VIDEO: Life carries on at Abbotsford dairy farm where 200 cows died
One of the dairy cows that was rescued during the flooding of Abbotsford’s Sumas Prairie birthed her own calf on Nov. 8, 2022 at Phillip Graham’s dairy farm.
A few of the cows who were transported by boat from the heifer barn to safety after a dike breach near Phillip Graham’s dairy farm in Abbotsford. But when the main dike breached within a stone’s throw of his land, he saw a wave of water coming toward him. He had already moved 240 cows from his 500-plus herd at that point and, in that moment, he knew choices needed to be made quickly.
Thankfully, by the Thursday of the floods , they were able to get a small jet boat to the farm and start rescuing the calves. Just a few at a time were moved to a trailer on a road, where they were trucked to farms in Chilliwack with open arms. Volunteers and veterinarians were ready with warm towels and hair dryers.Some of them almost didn’t make it.
Graham wasn’t alone that day. Farmers across the Sumas Prairie were moving hell and high water to get their animals to safety, using every method possible despite worried warnings from officials like the RCMP and the BC SPCA. It took a month to get the farm cleaned up enough to bring the Graham dairy herd home again and even longer to get the Grahams home.
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