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Would You Like to Help or be Involved? We have members for all walks of life that make a difference. Are You Looking for a Little Dog to Love? We have several waiting for you. See who is available for adoption now. Get Your Chihuahua News Online! Keep up on all the BCCR news!  Sign up today for our newsletter and special alerts!  Don’t forget to join us on too! We promise to never share your personal information!  Click here to view our Privacy PolicyView our Featured ProductsA big thank you to our business and foundation sponsors! Here are just a few that help the BCCR help little dogs. For more, visit our supporters/resources page!Volunteer animal groups are sounding the alarm about an astounding stray and feral cat population in Surrey that’s poised to balloon even bigger. The Surrey Community Cat Coalition believes up to 34,000 cats are roaming free in the city, and warns that number is likely to grow when kitten season starts in the spring.

“The challenge is that Surrey is the largest, fastest-growing city in Metro Vancouver, and with more people comes more cats,” said coalition manager Lubna Ekramoddoullah. “There’s also a lack of pet-friendly housing so as people are moving into these places, they’re abandoning their cats on the street.” Homeless cats face serious hardships, according to the coalition, including starvation, disease, broken bones, and an unending cycle of pregnancies. Volunteers in Surrey have been trapping the cats, spaying or neutering them, and releasing them again, but the coalition said it needs the city’s help.Sell Your Laptop In Cincinnati “We’re hoping to just open the dialogue so they can understand the problem,” Ekramoddoullah said.Labrador Puppies Sale Arkansas Surrey bylaw business operations manager Kim Marosevich said the city is aware of its problematic cat population, but it needs a plan before it can commit any funding.Beagle X Pointer Puppies For Sale

“We need to know what we are going to do, how we are going to do it, and then we can talk about paying for it,” Marosevich said. One of the coalition members is the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association, which has already helped curb similar issues in Vancouver and Burnaby. VOKRA said there used to be thousands of feral felines in Vancouver as well, but thanks to its trap-neuter-release program, there are now fewer than 200. It took about six years for the populations to decline, however, and the process isn’t free. The Surrey Community Cat Coalition said raising awareness and encouraging all cat owners to spay or neuter their pet will also be key in controlling the wild feline population in the long term. For more information or to learn about adopting a rescued Surrey cat, visit the coalition website. With a report from CTV Vancouver’s Michele BrunoroAlone for hours with only his thoughts and the cresting waves, Neil Sherwood forced himself to avoid thinking about the people who would miss him.

He believed it was the only way to survive, and it worked. The 44-year-old fishing guide managed to swim in cold, rough seas,for more than three hours on Monday. He was 13 nautical miles from land near Kyuquot on Vancouver Island's west coast. "Even if I was starting to think about my family, or past loves of my life, or who I would miss, or who is going to miss me, I would immediately just get those thoughts out of my mind," Sherwood said. Sherwood, who has been a guide in B.C. since the early 1990s, started the day by picking up a guest at Rodgers Fishing Lodge in Esperanza Inlet. The weather was far from perfect, but not out of the ordinary for the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, he said. "The conditions weren't ideal for fishing, but it's something that we've got to face all the time." Sherwood gave his favourite lifejacket to his guest. He didn't pull out another one for himself, a move he would soon come to regret once they started fishing.

"I was struggling to bring the fish aboard, so I reached over and grabbed it by the gills and that is when we were hit broadside by a particularly big wave. Next thing you knew I was in the water." Neil Sherwood, 44, was pulled from rough seas near Kyuquot Sound after about three hours alone in the water without a lifejacket. (Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria) Sherwood said his guest took control of the boat and tried to swing it around so he could climb back in. But with little marine experience and difficult conditions, he couldn't get the vessel close enough. It wasn't long before Sherwood could no longer even see the boat. "It was becoming very clear that I might be in [the water] for a long time," he said. "It was definitely a lonely feeling." Sherwood said his thoughts immediately turned to how to survive. He rushed to shed the rubber boots, pants, and fleece layers that were weighing him down. Swimming in just his underwear and a thin orange jacket he thought a rescuer might be able to spot, Sherwood did what he could to conserve energy.

"I need to relax, I need to calm my thoughts, and I need to control my movements," he said of what was running through his head. He spent the next three-and-a-half hours thinking only of the next five minutes. He also fought against hypothermia and pushed back any negative thoughts. "Eventually, I saw a black Zodiac just come out of nowhere. I have no words for the relief I felt and I remember kind of thinking I don't have to fight anymore," he said. "I will never forget that moment." The black Zodiac was from the Canadian Coast Guard. Sherwood's guest had managed to make a distress call from the fishing boat before heading for land himself. It was part science and part luck that Sherwood was spotted, said Katy Rodin, a member of the crew that left from the Coast Guard station on Nootka Island to carry out the rescue, along with aircraft from the 442 Search and Rescue Squadron at CFB Comox. Sherwood's last known coordinates were put in a computer program that takes into account wind and ocean conditions to estimate a current location.

Large swells can make it difficult to spot someone in the water, even if they are close by. But that wasn't the case this time, Rodin said. "It was almost like the sea just pushed him up towards us. He just was right on top of a swell right ahead of us." Sherwood was flown to Comox for medical treatment, but after a few hours of treatment for hypothermia, he was released. News of the rescue soon made it back to people in Kyuquot who had had tried to help search for Sherwood, and assisted the stranded guest on board his boat. "It's an absolute miracle that everything happened the way it did," said Matt Guiguet, an owner at Rugged Point Lodge. Sherwood had some experience to draw on when he went into the water. He was also involved in a marine accident nearly 20 years ago. He was fishing with a friend off Haida Gwaii, B.C., when a wave swamped the boat. After several hours of clinging to the overturned vessel, the pair decided to swim for shore.