Editor:
In recent months I have passed through Grand Forks on two occasions and driven by what could be described as an animal compound.
I have observed animals, particularly horses, kept in what I consider to be appalling and unacceptable conditions.
In June, some of these horses were standing up to their shins in muck. It was pouring rain and there was no evidence of shelter – it was a record cold and wet spring.
August just passed with heat wave conditions, and I have once again observed no shelter or shade and alpacas and goats standing in the Kettle River, presumably to cool down.
I have a problem with this both morally and environmentally.
Surely, the community of Grand Forks does not accept the conditions under which these animals are kept and have grave concerns about the contamination of the Kettle River from this operation.
Jenny Edlington, Cawston, B.C.