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Page 18 Local Town Pages www.hollistontownnews.com <strong>August</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Let’s Go Fishin’<br />
Living in <strong>Holliston</strong>, it’s great<br />
to have access to beautiful<br />
Lake Winthrop for fishing, but<br />
for would-be fishermen in the<br />
area have a wealth of places to<br />
go for a relaxing day.<br />
If you’re looking to fish<br />
in freshwater, you’ll need a<br />
license if you’re 15 and over.<br />
Anyone under 15 who wants<br />
to fish in freshwater may do so,<br />
no license is required and the<br />
young angler must follow all<br />
other freshwater fishing laws.<br />
The cost of the license is $27.50<br />
for those over age 17 (free for<br />
those aged 15-17), or $16.25<br />
for those 65-69 and FREE for<br />
those 70 and older. Locally,<br />
they are available at the Natick<br />
Outdoor Store, Walmart<br />
Locations, Dick’s Sporting<br />
Good and Bass Pro Shop,<br />
or you can go online at https://<br />
www.ma.wildlifelicense.com<br />
/IS/Customer/Internet<br />
CustomerSearch.<br />
Places to check out not too<br />
far from <strong>Holliston</strong> include:<br />
Uncas Pond, Franklin<br />
Franklin Rod & Gun Club<br />
(franklinrodandgun.org) allows<br />
all to access Uncas Pond at 53<br />
Florence Street.<br />
Ashland Reservoir, Ashland<br />
The reservoir lies entirely<br />
within Ashland State Park.<br />
Boating access is provided<br />
off of Spring Street on the<br />
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reservoir’s southern tip. This is<br />
a dirt ramp suitable for car top<br />
boats and canoes, with parking<br />
spaces for about five vehicles.<br />
Hopedale Pond, Hopedale<br />
There is a gravel boat ramp<br />
located off Park Street. The<br />
Town of Hopedale owns<br />
the entire eastern shore and<br />
northern two thirds of the<br />
western shore. Many trails and<br />
foot paths provide excellent<br />
access for shore fishing.<br />
Farm Pond, Sherborn<br />
Boat access is available at the<br />
northwestern end of the pond.<br />
The ramp is informal and<br />
suitable for car top boats and<br />
canoes. Access for shore fishing<br />
is excellent around most of the<br />
pond.<br />
South End Pond, Millis<br />
Whitehall Pond, Hopkinton<br />
There is a large paved public<br />
boat ramp and parking area<br />
just off of Route 135 on a<br />
northeastern cove of the pond.<br />
It is suitable for all trailer boats<br />
and there is parking for at least<br />
30 vehicles. There is also a<br />
small unimproved access for<br />
car top boa<br />
Lake Pearl and Lake Archer,<br />
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Senate Passes Bill to Protect<br />
Puppies and Kittens<br />
The Massachusetts Senate<br />
has unanimously passed legislation<br />
to improve several areas of<br />
current law dealing with the sale<br />
and treatment of dogs and cats.<br />
S.2370 An Act relative to protecting<br />
puppies and kittens, filed by<br />
Senator Karen Spilka, ensures<br />
that puppies and kittens are bred<br />
and sold in safe and healthy environments<br />
and strengthens the<br />
Massachusetts’ “Puppy Lemon<br />
Law” to give pet owners more<br />
options if they unknowingly purchase<br />
a sick pet.<br />
“As an animal lover, pet<br />
owner and occasional small scale<br />
breeder, I am deeply aware of the<br />
emotional challenges for families<br />
when a pet falls ill, as well as the<br />
need to protect the health and<br />
safety of young animals,” said<br />
Senate Committee on Ways<br />
and Means Chair Senator<br />
Karen E. Spilka (D-Ashland),<br />
lead sponsor of the bill. “This<br />
bill is the result of extensive discussion<br />
with both breeders and<br />
animal rights activists to protect<br />
consumers and puppies and kittens<br />
across the Commonwealth.”<br />
“This bill will update our animal<br />
protection laws by setting<br />
reasonable standards for breeding<br />
and providing recourse for<br />
pet owners who have adopted an<br />
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or complications,” said Senate<br />
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“This is a significant victory<br />
for both animals and consumers.<br />
We receive complaints about,<br />
and state records document, consumers<br />
who have been devastated<br />
after purchasing a puppy who<br />
they quickly find out is sick,”<br />
said Kara Holmquist, Director<br />
of Advocacy at MSPCA-Angell.<br />
“This bill will allow better<br />
remedies for these families, prevent<br />
pet shops from selling puppies<br />
and kittens from large-scale<br />
breeders with significant violations<br />
of the Animal Welfare Act<br />
and support safe, healthy development<br />
for growing animals.”<br />
The bill applies safety and<br />
breeding standards to protect pets<br />
and pet owners. The bill prohibits<br />
the sale of puppies and kittens<br />
younger than eight weeks old, increasing<br />
the likelihood that they<br />
will grow to be healthy dogs and<br />
cats, and outlines a process for a<br />
veterinarian to declare an animal<br />
suffering from a significant adverse<br />
health condition “unfit for<br />
purchase.”<br />
Pet owners deserve protection<br />
when they unknowingly purchase<br />
a sick pet that then requires<br />
extensive veterinary bills and<br />
emotional and financial stress<br />
for the family. The bill outlines<br />
remedies available to a buyer of<br />
an animal declared unfit for purchase<br />
by a veterinarian, including<br />
exchange of the animal or a refund<br />
and reimbursement for reasonable<br />
veterinary fees. The bill<br />
also sets forth a procedure for a<br />
seller to contest these demands.<br />
The bill regulates commercial<br />
breeders and so-called “puppy<br />
mills” to further protect the<br />
health and safety of animals. It<br />
prohibits pet shops from selling<br />
dogs or cats that originate at or<br />
are purchased from breeders that<br />
are not properly licensed or have<br />
committed certain violations<br />
of the Animal Welfare Act. Pet<br />
shops would also be required<br />
to maintain certain compliance<br />
records and conspicuously post<br />
identifying information for the<br />
animal and the breeder.<br />
Finally, the bill empowers<br />
the Department of Agriculture<br />
to create rules and regulations<br />
to ensure commercial breeders<br />
maintain humane conditions.<br />
At the time of the printing of<br />
this issue, the bill had been submitted<br />
to the House for consideration.<br />
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