervised and taught how to properly handle a bunny rabbits are not like dogs or cats and should not be expected to be they can be playful and affectionate but usual ly on their terms only if you still decide to buy a rabbit do so because you are ready to take one into your home as a longterm pet not as a pleasing gift veterinarians strongly advise neutering castratingmale spay ingfemale pet rabbits and not just for obvious reasons once rab bits reach sexual maturity at six months of age males are prone to spray urine while marking their territory while an alarming 80 per cent of unspayed females develop uterine cancer another commonly exploited ani mal at easter is the baby chick these chicks may seem cute and appealing animal shelters become irresistible but the reality of keep- havens for surrendered chicks once ing a pet chicken may not be as the animals mature o tworks rfstav is moving our lease is expiring as of may 3193 we will be moving to 750 cochrane irving plumbing supplies we must sell to bare walls discounts up to 60 off super clearance prices 8407 woodbine ave markham all sales final 4756297 finally a carpet with xtra life starts beautiful stays ii beautiful now theres a carpel thai will stand up 10 the daily beating your kids and adults are likely lo put it through new du poni sta1nmaster xtra life carpel tested 1 in mat and crush resistance with 2 lo 3 times the protection against matting and crushing vs other trallic carpels plusstainmaster xtra we has unsurpassed resistance lo stains and soil so hurry in today lor gorgeous colors and great prices but hop on it sale ends soon ctrtidotion maik 01 1 1 gj port d nemoof jjnd compaq harding classical 10 year guarantee 20 colours 29 zt- i- ciw1 amttuoiovmlomcomriuit sy ultra twist subtle textured hard twist 50 oz 30 colours 29 sy harding rare jewels at this price a better carpet will be hard to find 9q99 60 oz plush 30 colours sy- oak manor designer carpet 10 yr guarantee 30 colours 24 sy 34akham decorating centre carpets and interiors 2949833 markham other carpets available from stock immediate delivery large selection lowest prices ona mafor location m most of our clients think were 1 were actually 7 with almost 10 billion in assets and more than- two hundred branches laurentian bank of canada is the seventh largest domestic bank in canada and were growing our recent acquisition of general trust means we now offer a full array of banking services to even more clients than before and thats good news because we can offer our clients the stability and security they deserve after all we may be 7 but our clients are 1 laurentian bank lm canada since 1846 231 main st n station plaza markham 41s 2943201 39 main st n markham 416 2946865 i 1 j v j