I offered to reduce his size but Mrs. CAP objected

One way to correct the size issue without effecting the overall quality of the graphic is to cut it up. the top and bottom of the graphic are static. The top and bottom should be seperate images. Only the middle part that is animated should be the Gif file. Then you place a table and put the graphic back together in the table. You end up with the same exact graphic but cut out all the redrawing of the parts that don't change.

Hmmmm hope that make sense