Cloverdale Reporter, August 26, 2015

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SPCA advises charges Dozens of animals were seized from a property in South Cloverdale By Tracy Holmes Charges of animal cruelty will be recommended in connection with the seizure of 57 animals from a South Cloverdale property on Aug. 11. SPCA senior animal protection officer Eileen Drever confirmed this week charges against one woman under both the Criminal Code and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act are expected to be forwarded to Crown counsel this week. Two weeks ago, BC SPCA officials investigating a complaint of animals in distress seized 35 dogs, 16 horses and six cats from a “disgusting” situation of neglect, without proper access to water, food or shelter. The animals were in various states of malnutrition, and the horses’ hooves were “grossly overgrown,” Drever said at the time.

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Stocking up on hay Drought and wildfires cause supply shortages and increased prices

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Once the horses are healthy enough, their profiles will be posted on the SPCA website. An open house will be arranged for potential adoptive families.

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By Kevin Diakiw Horse and cattle ranchers are stocking up on hay, as a protracted drought and wild fires continue to cause both supply shortages and increased prices. Marilyn Murdy, a bookkeeper with Cloverdale’s Vanderveen Hay Sales in Cloverdale said the big trucks started showing up about a month ago. Ranchers and farmers are stocking up. Prices have climbed about 15 to 20 per

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cent, and Vanderveen is immensely busy. In her six years with the company, Murdy has seen it get hectic, but it appears ranchers are preparing for a shortage. “As far as trailer loads of hay, I’d say it’s busier this year,” Murdy said. Hay growers typically get three to four cuts of the perennial crop each year. So far, most hay growers have about three cuts harvested, but because of the heat this summer, crops have gone dormant, much

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like a lawn. That leaves growers waiting for rains to bring that next crop up to harvestable levels. For Jerry Keulen of Delta’s Seabreeze Farms it means about a 30 per cent reduction in his crop of grass and corn. “The crops are hurting because of the dry conditions,” Keulen said.

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