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r . <br /> June 5, 1987 <br /> Dear County Commissioner Marshall: <br /> We have been residing in Orange County for the past <br /> 20 years. Ten of them were spent off 86 near Black- <br /> wood Station and ten in Chapel Hill. <br /> We are very concerned about the plight of humans and <br /> animals due to overpopulation of both groups. <br /> The steel jaw leg hold trap mains and kills thousands <br /> of animals per year. It is only a matter of time be- <br /> fore a child get caught in one of these traps, hurting <br /> himself dreadfully and perhaps for life, which could <br /> ultimately result in a suit against the County and the <br /> burning question "Why hasn't anything been done about <br /> this before?" <br /> Non trappers, Mr. and Ms average Orange County citizen, <br /> consider this trap the equivalentcf a medieval torture <br /> device. We have no lobby to help us but you represent <br /> all of us and we know that you will consider our point <br /> of view. <br /> A strong argument against the trap is that an alterna- <br /> tive trap is available enabling those animals not de- <br /> sired for their fur to be released intact. <br /> We urge you to pass in toto the proposed Orange County <br /> Animal Control Ordinance and not to delete the steel <br /> jaw leg hold trap section. <br /> Duplin County has banned this device. <br /> With kind rega s, <br /> v V: -� <br /> 4I <br />