Cardston County declared disaster area
Posted May 11, 2010 5:00 pm.
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A southwestern Alberta county has declared itself a disaster area after two severe snow storms killed hundreds of cows and calves.
Cardston County received more than 26 millimetres of precipitation over the past two weeks.
Many producers have lost 10 to 15 percent of their calves.
And the county’s “Dead-stock Removal Pilot/Predator Management Project” is reporting an increase in deposits to its calf bins, going from 3-4 bodies a week to 30 to 40 a week.
As producers continue to find bodies under melting snow drifts, they are scrambling to find feed for their surviving cows and calves.
There is an added concern of sickness related to the cold, wet, muddy conditions.
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