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▶ FRASER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY WORKING TO SAVE KOI AS SURREY ADHERES TO WATER RESTRICTIONS
SURREY POND DRYING UP
KEVIN DIAKIW
Fraser Heights residents are outraged that their local koi pond has been left to dry up by the city, while sprinklers drench nearby sports fields. Area residents are concerned over the Glenwood Park pond, where a pair of koi are running out of places to hide from prey. When the region’s stage 3 watering restrictions came into effect, the City of Surrey posted a sign saying it was no longer going to be filling the pond. The large lagoon has been reduced to a virtual puddle. Two koi and a turtle were placed in the pond by members of the public after the city created the park. One of the fish has been relocated by a refuge society, while the other remains. The turtle and resident frogs can take refuge in the mud. Area resident Terry Cooke says it’s unfortunate the city is leaving a pond to die when sports fields are lush from all the watering they’re getting. However, under stage 3 restrictions, the city is playing it by the book.
SPCA SEIZES 57 ANIMALS
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SPCA Animal Protection Officer Leanne Thomson stands with a quarter-horse yearling filly named Lacy inside one of the SPCA barns near 50 Avenue and 168 Street. Lacy was one of 16 horses removed from a Cloverdale property this week following a neglect investigation. EVAN SEAL
▶ 16 HORSES, 35 DOGS AND SIX CATS
SUFFERING FROM NEGLECT AND MALNUTRITION REMOVED FROM SURREY PROPERTY TRACY HOLMES
BC SPCA officials seized nearly five dozen animals in various states of distress from a property in south Cloverdale Tuesday. Investigating a complaint of neglect, constables found severely neglected dogs, horses and cats. Fifty-seven animals were removed from the property. “We applied for a warrant and did not expect as many as animals as we removed,” said Eileen Drever, senior animal protection officer, de-
scribing the degree of neglect as “up there” compared to other cases. “Definitely, it’s disgusting. “I don’t understand people, when they can’t afford to care for their animals, they should be responsible and try to re-home them instead of, basically, hoarding.” In all, 35 dogs – including golden retrievers, Dalmatians and Pomeranians – 16 horses and six cats were seized from conditions that kept them without proper access to water, food or shelter. The horses’ hooves “are just grossly overgrown,” Drever said. An animal cruelty investigation is underway, and Drever said additional orders were issued for other animals on the property that were also found in distress. If the owner does not comply, “we’ll have to go back,” she said.
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