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Cat survives month sealed in roof Feline’s cries heard by work crew at Carson Graham
James Weldon jweldon@nsnews.com
CARSON the cat has at most eight lives remaining after surviving as much as a month trapped inside the roof of North Vancouver’s Carson Graham secondary. The seven-year-old feline was rescued by builders last week after a crew working on a new wing of the facility heard mewing coming from an adjoining structure. They found the cat stuck inside a drainage unable or unwilling to extract itself. After firefighters tried unsuccessfully to get it out, the workers tore off flashing until they exposed it. The cat was rake-thin and filthy, but alive. A City of North Vancouver animal control officer took the lost pet, dubbed Carson, to the Mosquito Creek Veterinary Hospital. Staff there have been nursing it carefully back to health in the days since. “Shewascertainlystarving,”saidveterinarian Janice Crook, “and she was completely covered in dirt, but she was purring.” The cat, named in turn Fiona by the clinic’s staff, was suffering from liver failure, a condition that sets in in felines after they haven’t eaten for five days or more. It appears the animal must have had access to a source of water despite dry weather, however, or it
would not have survived as long as it did, said Crook. Initially, the vet gave Carson a 50-50 chance of survival. Over the weekend, a staff member took the animal home, feeding it every half hour and watching it closely, and within a few days had brought it back from the brink. “(The cat) couldn’t hold her head up; my tech didn’t think she’d live,” said Crook. “Now . . . she’s eating on her own, and she’s coming in to talk to us.” The liver condition has also started to reverse, she said. It’s not clear how long the cat had been trapped, but Crook pegged its ordeal at a month. Now, the veterinarian is hoping to return Carson to its owners. The cat has a tattoo in one ear, suggesting it had had a proper home before it got trapped in the school. The number is only partially legible, however, so the clinic has not been able to determine who the animal is registered to. “I’m sure there is a family out there wondering what happened to this cat,” said Crook. The veterinarian is asking anyone who recognizes Carson to contact her office via email at mcvhosp@gmail.com. Anyone claiming to be the owner will be asked to provide information relating to the ear tattoo, she said.
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Council says demolish house built without permits Kerry Blackadar newsroom@nsnews.com
DISTRICT of North Vancouver council has voted unanimously to deny a development variance permit for an addition to a house on Capilano Road, rejecting the opportunity for the home owner to bring the structure into compliance with the municipality’s zoning bylaws. Built without permits, the completed structure — a two-storey, 1,554-square-foot addition — is essentially large enough to host a second family. The unauthorized addition, attached to the original house by a small hallway, does not comply
with several of the district’s zoning bylaws. Dwellings built in residential single-family zones require minimum rear and side yard setback, and have restrictions on maximum building depth and eave height. Tucked behind a thicket of tall trees at 4511 Capilano Rd., the home appears well-screened from the street, however the project has been on the radar of the both the district and the Edgemont and Upper Capilano Community Association for several years. “In addition to the scope of the project itself being completed without the necessary permits, we found the applicants — the clients — not to comply with the stop-work order issued by the district on numerous occasions since April of See District page 3
NEWS photo Cindy Goodman
LANA Simon of the Pacific Animal Foundation holds Carson the cat at North Vancouver’s Mosquito Creek Veterinary Hospital Thursday.
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