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Chronicle staff writer mination of some of the . Waterloo Council ~apâ€" Wildlife displays and the esâ€" proved a city staff report tablishment of a farm aniâ€" thit recommended the eli~â€" ‘mal display at the Waterioo Fence, guards too expensive Until Sunday morning, it appeared that the NDP noâ€" mination would be contested by the candidate from the May general election, Mike Makarchuk. Chronicle staff writer > But the Waterloo lawyer Robert Needham, a Uniâ€" announced he would drop versity of Waterloo econo,. out of the race on Sunday mics professor with a hardâ€" morning, and didn‘t appear hitting manner of speaking, at the meeting. was acclaimed the NDP At the meeting, Needham candidate for Waterioo ridâ€" was touted by riding asâ€" ing at the party nomination sociation president Joe meeting Sunday. Surich as a possible replaceâ€" Slams Liberals and PC‘s McRae is concerned because "all animal species worldwide, within the decade, are effectively going to be a captive population‘* and he says they will be under the control, management and care of the human race. ; % *‘*We as a race have used our dominion over the animals in a pretty abusive (Continued on page 4) ‘‘The impetus behind this is that I‘m part of a forâ€" mation committee that is designed to create a scientist‘s centre for animal welfare in Canada," McRae said. ‘"They have this in England and they have one in the United States that‘s been in operation for six months." * C McRae said he attended the council meeting beâ€" cause he has been concerned about the wildlife disâ€" plays at the Waterloo Park Zoo for a number of years. ‘‘I enjoy Waterloo Park and my family does, but we‘ve avoided the zoo assiduously. It‘s just something that makes us feel very uncomfortable,"‘ McRae said. McRae said over the last year or so, he has become more involved in wildlife concerns as opposed to laâ€" boratory animals. â€" ; ¢ a b By Stewart Sutheriand Chronicle staff writer The recent Waterloo Park Zoo controversy ended Monday night with the approval of a report recomâ€" mending the elimination of some of the wildlife disâ€" plays and the establishment of a farm animal display. Before the report was approved, Council heard obâ€" jections about the present zoo from Cameron McRae, a research associate and teacher in the psychology department at wilfrid Laurier University and chairâ€" man of the animal care committee at the university. The committee is a policing organization that makes sure that "animal research models are used appropriately."‘ eb w6 d oA s d John Wise, federal minister of agriculture, will be the guest speaker at the nomination meeting of the Waterloo Progressive Conservative riding association tonight. i c PC * The meeting will be held at 8 p.m Motor Inn and is open to the public. Walter McLean, PCMP and exâ€"Waterloo alderman will be nominated as the party‘s candidate for the February election, and Wise will also make a sp‘eech: 200 issue not closed WLU teacher says â€" The Liberal party nomination will also take place at the Waterioo Motor Inn, on Friday Jan. i1 at 8 p.m. _ That nomination is being sought by two candidates, Waterloo alderman Doreen Thomas and Frank Epp, the candidate defeated by McLean in the May elecâ€" tion, Tory, Grit nominations this week Council votes to revamp zoo UW prof. acclaimed NDP candidate At the meeting, Needham was touted by riding asâ€" sociation president Joe Surich as a possible replaceâ€" ment for the popular Max Saltsman. Saltsman repreâ€" sented the riding of Waâ€" terlooâ€"Cambridge for many years before retiring before the last election. at the Waterloo _ Park zoo Monday night. _â€"_ Council had requested the _ report ‘following the death â€" last fall of a brush wolf after escaping through a hole cut in its cage. The wildlife disâ€" play, donated by the. Waâ€" terioo Lions Club to the city as a centennial project, has been plagued by vandalism over the years. on / - Mz > E.3 K e @7 C is 7 S 7 2A U | € The report, presented to Council by Ken Pflug, direcâ€" tor of .community services, studied several solutions to the zoo controversy includâ€" ing fencing, security guards and the elimination of all or part of the wildlife display . â€" Pflug said in the report that the cost of erecting an eightâ€"foot chain link fence Although Needham has never run for office before, he is no newcomer to the poâ€" litical scene. He has served on committees for various provincial ministries and has been an active member of the Ontario New Demoâ€" cratic party‘s Manufacturâ€" ing Task Force. The Waterloo professor delivered a hardâ€"hitting speech at the meeting, catching the interest of the small audience. These are some of the cages that Council has decided to remove and replace with floral displays. They presently house the porcupine and raccoon. The animals will be moved to the present birds of prey enclosure. _ * +0 C NDP Bob Needham, UW professor, and PC Waiter McLean, exâ€"alderman and pastor of Knoxâ€" Presbyterian Church, are already sure they‘ll be running in the Feb. 18 election. But as yet, the local Liberal association hasn‘t decided who‘ll run for that party. Frank Epp and Doreen Thomas will battle for the nomination on Friday night. Epp is a local author and pastâ€"president of Conrad Grebel College. Thomas is a Waterloo alderman and also serves on regional council and commitâ€" BOB NEEDHAM or hiring partâ€"time security guards was too high. He called the Conservaâ€" tive government‘s budget a ‘‘con job‘"" and said Joe Clark‘s policy of turning crown corporations over to the public was the ‘"equivaâ€" lent to castration of this country." He said the fence would cost about $25,000. It would help prevent some of the vandalism, but **somebody who has the equipment to cut the animal pen fences would be able to cut the main security fenee to get to the animal enclosure‘" and completely enclosing the display "restricts the free flow of people from the main part of the park into the display area." Pflug said it would cost the City about $40,000 a year to hire security guards. **To have an attendant on duty ... would require the He also said the budget would reduce the national deficit while forcing lower and middle income Canaâ€" dians to pay higher taxes. ‘*You, the ordinary Canaâ€" dian, will be blamed for livâ€" WALTER MCLEAN Canadians will be left with less disposable income, Needham went on, and their dollars will have a lower purchasing power. Conâ€" sequently companies will have to cut back on employâ€" ment and production and the federal government will be left with less revenue. Therefore. Needham ing beyond your means,"" he said, ‘"when in fact your means are being taken away." A In an effort to reduce vanâ€" dalism, Pflug decided parts of the display â€"â€" the central cages for the raccoon and porcupine, the wolf and fox cage.and the birds of prey m%::re%â€" would be eliâ€" because they were hiring of partâ€"time staff or engaging the services of priâ€" vate security guards,"" he said. Pfilug was against the sugâ€" gestion to totally eliminate the wildlife display. ‘*To eliminate the compleâ€" te wildlife display would be taking away something that is useful and beneficial to the community," > Pflug Waterioo Chronicie, Wednesday, January 9, 1980 â€" Page 3 FRANK EPP maintains the budget deficit will get larger instead of smaller and the Conservaâ€" tives will end up *"shooting their own sacred cow."‘ Canadians are conâ€" cerned about the $60â€"million plus cost of the February election, but Needham claims that, for once, the price is right. ‘"Just think, for $60â€" million we can be rid of Clark...we can sell Clark and save Petrocan." A small display of farm animals will be set up in the old elk pen in such a way as to permit children to get close enough to pet the aniâ€" _ *‘This display is to be esâ€" tablished on a trial basis, possibly during Waterloo Days*" (in June), PMNug said. the most heavily damaged. He said the five small aniâ€" mal enclosures would be reâ€" placed with floral displays and display panels and with the elimination of the birds of prey, the enclosures would be converted to house the â€" raccoons and porâ€" cupines. The fox and wolf cages would be rebuiltâ€"to house game § C‘ .4 DOREEN THOMAS